Eleven Microsoft User Groups combine their efforts to organize this unique networking and knowledge sharing event. A unique opportunity to learn about Microsoft’s latest developments and technologies like Exchange 2010, Silverlight 3, Visual Studio 2010, SQL Server 2008, Windows 2008R2, Powershell V2, Forefront Identity Manager 2010, XNA 3.1. and OCS R2.

Microsoft Community Day will take place on Thursday 25th June 2009 in Utopolis, Mechelen , where we will bring together 300 IT Pro’s and developers.

The Microsoft Community Day 2009 is supported by BESUG, BIWUG, IT-Talks, MVUG, Pro-Exchange, SCUG, SQLUG, VBIB, Visug, WinSec, XNA-BUG“

Agenda & Registration Form

How to check which .NET version is currently used?
Environment.Version will always return "version = {2.0.50727.3082}", because Environment.Version returns the CLR version, NET 3.0 and 3.5 are both build upon 2.0 and still use the 2.0 CLR. They basically just add additionall class libraries. That's why Environment.Version and other APIs return 2.0 to you.


How to check if certain .NET version has been installed?
Kadir Sümerkent has written a nice function that works perfectly till .NET version 3.5.
http://www.sumerkent.com/index.php/2009 ... installed/

How to check if .NET 3.5 SP1 has been installed?

 internal static bool IsNET35SP1Installed(){
    string Fx35RegistryKey = @"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v3.5";
    object Fx35ServicePack = Registry.GetValue(Fx35RegistryKey, "SP", null);
    if (Fx35ServicePack == null || (int)Fx35ServicePack < 1)
    {
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

How to check if Microsoft Chart Controls has been installed?

internal static bool IsAspChartControlsInstalled()
        {
            string location = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles) + @"\Microsoft Chart Controls\Assemblies";
            DirectoryInfo chartControlsAssembliesDir = new DirectoryInfo(location);
            if (!chartControlsAssembliesDir.Exists)
            {
                return false;
            }
            else
            {
                if (chartControlsAssembliesDir.GetFiles().Count() < 6)
                {
                    return false;
                }
            }
            return true;
        }

How to check which Culture Info the SQL Server is currently using?
http://tomvangaever.be//blog/comments.p ... 106-122529

Check if current windows server is 2003 R2
http://tomvangaever.be//blog/comments.p ... 404-112005

More to come when we need a new environment check!

Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) include updates designed to improve performance and availability in your SharePoint server farm, along with fixes to known issues across SharePoint Products and Technologies.

In addition, SP2 provides enhancements designed to support greater interoperability, improve user experience and reduce administrative burden.

Finally, SP2 provides the groundwork for an eventual upgrade to the next major version of SharePoint Products and Technologies.

It’s important to note that the SP2 releases also incorporates previous major updates, including Service Pack 1 (SP1), the Infrastructure Update, and all of the cumulative update packages up to and including those released in February 2009.

More info:
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archiv ... s-3-0.aspx

1) Create a back-up of your Outlook (pst file)
2) Connect your outlook to your new BPOS exchange service
3) Restore your previous outlook from the pst file
4) Click send/receive to update the exchange server (this can take a while)


Here you go!