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August 2008 Meeting Giveaway!

Fpweb.net will be giving away 6 months FREE Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)3.0 hosting to one attendee at the August LASPUG Meeting. The lucky winner will receive Fpweb.net’s WSS Small Business Level II Plan, which retails at $99.95 per month. This plan includes 500 users, 5 GB of disk space, free SSL and much more. For details on the plan, visit the Fpweb.net site at http://www.fpweb.net/sharepoint-hosting/.

Welcome to the Los Angeles SharePoint User Group (LASPUG) Website 

The Los Angeles SharePoint User Group is a community forum for Information Workers and End users of the SharePoint product, IT Personnel, Administrators and Developers alike; all with a desire to learn more about Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies.

LASPUG meetings are held the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 6:30pm to 8:00pm PST. Meetings include a variety of speakers, "how-to" examples, product demonstrations, activities and sponsors as well as snacks and free giveaways.
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 Announcements
SQL Server 2008 Support for SharePoint Products and Technologies
You may already be aware of the recent RTM announcement of SQL Server 2008. We are happy to announce that Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 & Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 now support SQL Server 2008.  Read more here...

Announcing Faceted Search v2.5
Starting Faceted Search 2.5, the solution relies on Microsoft Enterprise Library to address common software requirements in caching, logging, exception handling, policy injection etc., etc. More importantly, the 2.5 is a ground breaking release that is setting new targets for the Faceted Search.  Read more about it here...

Microsoft Expands SharePoint Learning Kit, Partners With Houghton
Microsoft unveiled an addition to its SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK), a suite of tools for helping developers build education solutions.  Read more here.

CIO 100 2008 Winner - Viacom
Using Microsoft SharePoint for use, allowed the media giant to give its business groups a single source of information as well as a standardized process for collaboration that is cost-effective, easy to use, and integrates with the existing IT infrastructure.
 
Read more about it here.

Announcing the VSeWSS version 1.2!
Version 1.2 of the Visual Studio extensions for WSS is now available for download from Microsoft here!  This version is only for Visual Studio 2008.  If you use Visual Studio 2005, you should still use Version 1.1 (available here).
 

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 Meetings and Events
Date/TimeTitle/Description
9/15/2008Best Practices SharePoint Conference
The 2008 Best Practices Conference replaces confusion with Clarity, Direction and Confidence by establishing key principles to guide effective SharePoint decision-making in any situation.
 
Parallel sessions will define, explain and demonstrate real-world Best Practices for decision-makers at every level: CIOs, architects, designers, developers, administrators, taxonomists, librarians and project managers.
 
Visit http://www.sharepointbestpractices.com/ for more information.
9/27/2008Central Coast Code Camp
A code camp is a FREE 2 day seminar put on by software developers in the community and abroad. It welcomes all people with an interest in sharing development ideas, philosophies, and most importantly CODE. Read more about it at http://www.centralcoastcodecamp.com/.
11/10/2008The SharePoint Connections Conference
The SharePoint Connections Conference in Las Vegas, NV on November 10-13, 2008 (yes, it overlaps with the MS TechEd Developers conference in Barcelona) is one of the few non-Microsoft hosted conferences that the SharePoint product group supports in a significant way. Aside from the sessions presented by SharePoint experts from Microsoft and the industry, a key benefit of this conference is that it's an integral part of a larger conference that includes technical deep-dive SQL Server, Visual Studio, and Exchange sessions, so you can easily hop into one of the other conference sessions and/or network with people doing interesting work with those other Microsoft products. Register by August 27th for a $100 discount!  Read more about it at http://www.devconnections.com/shows/FALL2008SP/default.asp?s=123

 MSDN: SharePoint Products and Technologies
Chapter 14: Building Custom Solutions (Part 1 of 2)
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Learn how to customize Excel Services to better suit the unique needs of your enterprise and extend capabilities.

Chapter 14: Building Custom Solutions (Part 2 of 2)
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Learn how to author managed UDFs and deploy them to the server to make them available to workbooks that are loaded from the trusted file locations.

Creating an Enterprise Search Crawl Log Viewer for SharePoint Server 2007
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Create a Windows Forms application that has the ability to view and filter the entries in the Enterprise Search crawl log.

Using Enterprise Search Property Filters in SharePoint Server 2007
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Learn to use Enterprise Search property filters to narrow the focus of keyword searches in SharePoint Server 2007.

Sample: Creating an Enterprise Search Crawl Log Viewer for SharePoint Server 2007
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Learn how you can use the Crawl Log page to apply filters to narrow and focus the scope of the entries that are displayed.

How to Optimize SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Management Sites for Search Engines
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Learn techniques to create SharePoint Server 2007 Web content management (WCM) sites that are optimized for search engines, and what to avoid to help improve search ratings.
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