Featured Articles (updated 7/20/12)

The Different Roles in MSDN and TechNet Forums

By Ed Price - MSFT
July 20, 2012

There are several different roles in MSDN and TechNet forums: Owner, Administrator, Moderator, and Answerer. Owner: This is usually only a few people. The owner adds other people and typically has the final owns the responsibility of the forum. This is always a Microsoft employee and is often a community lead of the forum's technology...

SharePoint 2010 Best Practices

By Margriet Bruggeman
July 11, 2012

Best practices are, and rightfully so, always a much sought-after topic. There are various kinds of best practices. First, there are Microsoft best practices. In real life, these are the most important ones to know, as most companies implementing SharePoint best practices have a tendency to follow as much of these as possibly can. Independent consultants doing architecture and code reviews will certainly take a look at these as well...

E-Book Gallery for Microsoft Technologies

By Bryan Franz (MSFT)
June 18, 2012

Download existing and new content for ASP.NET, Office, SQL Server, Windows Azure, and other Microsoft technologies in e-book formats. Reference, guide, and step-by-step information are all available. All the e-books are free. New books will be posted as they become available. To provide feedback on e-books or suggest new content...

PowerShell V3 Tips and Tricks (What's New in V3)

By Bigteddy
June 18, 2012

This article is divided into PowerShell Language and Features, ISE Features, and Cmdlet and Provider Changes. Also heavily contributed to from Thomas Lee...