Make it a habit

I started blogging a month ago and never ever thought that i would be posting 10 posts this month.
I made it a practice/habit of sharing my good readings/work on my blog with others, i kept practising that over the month and now i have 10 posts this month. Thats a good nos.

By praticing and by making it a habit helps you to achieve this which you think you can't.

SIMPLE e.g. For people who daily read news paper from childhood, still keep continuing till date.

Therefore Practice, Practice, Pratice...............................or try making it a habit.

Cheers, ~Neville (http://nevilledubash.blogspot.com/)

Accenture at Microsoft Tech Mela 2007

Microsoft TechMela is a event held by Microsoft brought in partnership with key strategic Industry Partners and various Microsoft Product Teams. You can make the most of your TechMela experience by attending the Partner Sessions and visiting Partner Exhibit Booths to test-drive the latest technologies and solutions for Developers, IT Professionals, Architects and Designers.

Accenture is the Platinum Sponsor for this event
W.r.t Accenture's Microsoft Capability (Avanade Account Group) would be presenting 1 Key note address on the subject "Our Technology Vision" and 3 breakout sessions on subjects like
- SOA & SOA Factory,
- Microsoft Dynamics & BI Convergence and
- BI using Microsoft Performance Point Server (PPS).

30-min Keynote Session: 15th June, 2007 0930-1000
60-min Breakout Session: 14th June, 2007 1210-1310
60-min Breakout Session: 15th June, 2007 1510-1610
60-min Breakout Session: 16th June, 2007 1620-1720

Get ready to catch Accenture Live and Be Sure to visit the Accenture Booth for a demo on "Next Generation Workplace" and Avanade.

Cheers, ~Neville (http://nevilledubash.blogspot.com/)

Event: Microsoft Tech Mela 2007 (formely TechEd)

TechMela (formely TechEd) –The fusion of the latest technologies, technical expertise, and structured learning experiences.

TechMela is an evolution of the erstwhile TechEd, Mobile and Embedded Developer Conference, MIX, and IT Professionals' Conference. TechMela is the definitive confluence of technologists and business professionals.

Creating many pathways to knowledge exchange, TechMela comprises of technology presentations, scenario showcases, experience zones and discussion forums under two broad events: Tech Mela BUSINESS (Business & Technology Decision Makers) and Tech Mela TECHNOLOGY (Architects, Developers).

Visit TechMela at http://www.techmela.com/index.htm
Event Dates: 13, 14,15, 16 Jun 2007
Event Venue: Renaissance, Powai, Mumbai.

Copying large files (in GBs) over Network

I was struggling to copy a large file (16 GB) over a network using Windows Standard File-Copy process, It use to take me more than a day to copy 16 GB, more ever there was no gurantee, sometimes there were network errors and the copy process use to terminate.

My colleague [Rajesh Gala] suggested a robocopy utility which helps to copy file faster and with resume options.

Mail me if you need this utility.

Cheers, ~Neville (http://nevilledubash.blogspot.com/)

SOA wiki: What is SOA?, Why SOA?.......

Recently someone from our/Accenture marketing team asked me a question.

What is SOA? Why SOA? How does it help a person/ Business?

The answer to all these questions was the SOA wiki at link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service-oriented_architecture

Your jumpstart to SOA.

Cheers, ~Neville (http://nevilledubash.blogspot.com/)

SharePoint Products Team Blog

In search of some latest News on SharePoint (MOSS), i came accross the SharePoint Products Team Blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/) that can help one stay accquinted with latest Technical Articles, Visual How-to Screencasts, and their accompanying downloads published over the last couple of weeks on MSDN.

Was a good fruitful reading :-)

Cheers, ~Neville (http://nevilledubash.blogspot.com/)

WCF - Training, Videos, Samples, Blogs

I recently had to give a presentation on SOA factory asset from Avanade and wanted to understand WCF (Windows Communication Foundation).

The site http://wcf.netfx3.com/ provides a lot of useful information such as Training, Videos, Samples, Blogs, etc.

Rescources section on the site provide HOL, Videos, Whitepapers, chat talks, etc.

Cheers, ~Neville (http://nevilledubash.blogspot.com/)

MOSS products comparison

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 products comparison is available for download from link http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA101978031033.aspx

Included is a complete breakdown of the features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and a comparison between the different 2007 server editions and SharePoint Portal Server 2003.

Cheers, ~Neville (http://nevilledubash.blogspot.com/)

Microsoft Virtual Classrooms

Microsoft Virtual Classrooms
http://www.microsoft.com/india/virtualclassrooms/default.aspx

The Ultimate Online Training Environment - With the Developer Virtual Classrooms, you'll enjoy the benefits of live human interaction from the comforts of your desktop.

And with the virtual classroom's interactive functionality participants can:
• Gain valuable knowledge quickly and easily through a combination of lecture and demonstrations presented by a technical expert.
• Take online course evaluations.
• Based on a 80% correctness in your evaluation score, you stand to earn yourself a certificate of participation from Microsoft.

The link, http://www.microsoft.com/india/virtualclassrooms/default.aspx

Cheers, ~Neville (http://nevilledubash.blogspot.com/)

SharePoint Server 2007 Presentations: Enterprise Search Deep Dives

A good download that has 6 detailed presentations and videos on Enterprise Search in MOSS some of you may be interested in.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2751d5cd-8690-44b5-ae5c-d2769b227929&displaylang=en&tm#filelist
Overview
This download presents packaged presentations and videos of the following conference sessions:
· Enterprise Search Strategy and Opportunities (SharePointServer2007SearchDeepDiveA.exe) This session starts with an overview of Microsoft's enterprise search strategy, reviews the various products that it affects, and outlines what is new in SharePoint Search for the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Lastly, it discusses opportunities for partners building on the platform.
· SharePoint Search Extensibility (SharePointServer2007SearchDeepDiveB.exe) This session addresses the core extensibility scenarios in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) search, such as customizing the user interface, custom search using client applications, and crawling new repositories, including line-of-business data. It also covers the administration object model.
· Protocol Handlers and IFilters (SharePointServer2007SearchDeepDiveC.exe) Learn about the overall architecture of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) search. Protocol Handlers and iFilter interfaces are described in detail with code examples.
· Customizing and Extending Search in Office SharePoint Server 2007 (SharePointServer2007SearchDeepDiveD.exe) Learn how to customize Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) search user interface and build search based applications in this session. Branding, Web parts and extending search using the object model and Web services are discussed.
· Business Data Search (SharePointServer2007SearchDeepDiveE.exe) The Business Data Catalog (BDC) enables search to reach into line-of-business repositories and provide integrated search results. Learn about the Business Data Catalog including the design motivations, scenarios, and the apis.
· SharePoint Search Deployment Scenarios(SharePointServer2007SearchDeepDiveF.exe) This session reviews both Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 search topologies, and various deployment scenarios such as a collaboration environment, enterprise portals, and internet facing portals.

Cheers, ~Neville (http://nevilledubash.blogspot.com/)

Knowledge Sharing

In my first post, I would like to share with the community my thoughts on "Knowledge Sharing".

I had always been in grained by my parents that "by Sharing knowledge with others you learn more". I started the same at an early age and see a lot of benefits in doing so.

- I shared my learnings with my classmates in school and thereby i improved my knowledge on the subject.
- I taught computers to friends, family and relatives and thereby improved my knowledge.
- my first job at NIIT even before i got my gradution was about teaching computers to people of different age groups and thereby i mastered the art of teaching.
- In the time frame of 2002- till date, we see in the IT industry there is so much importance on Knowledge Sharing.
Examples: Messengers, Online Communities, Online Forums, Collaborative applications, Information worker, blogs, wikis, etc.
Online communities where people post their queries and people from all over the world repond with their ideas/suggestions.

Come on friends, Lets share and learn from one and all.

Cheers, ~Neville (http://nevilledubash.blogspot.com/)