Download RTM version of the SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 VHD

The RTM version of the SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 VHD files are now available for download. This includes Windows Server 2008 R2, SharePoint 2010, Office 2010, Visual Studio 2010, SQL Server 2008 R2, Exchange 2010 and more. See the download site for a complete list of software. This is the the same virtual machine that we do all of our demos and presentations with
Download SharePoint 2010 VHD: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9728417

Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint Now Available

http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/protection-for-sharepoint/en/us/default.aspx


Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint is now available for download. As the next generation of Forefront Security for SharePoint, this product helps prevent users from uploading or downloading documents containing malware, out-of-policy content, or sensitive information to SharePoint libraries, uses multiple anti-malware scanning engines from industry-leading security partners to provide comprehensive protection against the latest threats, and integrates with SharePoint technologies to provide high performance, easily customized protection optimized for SharePoint collaboration environments.

Explore the SharePoint Training Kit Offline with HOLs

on the SharePoint Learning Center home page, Click

download the Training Kit , then install

you can have it Offline

SharePoint 2010 Training Kit with Offline and Hands on Labs

http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/SharePoint2010Developer/

This training course contains 14 training units covering all aspects of developing solutions on the SharePoint 2010 platform using Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint Designer 2010.

The update adds a downloadable version of the training course including Hands On Labs (HOLs) for all of the training units. SharePoint 2010 provides the business collaboration platform for developers to rapidly build solutions using familiar tools while leveraging a rich set of out of the box features.

Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint Designer 2010 make developers more productive and Visual Studio Team Foundation Server delivers support for application lifecycle management.

Developers can integrate Line of Business data in SharePoint 2010 with read/write capability delivered by Business Connectivity Services.

Sandboxed Solutions can be deployed to a shared hosting environment to limit the impact of unpredictable code to the other applications in use.

Chat with the SharePoint MVP Experts

Do you have tough technical questions regarding SharePoint for which you're seeking answers? Do you want to tap into the deep knowledge of the talented Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals? The SharePoint MVPs are the same people you see in the technical community as authors, speakers, user group leaders and answerers in the MSDN forums. This is the first time we have brought these experts together as a collective group to answer your questions live. So please join us and bring on the questions! This chat will cover WSS, MOSS and the SharePoint 2010 beta. Topics include setup and administration, design, development and general questions.

Date and Time
9:00 - 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time
Chat Room
Enter Chat Room

SharePoint Saturday Arabic

Registration is now open for participation in Live Online SharePoint Saturday Arabia. Live presentations, presented from 7:00am to 3:00pm (GMT+0), on March 27, 2010.
http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/arabia

In order to hear the presenters, you will need headphones or computer speakers. There will be no conference call dial-in phone numbers.

The live blogging platform will allow for real time questions to be passed to the presenters. There will be multiple sessions running simultaneously so that we can present to a diversified audience with different technical needs.

SharePoint 2010 & Office 2010 Launch date on May 12th, 2010

Watch Stephen Elop, President of the Microsoft Business Division, announce the launch of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 on May 12, 2010 at 11 a.m
After a long time of waiting, SharePoint 2010 will be released.
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/businessproductivity/proof/pages/2010-launch-events.aspx#fbid=Oykvn5mGI-9

Meeting SharePoint Experts @Tech.Ed 2010

Yesterday, I was so happy to meet two of the top SharePoint experts in the world, Joel and Noel,
I am attending the first Tech.Ed in the Middle East which is now in Dubai

SharePoint Saturday EMEA – All Recordings Available

All of the recorded sessions from SharePoint Saturday are available for download.

Intro and Keynote

Mark Miller, Dux Raymond Sy, Isaac Stith, Toni Frankola and Joel Oleson

Channel 1
1.SharePoint 2010 Planning and Best Practice Approaches to Upgrade
Joel Oleson
2.PowerShell for a SharePoint 2010 Environment
Claudio Brotto, SharePoint MVP
3.Creating Office Business Application Solutions with Business
Zlatan Dzinic, SharePoint MVP
4.SharePoint 2010, Getting Ready!
Marwan Tarek, SharePoint MVP
5.SharePoint 2010 Development Tips & Tricks
Mostafa Elzoghbi, C# MVP
6.Installing and Configuring SharePoint Server 2010 in a Virtual Environment
Muhanad Omar, SharePoint MVP
7.Architecting a Fault Tolerant and High Performance SharePoint 2010 Farm
Michael Noel

Channel 2
1.The Power of Content Editor Web Part
Boris Gomiunik
2.KPI roll-up in SharePoint 2007 (WSS and MOSS)
Christophe Humbert
3.Client Side Technologies in SharePoint 2010
Jan Tielens, SharePoint MVP
4.Access and SharePoint
Mohamed Yehia
5.SharePoint Social Computing and Social Networking in Everyday Use
Nicolas Georgeault, SharePoint MVP
6.Introducing the SharePoint 2010 Out-of-Box Web Parts
Laura Rogers

Channel 3
1.Data-Centric Composites (Mashups) in SharePoint 2010 (In Arabic)
Ayman El-Hattab
2.Delivering SharePoint Success – Why Collaboration is More Than Just Technology
Dux Raymond Sy
3.Design and Manage Site Collections in SharePoint 2010
Steve Smith, SharePoint MVP
4.SharePoint 2010 Search for the Business
Ágnes Molnár, SharePoint MVP
5.Explaining Metadata: Content Types and Site Columns
Ruven Gotz
6.Social Computing in the Enterprise, from 2007 to 2010
Daniel McPherson

SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Simplified - Q&A

Joel posted a very nice post that I would like to point to, Simplify your SharePoint 2010 Upgrade recorded archive is now available.
Download the Practical Guidance for SharePoint 2010 Upgrade deck from SlideShare - PPTX
Free tool for displaying storage, large files, size in versions, etc.. in a site or site collection: Storage Reports for SharePoint
details of the post here http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=306