Here are the in my opinion most interesting SharePoint 2007 resources in August 2009… with every link comes a short description of the content available. This month is about SharePoint 2007 administration, WCMS as well as virtualization and for the first time SharePoint 2010 resources.

SharePoint 2007 Administration

• Windows Server 2008 R2 Disables DCOM modifications
  You know the errors like “The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {some GUID} to the user someUserName SID (S-1-5-21-someID). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.” Solving this with Windows Server 2008 R2 isn’t that easy…

SharePoint 2007 WCMS

• SharePoint Designer wrongfully says a file is checked out when it is not
  Randy Drisgill describes the problem with files which are marked as checked out but which are really not checked out.

• Real World Branding with SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Sites (Part 1 of 2)
  Real World Branding with SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Sites (Part 2 of 2)
  Andrew Connell has written about essential concepts “needed to create an engaging user interface design in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 publishing sites.”

• Interesting content deployment problem when doing partial deployment - hyperlinks in the User Information List
  Don’t put content in an about me field of a group which links to private content which should not be published by the Content Deployment job. It will result in a “job failed”.

SharePoint 2010

• Building Solutions on SharePoint: The Value Delivered Today, and a Sneak Peek at Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010  
  This is a video from the WPC (World Partner Conference) where Arpan Shah shows some SharePoint 2010. I think some of the content (or all?) is also in the Sneak Peek videos.

• SharePoint 2010: Introducing the Client Object Model
  Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 offers a client side object model which can be accessed by .NET code, Silverlight applications or Java Script. The information is taken from the developers Sneak Peek video.

Virtualization (Hyper-V)

• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 RTM & More.
  You can find information about Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 RTM Overview as well as a a comparison of Hyper-V V1 and V2. And some marketing stuff… ;)

• Requirements and Limits for Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2
  The TechNet library is constantly updated regarding Hyper-V and Windows Server 2008 R2.

• Video: Hyper-V Snapshot Common Issues
  Ben Armstrong tells in a video about common issues with Hyper-V Snapshots like not reading the documentation and manually deleting snapshots.