Here are the in my opinion most interesting SharePoint 2007 resources in march 2009… with every link comes a short description of the content available. This month is about SharePoint 2007 in general and WCMS as well as virtualization.

SharePoint 2007

• Is it time to apply Feburary Cumulative Update?
  Missed this one in February… it is suggested that you don’t apply the update which was released and that you wait for the “Uber” package for Feb CU which is scheduled to be released in the “coming weeks”.
  

• Uber Packages of February Cumulative Update are Ready
  Here we have the “Uber” packages which should be used instead of the initial release of the February cumulative update.
  

• Understanding Field Controls and Web Parts in SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Sites
  Andrew Connell is talking about “Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 field controls and Web Parts and how they differ, and best practices for when to use each type of control.”

Virtualization

• Hyper-V Terminology: Update
  Don’t know about the terminology around Hyper-V? If you read this article you are up to date.
   
• Virtualizing SharePoint Series - Recommendations for optimizing the performance of a virtualized SharePoint environment
  As a developer I have a virtual environment to develop… so I’m always interested in setting up my images with a better performance. And yes Hyper-V is the thing you should use.
  
  
• Lab Experiment: Hypervisors
  Well this is really interesting: An independent comparison of Hyper-V, WMware ESX and XenServer with some surprising results.
  
  
• Updated: Hyper-V Planning and Deployment Guide
  ”The Hyper-V Planning and Deployment guide is available online and is constantly being updated with more and more information. On top of this we periodically roll up this information into standalone documentation that is easier to take, print out, and use offline.”