I am happy to announce the first sneak peak on the first Facebook integration with the Microsoft Windows Home Server out there.

Please keep in mind that this is a preview and there is still a lot of work to do but installing this version will provide valuable data on determining the direction of the project.

UPDATE: Please note that none of the data is stored at Facebook! This is not how Facebook Apps (esp. this one) work.

HOMEPAGE, Visit on Facebook, Become a Fan

Unfortunately I am currently stuck on an important feature: synchronizing users with SharePoint.

The issue is a bug in the Windows Home Server client library :-/ . But a bug has been filed so please feel free to vote for that bug since there is currently no workaround :’( . The bug applies to the German and French version.

Bug Report, Forum Post

Since I started my work on Codename “Umbrella” (which is SharePoint for the Windows Home Server) like nine moths ago, I struggled with SharePoint running in a (custom) Minimal trust level which breaks all the existing applications running in virtual (sub) directories.

Even today I was not able to find a good solution, but finally came up with a actually working one:

To prevent the Windows Home Server web applications from inheriting the restrictions (because they are virtual directories inside the SharePoint web application) the /configuration/system.web element has to be enclosed by a location element to restrict its influence:

<location path="." inheritInChildApplications="false">
    ........
</location>

This solution has been proven to fix the issues. However it comes with a certain degree of incompatibility which has not been fully tested yet and requires further investigation. The following things are known to fail:

• Deploy/Retraction of solutions

If someone comes by a better solution or wants to discuss this, please feel free to contact me.

Related article on Codename “Umbrella”: http://codenameumbrella.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=WebConfigIsolation&referringTitle=FAQ

Since there have been a lot of changes on the backend side (as preparation for closed beta) an updated version of Codename “Umbrella” was released (v1.0.0.5).

Note: This update will not be provided via semi-auto-update since!

DOWNLOAD, Homepage

Collaboris released a new version of their awesome SharePoint deployment tool “A SharePoint Build and Deployment Tool”.

The provides a lot of MSBuild tasks for creating a deployment process for SharePoint (WSS and MOSS).

DOWNLOAD, Homepage

This table shows the version and build numbers for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007.

The version of the current installation can easily be looked up in the Central Administration: Operations > Topology and Services > Servers in farm.

Build Number	Version String
4518	RTM / first release
6219	Service Pack 1
6318	Infrastructure Update
6327	Cumulative Update October 2008
6335	Cumulative Update December 2008
6341	Cumulative Update February 2009
6421	Service Pack 2
6504	Cumulative Update April 2009
6510	Cumulative Update June 2009
6520	Cumulative Update October 2009
6524	Cumulative Update December 2009

Latest Version: Service Pack 2 (English, German); CU December 09 (WSS, MOSS)

The first public version of Codename “Umbrella” has been released. Please feel free to take a look at it.

Official announcement at WGS (English) and HSB (German).

Homepage

Ylian Saint-Hilaire from Intel blogged that there is a new version of Intel’s UPnP stack available. I’m goiing to check this out ASAP.

HOMEPAGE

 

DOWNLOAD:

• SharePoint Server Enterprise 2010 (MOSS): 64b, key (via e-mail)
• SharePoint Server for Internet Sites Enterprise 2010: 64b, key (via e-mail)
• SharePoint Foundation 2010 (WSS): 64b
• SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 2: KB970315 (download “SQL_Server_2008_SP1_Cumulative_Update_2”)
• WCF Fix for SharePoint: Win2k8/Vista, Win2k8r2/Win7
• Language Packs

 

Find more details on SharePoint 2010 issues here: http://blogs.msdn.com/opal/archive/2009/11/16/installation-notice-for-sharepoint-2010-public-beta.aspx

 

• FAST Search Server for SharePoint: 64b
• SharePoint Designer 2010: 32b, 64b
• Forefront for SharePoint: 64b
• Office 2010 Filter Packs: 64b

 

• Office Professional Plus 2010: 32b+64b+key
  • Click “Get it now” button, top right
  • The MS Download Manager is being used. If you have trouble, add the newly opened download window URL to trusted sites.

 

• BCM for Outlook 2010: 32b, 64b
• PowerPivot for Excel 2010: 32b+64b (see “Instructions”!)
• Groove Server 2010: 64b
• Access 2010 Runtime: 32b+64b

 

• Project Professional 2010: 32b, 64b, key 
• Project Server 2010: 64b

 

• Vision Premium 2010: 32b, 64b, key 
• Visio Viewer 2010: 32b+64b

 

Entering the Product Key:

1. Start the program (e.g. Word/Outlook/…, Visio, etc.)
2. Click on “File” > “Help”
3. Click the “Change Product Key” link on the right
4. Enter the product key
5. Click “Install”
6. Close and restart the program
7. The “old” activation dialog now appears
8. Activate the product

Robert Vogel blogged about Microsoft having released the Expression Web SuperPreview which allows viewing and comparing websites in and to IE6 to IE8 plus comparing them to an image.

Finally, no VPC image anymore…

DOWNLOAD

Q: http://weblog.robert-vogel.eu/2009/09/expression-web-superpreview/