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December 3, 2007 | 10:12 AM Comments  0 comments

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Freedom of Speach, a creative draw

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November 24, 2007 | 5:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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Microsoft Ships Visual Studio 2008

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Microsoft has released to manufacturing its Visual Studio 2008 software development platform and the accompanying .Net Framework 3.5, meaning these technologies are available for download on MSDN to subscribers today, the company said Monday.

The products will be offered on disk within the next few weeks. Trial subscriptions also are available now. Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 are accessible on MSDN here.

Among other things, Visual Studio 2008 is Microsoft's development platform geared to building Windows Vista applications. During a recent conference, difficulties with building Vista applications with the existing Visual Studio 2005 platform were cited by an attendee, who was assured that the solution is to upgrade to Visual Studio 2008.

Microsoft is touting Visual Studio 2008 as a platform for professional developers as well as hobbyists and teams.

"I am incredibly proud to be a part of the team that is truly advancing the state of developer tools," said S. "Soma" Somasegar, Microsoft corporate vice president for the company's developer division, in his blog on Monday.

"We hope that Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 enables you as an individual or as a team to build great applications. Whether you are a professional developer or a software enthusiast, are building applications for the client, server, Web, or devices, we hope you have fun with these products as your software is our passion," Somasegar said.

Microsoft with Visual Studio 2008 is offering enhancements in every edition of the product, including Visual Studio Express for hobbyists and Visual Studio Team System for team-based development. With more than 250 new features, Visual Studio 2008 includes such improvements as visual designers to speed development with .Net Framework 3.5 and upgrades to Web development tools and language enhancements, the company said.

A highlight of particular interest is LINQ (Language Integrated Query), which the company said closes the gap between programming objects and data. Developers can focus on what they need the data to do rather than on how to access it, the company said. Microsoft is positioning LINQ as a technology for rapid application development.

"LINQ is the star," said Greg DeMichillie, lead analyst for application platforms at Directions on Microsoft. LINQ makes it easier to tie together C# or Visual Basic with SQL, he said.

"Everything else in Visual Studio 2008 is useful to some set of developers or another, but LINQ hits the entire spectrum of developers," he said.

Also included in Visual Studio 2008 are advanced development tools and debugging features, Microsoft said. Developers can target multiple versions of the .Net Framework, including versions 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5, and build AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) -enabled Web applications.

Tools are featured to speed development of connected applications on platforms, including the Web, Vista, Office 2007, the SQL Server 2008 database, and Windows Server 2008. Web developers can leverage ASP.Net and other technologies.

New ASP.Net controls allow for better page management and templates. Web development is boosted through new support for Web server communication techniques for AJAX/JSON-enabled Web sites.

.Net Framework 3.5 is intended to enable rapid construction of connected applications; it offers pre-fabricated software for solving common programming tasks. Web 2.0, SOA, and software-and-services applications are supported in version 3.5.

Included in.Net Framework 3.5 are enhancements to the base library, Windows Workflow Foundation; Windows Communication Foundation for Web services; Windows Presentation Foundation for presentation; and Windows CardSpace, for digital identities.

WCF supports native REST (Representational State Transfer) and RSS and backs multiple Web services specifications. These include

Web Services Atomic Transactions 1.1, WS-ReliableMessaging 1.1, WS-SecureConversation, and WS-Coordination 1.1.

Visual Studio Team System 2008, meanwhile, is an application lifecycle management system with tools, processes, and guidance. It supports management of application builds.

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server (TFS) is a collaboration server for Visual Studio Team System. Featured in the 2008 edition of TFS are: Improved performance and security; support for such configurations as clusters, mirrors, and virtual machines; continuous integration; and scheduled builds. Also highlighted in TFS are version control features, query build improvements, and Web access to version control, work item tracking, and status reports.

Microsoft used TFS to manage this release of Visual Studio 2008. "TFS enables process enactment, collects a lot of data, and enables reporting on it. It provides visibility to everyone and it enables enforcement of certain things," Somasegar said.

But DiMichillie described improvements to TFS as minor. TFS lags behind the competition in areas like testing, he said.

Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition costs US$799 for new buyers and $549 to upgrade from the previous release. Team Foundation Server costs $2,799; upgrades cost $499.

Source Infoworld.com


November 20, 2007 | 6:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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Officially am working at Microsoft Corporation

                 2005-10-18_Microsoft

After a long wait has a slogan of (Perusing Happiness) .. I just been informed for my Acceptance to work at Microsoft Corporation in Jordan as a Technical Solution Professional (SharePoint) under the rule of my charming man ever Mr. Zeid Shubilat ..

I was setting at Sharif Cafe close to Madinah Circle worried and almost lost thinking about what the result of mine, i got that email from Mr. Kays (Senior Microsoft HR Manager of MENA), and i was standing like i never did, scream of happiness with no pride and ask God forgiveness and thanks. Yes, am there going through a new Challenge proving my capability in building a SharePoint Market, a marvelous SharePoint. Guess who was close to me that moment, yeah he is Ghaith Al-Qurashi my best friend ever who hugged me with happiness going from a deep faithful heart. I just called my family and i heard my spirit and reason of living my mother crying for this success and God knows that she is the one after God who caused this success to happen.

For all my best friends, brothers and sisters who pushed me to the ultimate to be what i am now, THANKS .. THANKS AND A BILLION THANKS FROM THE HEART ... This success will never be mine, but for the whole community of Jordev .. for my best friends (Ayman Farouq, Mohammed Saleh, Muhannad Omar) who supported me and been always the sample of the effective people. For my best brothers and colleagues ever (Mohammed Helal, Odeh Mahmoud, Raafat Sumarin, Ihsan Anabtawi, Mohammed Najdawi, Khaireddin Bushnaq). For my all my friends who i forgot to mention many many many thanks.

I duno what to say for my charming Manager Mr. Zeid Shubailat for his kind consideration but this will be private for now :D ..

It's a moment to pray for God help, and then it's time for distributing sweeeeeets all over ... Join my celebration my best lovely people ever .........................


November 20, 2007 | 4:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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Top 30 websites that are still using Tables as main layout

http://web2.0flow.com/top-30-popular-websites-that-still-are-using-tables-as-main-layout-structure/

Will SharePoint does use it as main structuring for layout … :S .. yeah yeah don't tell me Why avoiding tables (for layout) is important I already know it !!


November 19, 2007 | 2:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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Microsoft HR new Site !! What a Creative Design ..


November 18, 2007 | 7:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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Enable Anonymous in Microsoft SharePoint 2007

Since more clients are asking me about the same issue, here is the answer below!

Even though Microsoft has done a great job on improving the user interface in SharePoint 2007, some things are still buried and require a little "black magic" to get done. In this entry I'll show you how to enable anonymous access on your site.

First, you need to enable anonymous on the IIS web site (called a Web Application in SharePoint land). This can be done by:

  • Launching Internet Information Services Manager from the Start -> Administration Tools menu
  • Select the web site, right click and select Properties
  • Click on the Directory Security tab
  • Click on Edit in the Authentication and access control section

Instead we'll do it SharePoint style using the Central Administration section:

  • First get to your portal. Then under "My Links" look for "Central Administration" and select it.
  • In the Central Administration site select "Application Management" either in the Quick Launch or across the top tabs
  • Select "Authentication Providers" in the "Application Security" section
  • Click on the "Default" zone (or whatever zone you want to enable anonymous access for)
  • Under "Anonymous Access" click the check box to enable it and click "Save"

NOTE: Make sure the "Web Application" in the menu at the top right is your portal/site and not the admin site.

You can confirm that anonymous access is enabled by going back into the IIS console and checking the Directory Security properties.

Now the second part is to enable anonymous access in the site.

  • Return to your sites home page and navigate to the site settings page. In MOSS, this is under Site ActionsSite SettingsModify All Site Settings. In WSS it's under Site ActionsSite Settings.
  • Under the "Users and Permissions" section click on "Advanced permissions"
  • On the "Settings" drop down menu (on the toolbar) select "Anonymous Access"
  • Select the option you want anonymous users to have (full access or documents and lists only)

Now users without logging in will get whatever option you allowed them.

A couple of notes about anonymous access:

  • You will need to set up the 2nd part for all sites unless you have permission inheritance turned on
  • If you don't see the "Anonymous Access" menu option in the "Settings" menu, it might not be turned on in Central Admin/IIS. You can manually navigate to "_layouts/setanon.aspx" if you want, but the options will be grayed out if it hasn't been enabled in IIS
  • You must do both setups to enable anonymous access for users, one in IIS and the other in each site

Hope that helps!

Thanks for http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/ for his awesome useful post.


November 18, 2007 | 7:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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Windows Lice Onecare 2.0 released

Windows Live Onecare 2.0 released. Hurry up for 30 days trial version.


November 16, 2007 | 10:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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Windows Live Onecare 2.0 released

Windows Live Onecare 2.0 released. Hurry up for 90 days trial version.


November 16, 2007 | 10:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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Download Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio 2008

To download it, head on over to the Windows Live Dev Connect page on Microsoft Connect, go to the download page and download it.

Check out this awesome Article on Live Tools for VS 2008

http://www.liveside.net/blogs/developer/archive/2007/11/07/download-windows-live-tools-for-visual-studio-2008.aspx


November 13, 2007 | 10:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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Zune v2 print ads (gallery)


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Microsoft Announced to Acquire Musiwave

In a press release issued this morning, Microsoft announced its plans to acquire French mobile music company Musiwave. The company is a leading provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies. According to the press release:

The acquisition would bring Musiwave's relationships with music labels, device makers and mobile operators that deliver digital entertainment to consumers, together with Microsoft's Connected Entertainment technologies and services, including Windows Mobile, Zune, MSN and Windows Live. Should the transaction proceed, Musiwave would continue to operate out of its current headquarters in Paris.

MusiWave provides the technology behind the new T Mobile Music Jukebox, and provides technology, marketing, and content for mobile operators and music companies.


November 13, 2007 | 10:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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SharePoint Backup and Restore Resources

This downloadable white paper explains how administrators managing small to medium-size deployments can protect and recover data. This paper describes data recovery from the item level to the farm level.

Download this white paper as a Microsoft Office Word document (.doc) file.

Read this paper online at:

Data protection and recovery for Office SharePoint Server in small to medium deployments (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=102839&clcid=0x409)


 


November 3, 2007 | 12:11 PM Comments  0 comments

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MOHAMMAED ZAYED’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE SOON

25 November 2007


November 3, 2007 | 7:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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WSS 3.0 is not shipped with Box of Windows Server 2008

I was reading recently some articles about this topic in Technet and Windows Server Blogs and I found this:

http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2007/10/29/windows-server-2008-and-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0-update.aspx


November 2, 2007 | 12:11 PM Comments  0 comments

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Windows Live Authentication in Your SharePoint Site.


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Google gPhone Photos, Probably fake photos !!


November 2, 2007 | 8:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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Web Content Management Links and Resources from Andrew Connell


November 2, 2007 | 1:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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Eye-Fi Adds Wi-Fi to alomost any Digital Camera,

The Eye-Fi. It's an SD memory card that adds Wi-Fi to any camera. Plus the free Eye-Fi service supports automatic uploads to 20 different web photo sites (like Flickr) as well as a computer on your home network.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/review/eye+fi-adds-wi+fi-to-almost-any-digital-camera-316537.php


October 31, 2007 | 6:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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SpineBreakers – What an Awesome SharePoint Site :o)

More and More CREATIVE SharePoint sites: check this out

http://www.spinebreakers.co.u


 

Any Website Developer, Start Now developing your sites on WSS ;)


October 30, 2007 | 5:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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Wssdemo.com

Ian Morrish, another SharePoint Guru, HE IS IN MY TOP FAVOR SharePoint Gurus. … His website http://www.wssdemo.com is the most favorite for Demos /Projects over WSS/MOSS. I will keep demonstrating his awesome through my WSS pre-sales movies.

Simply his website is AWESOME!!!! ..

Regards,


 


October 30, 2007 | 5:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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F# (Functional Programming on .NET Board)

Soma had the news today. F# is an official .NET language now! Functional programming becomes a first citizen in .NET :-)

Soma wrote:

One of the really promising current projects from MSR is the F# programming language, spearheaded by Don Syme. F# stems from the functional programming tradition (hence the 'F') and has strong roots in the ML family of languages, though also draws from C#, LINQ and Haskell. F# is designed from the outset to be a first class citizen on .NET. This means that F# runs on the CLR, embraces object-oriented programming, and has features to ensure a smooth integration with the .NET Framework.

I am a big fan of technology transfer between a research organization and a product development organization so that we can "productize" the great research ideas and deliver to customers in a timely manner. This is one of the best things that has happened at Microsoft ever since we created Microsoft Research over 15 years ago. Here is another great example of technology transfer at work. We will be partnering with Don Syme and others in Microsoft Research to fully integrate the F# language into Visual Studio and continue innovating and evolving F#. In my mind, F# is another first-class programming language on the CLR.

This is really great news! Functional programming is very elegant and has a lot of benefits compared to other approaches. There are also some negative aspects: mostly people complain about the speed that functional languages offer. But the best thing about F# is that the team says that programs written in their language are as fast as programs written in C#.

You get functional and dynamic benefits with the same speed as if they would have been written in C#. Isn't it cool?

Channel 8


October 28, 2007 | 6:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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Mediaroom Personal Server, available Dec 29

Microsoft might have just got the Mediaroom party started four months ago, but already dozens of providers around the world are drinking the kool-aid and having a good time. The much anticipated XBOX 360 integration is also crashing in any day now, but Microsoft's got one last party trick, called the "Mediaroom Personal Server".

On the generously detailed Microsoft Support Lifecycle's portal, where it lists the support availability dates for all previous, current and upcoming Microsoft products, features an entry for "Mediaroom Personal Server". The general availability date provided is "12/29/2007″.


Okay, I have to admit, I have no idea what the Mediaroom Personal Server is. But thanks to Microsoft's ingenious naming conventions, you can't be too far off with a guess either. It is definitely a consumer-orientated software or device bundle, much like Windows Home Server, which serves as an aggregator and hub for your Mediaroom devices.

Some of the scenarios I can think of with a 'personal media server' includes letting you rip and store your DVDs for instant access, let you subscribe to vidcasts which it will automatically download and archive, or even just manage all of your scheduled recordings including remote recordings from web access.

So far, there's not even one reference to this product anywhere on Google besides Microsoft's support page. It is definitely not something they've mentioned in passing. However since it'll be available in exactly two months, I'm pretty sure it's being worked on very hard.


 

Quoted from istartedsomething.com


October 28, 2007 | 5:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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SharePoint 2009!!!!! Unofficial Statement

There are reports circulating that the next version of SharePoint dubbed as SharePoint 2009 and MOSS 2009 would have its early adopter and CTP by middle of next year. It is also said that knowledge network is included and seamlessly integrated in SharePoint 2009.

These are still unconfirmed reports, though we would keep tabs on SharePoint 2009 and MOSS 2009 developments.

Source: http://www.techticles.com/


October 28, 2007 | 5:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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Wine 0.9.48 Released

http://www.winehq.org/?announce=0.9.48

This is release 0.9.48 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix.


 

What's new in this release?

- Still more fixes for regression test failures.

- Much more complete cryptnet implementation.

- WIDL is now able to generate the oleaut32 proxy code.

- Lots of bug fixes.


 


October 28, 2007 | 5:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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Military VR Simulator is the closest thing ever for HALO 3


October 28, 2007 | 5:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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Awesome Lego Creation


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Running SharePoint Websites in Application Tips for Sys-Admins


October 27, 2007 | 9:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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What an awesome MS Windows Mobile 6 Website !!!!!


October 27, 2007 | 3:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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Microsoft to push functional programming into the mainstream with F#


October 27, 2007 | 3:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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Even Microsoft doesn’t value Facebook at $15 billion

I was tracking MS investment in Facebook and I found this awesome article around. The first thing I did when I saw the numbers, is the mouth thing :S

http://www.techsoapbox.com/even-microsoft-doesnt-value-facebook-at-15-billion-use-your-damn-brain/


October 27, 2007 | 2:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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Watch VE new release on Channel 10

Watch the new Release of Virtual Earth on 10 ;) ---

http://on10.net/Blogs/laura/new-release-of-virtual-earth/

Btw for people who are interested on Integrating Virtual Earth with facebook don't miss Codeplex VE Maps community kit ;)

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/10/14/announcing-community-kit-for-sharepoint-virtual-earth-maps-on-sharepoint.aspx


October 27, 2007 | 2:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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Is Windows Live Search coming to Facebook ?


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6 Microsoft® Office Business Applications for Office SharePoint® Server 2007

The essential guide for implementing Microsoft Office as an application-development platform

Get the practical guide to implementing the Microsoft Office system as an application-development platform. This book highlights the breadth of approaches developers can take for extending line-of-business information to information workers in the familiar, usable format of the Microsoft Office interface. These approaches, Microsoft Office Business Application (OBA) patterns, are based on real-world implementations in many cases. In other cases, they are built on Microsoft Office features that have a generalized solution rooted in input from customers and partners. This reference delivers the seven key Microsoft Office Business Application patterns and provides professional developers with extensible examples and the architectural guidance needed for developing custom enterprise applications and extending business information to users.

RELEASED IN -> 05 DEC 2007, STAY TUNED <= MS Press


October 23, 2007 | 2:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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Technology Outsourcing in Arab World …

India is a well-known country in technology outsourcing not only for its inexpensiveness workers but as well the facilities that been provided by Indian Gov which include Infrastructure, Telecommunication, tax pardon and rich investment support escalated from the interest in this sector. I was excited when i heard that Egypt is now moving towards this one but still Taxes, Infrastructure, Investment Facilities, Insurance are key challenges for investors there. China, Philippine is a successful example of Tech. Outsourcing worldwide and Governments there has realized rapid revenue by empowering Technology outsourcing market which represents a high percentage of total incomes. Where is our Arab world from the outsourcing market??? .. i remember the moment when i was speaking about outsourcing in one of events and i targeted the question to Minister of ICT and i remember by heart his awesome answer which has nothing to do with the subject, "We have initiative to give a laptop for each student" he said.


October 22, 2007 | 11:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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IEE Forms Based Authentication Solution, THANKS A MILLION !!!!

http://www.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ProjectName=CKS&ReleaseId=7675

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/10/13/announcing-the-community-kit-for-sharepoint-internet-extranet-edition-forms-based-authentication-solution.aspx


 

The CKS:Internet/Extranet Edition is pleased to announce the first pre-Beta release of its Forms Based Authentication solution. This solution contains the following features:

  • Automated Solution Deployment - Zac Smith
  • Membership request webpart (including CAPTCHA) - Paul Ballard
  • Membership request list - Paul Ballard
  • Login web part - Paul Ballard
  • Recover Password web part - Edin Kapic
  • Change Password web part - Edin Kapic
  • ULS Logging - Edin Kapic
  • User Management - Zac Smith
  • Role Management - Zac Smith
  • User Properties - Brendon Schwartz


    Special Mentions: Stacy Draper for letting us hijack his code and for moral support

    How To Use This Solution

    1. Setup Forms Based Authentication
    While we plan to add administrative features that will make setting up a SharePoint site for FBA much easier, for now you'll need to follow the instructions outlined in Dan Attis' Blog http://devcow.com/blogs/jdattis/archive/2007/02/23/Office_SharePoint_Server_2007_Forms_Based_Authentication_FBA_Walkthrough_Part_1.aspx.
    2. Install The FBAManagement Solution File
    Unzip FBAManagement.zip onto the file system of the SharePoint server and you will find three files. Deploy/Undeploy command files and the FBAManagement solution file. From the command line enter:
    deploy [SharePoint Site URL]

    This will install the solution and activate all of the features.
    3. Add Webparts to pages
    The self registration aspects of this solution include web parts for logging in users, registering new users, requesting a password reset, and allowing a user to change their password. These web parts can be added to any web part page in the site.

    User Login
    This web part is extremely customizable including changing prompts, error messages, and turning on/off links to registration pages or password change pages. When the user logs in successfully they will see a link under the "Welcome User" control at the top of the page called "My Settings". Click on this will let the user change their SharePoint user settings.

    User Registration
    This web part is also highly customizable. In addition to the standard CreateUserWizard controls, this registration control adds fields for the First and Last names as well as a CAPTCHA field to avoid programmatic registrations. When a user registers on the site an email will be sent letting them know that their account information has been received and that their membership is pending.

    Change Password

    This web part will allow the user to modify their password. All prompts and error messages are customizable.

    Password Recovery
    This web part allows a user to request a password reset by answering the questions they created when the account was registered. This web part also allows modification of all prompts and error messages.

    4. Administering Users
    New Membership Request
    When a user fills out the registration information in the registration web part that information is stored in the Membership Request List. The administrator can then edit the user information by going to Site Settings and under Users and Permissions click on "FBA Membership Request Management". When their status goes from Pending to Approved an email will be sent that will notify the user that they have been approved and will also contain a temporary password for them to use to log into the site. If you deactivate the Membership Request List feature, then all registrants are automatically added to the site and the email goes out immediately.

    Modifying a User's Information
    The administrator can modify the user information from the Site Settings page by clicking on "FBA User Management". On this page you can add/modify/remove the users. If the roles feature is activated you can also add/delete roles (note: these are FBA roles, not SharePoint roles). When roles are activated the User Management will let you add/remove users from roles instead of groups. The roles feature is not activated by default.


October 21, 2007 | 2:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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