I came across the following useful learning resources of visual studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 beta2. Visual studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Training Course http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/VS2010/ Visual studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 beta2 walkthroughs http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd441784.aspx Learning resources for visual studio 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=752CB725-969B-4732-A383-ED5740F02E93&displaylang=en

The beta2 of visual studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 is released. It can be downloaded in msdn. The url is below :- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd582936.aspx

The following snippet contains the script to retract sharepoint solution packages and de-activate features. This would be become handy to the sharepoint adminstrators, when they want to retract multiple solution packages (wsp) and de-activate multiple features. :begin @echo off rem ** declare the solution to be retracted ** set solutionName=SampleSolution rem ** declare the set of fetures to be de-activated ** set featureSampleFeature1=SampleFeature1 set featureSampleFeature2=SampleFeature2 set featureSampleFeature3

There are times, where we need to create an application page to be accessed anonymously by the user, instead of the user signing-in and accessing the page. Here is the code-snippet to create an unsecure application page for sharepoint. public partial class UnsecureApplicationPage : Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase // inherit the page from Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase instead of Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.LayoutsPageBase { protected void

Creating an application page for sharepoint is fairly simple and straight-forward. To make that application page secure, just do some extra steps in the code. Here is the code-snippet for creating secure application page in sharepoint . public partial class SampleSecurePage : Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.LayoutsPageBase { public SampleSecurePage() { //In the constructor define rights check mode to be done on the pre-init event this .RightsCheckMode = RightsCheckModes.OnPreInit; } //get the permission

The following is the script that can automate manual installation of wsps and activation of features. :begin @echo off rem ** mention the name of the wsp to be installed ** set solutionName=SampleSolution rem ** declare list of features to be installed ** set featureSampleFeature1=SampleFeature1 set featureSampleFeature2=SampleFeature2 set featureSampleFeature3=SampleFeature3 rem ** Replace this value with the URL of your site or sitecollection** @set url=http://servername/sites/sitecollection/sitename

Many a times, we'd find the need for leveraging the javascript in sharepoint web parts. It could be a simple requirement of opening up a pop-up window or could be a complex requirement to invoke a web service from javascript. Here is code-snippet and steps to leverage java script inside sharepoint web parts. The crux is to embeed or register the javascript function in the PreRender event of the web part and invoke this registered javascript, from wherever desired. //In the constructor of the

Microsoft launched a number of Web Application Toolkits. What is a web application ToolKit ? Web Application Toolkits provide the packaged set of running samples, templates and documentation that enables the web developers to extend their web application capabilities In the Microsoft WebSiteSpark launch, 7 Web Application Toolkits has been released. Web Application Toolkit for Internet Explorer 8 Extensibility Check out the accompanying screencast. Web Application Toolkit for Bing Search Web Application

Here is the list of technical resources, that I've found in September 09 Technet rollup and I'm aggregating them below.   Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Documentation Forefront Server Security Management Console allows administrators to easily manage Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, and Microsoft Antigen. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=ae4ce23b-9e1e-455c-87a4-36167fe43107  

Here is video that has the introduction to application architecture by David Hill. ARCast.TV - David Hill gives us an introduction to the Application Architecture Guide