Appendix

Though this section is an appendix, it has very valuable information and details that will be helpful for you while performing your migration from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010. Again, we are limiting information to only what is important and relevant, rather than providing you with what’s already available from TechNet or MSDN. However, we have included external links that you can refer to for more specific and detailed information.

STSADM vs. PowerShell

As discussed through out this book, PowerShell is going to lead the way moving forward from SharePoint 2010, and because of its many advantages, we suggest that you understand, learn, practice, and implement PowerShell as much as possible. Though STSADM commands still work, we strongly suggest using of PowerShell, and to help you do so, Table A-1 offers a comparison between STSADM and PowerShell.

Content Placeholders

This section is for designers who create, design, and implement master pages. In Table A-2, we are providing information about content placeholders—new ones and those that already exist (in MOSS 2007) and are part of the master pages.

Team Site Elements and CSS Classes

Table A-3 is intended to help designers with some of the changes related to the team sites and relevant CSS classes that you will have to understand and override based on the need in your master pages.

MOSS 2007 Deprecated Methods

Table A-4 lists some of the deprecated methods from TechNet resource; for the full list, see http://blog.srinisistla.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=219.

New SharePoint Server Controls

Some new server controls introduced in SharePoint 2010 are relevant to designers, power users and developers. Table A-5 contains the comprehensive list of new server controls and their description.

The Administration Toolkit

By Microsoft and third-party vendors, many tools have been introduced to facilitate process, management, and data in SharePoint 2010. Various tools are available for developers and designers, and we have introduced few of the noteworthy and important ones in previous chapters. However, one very important tool we would recommend to administrators is the Administration toolkit. Using it, administrators can perform load testing, configure security, replicate user profiles, ensure interoperability with content management, and run diagnostics on the SharePoint platform. You can obtain the Administration toolkit here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc508851.aspx.

Must-Read Articles and Blogs

As final note, Microsoft has made available a significant amount of information on migration to SharePoint 2010 on both the MSDN and TechNet sites. You’ll also find a lot about general architecture, designs, development, and so on. Then too, many community groups and users have contributed a lot the SharePoint community, and we strongly recommend reading all the information available. To help you find what you need, we list here some of the important articles, blogs, and books that might help you in your migration process.

MSDN Blogs

There are many blog posts on MSDN related to migration to SharePoint 2010. These are the MSDN blogs we recommend:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee514557.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg454789.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee539981.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee816116.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee662217.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg430141.aspx
• http://blogs.msdn.com/opal/archive/2009/11/16/installation-notice-forsharepoint-2010-public-beta.aspx
• http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blog/Pages/BlogPost.aspx?pID=431
• http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=389
• http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=398
• http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=409

TechNet Articles

These are the TechNet articles we recommend:

• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh801868.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee517214.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff465365
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303420.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh801868.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff191199.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262155.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262967.aspx

Other Blogs

There are many community groups and SharePoint experts who contributed a lot. Here are a few other blogs you might want to follow:

• www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=337
• http://weblogs.asp.net/jan/archive/2009/05/06/querying-sharepoint-list-items-using-jquery.aspx
• http://blah.winsmarts.com/2009-11-SharePoint_2010_Development_Environment_-and-ndash;_Practical_Tips.aspx
• www.win2008workstation.com/win2008/windows-server-2008-workstation-converter
• www.aiim.org/community/blogs/expert/SharePoint-2010-Web-Standards-Accessibility-and-Usability-Quick-Reference-Guide

Books

For more detailed information we recommend the following books:

• Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Building Solutions for SharePoint 2010 by Sahil Malik (Apress, 2010)
• Pro SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence Solutions by Sahil Malik, Srini Sistla, and Steve Wright (Apress, 2010)
• Pro SharePoint 2010 Branding and User Interface Design by Randy Drisgill, John Ross, and Jacob J. Sanford (Wrox, 2010)

Authors’ Blogs

And finally, here are the authors’ blogs. Our blogs contain a lot of information about migration and many other topics on SharePoint 2010:

• http://blah.winsmarts.com
• http://blog.srinisistla.com