Create Backups Directory
Create a backup directory for storing the scheduled SharePoint backups (e.g. c:\backupsharepoint)

Create Bat File Directory
Create a directory for storing the backup script file (e.g. c:\scriptssharepoint)

Create Bat File
Create a bat file using the code below, modified for your environment. Use UNC paths when using in a server farm environment.

@echo off
echo ====================================================
echo Backup Script For Office SharePoint Server 2007
echo ====================================================
cd \program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\12\bin
@echo off
stsadm.exe -o backup -url http://servername -filename c:\backupssharepoint\backupsharepoint.dat -overwrite
@echo off
echo completed

Schedule bat file
Schedule the backup to run frequently, during off peak hours.

Open Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Scheduled Tasks
Add a Scheduled Task
Scheduled Task Welcome Screen, Click Next
Click the program you want Windows to run, Click Browse
Select the backupsharepoint.bat file you created (e.g. c:\scriptssharepoint\backupsharepoint.bat)
Name the task, Schedule it (e.g. Daily)
Start Time, Frequency, Start Date
Username and Password (use a domain user account that has proper permissions and non expiring password )
Finish

Verify Backups
Keep the backup directory secure. Monitor the job to ensure the job is running properly. Perform test restores from the backup files.

SharePoint Technology Conference
January 27–29, 2009: Burlingame, CA
For three exciting days in January, you'll be eating, drinking, sleeping, talking and living Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Windows SharePoint Services. The first day at SPTechCon is filled with intense full and half-day workshops, half in the morning, half in the afternoon. The next two days are filled with more than 50 break-out classes to choose from. Build your own custom program! This conference is hosted by BZ Media LLC. 

SharePoint Best Practices Conference
February 2–4, 2009: San Diego, CA
The SharePoint Best Practices Conference eliminates design, deploy, organization and administration confusion, replacing disorder with Clarity, Direction and Confidence. 

Microsoft FASTforward '09
February 9–11, 2009: Las Vegas, NV
3 days of compelling discussion on the evolving business environment and how search is enabling companies to succeed.  This conference is hosted by Microsoft.

Microsoft MIX09
March 18-20, 2009: Las Vegas, NV
Now in its fourth year, MIX is a unique technology conference that connects web professionals with industry thought leaders to explore the future of the Web together.  This conference is hosted by Microsoft.

Microsoft Tech Ed North America 2009
May 11-15, 2009: Los Angeles, CA
This will be the 17th year for Microsoft's premier technical education and networking conference.  Sessions and events are presented by Microsoft product team members and industry experts.  This conference is hosted by Microsoft.

 

The Visual Studio extensions for SharePoint (VSeWSS) provide project templates for developers using Visual Studio 2008 to create, debug, package and deploy SharePoint projects including Web Parts, Data Lists, Content Types, Event Receivers, Templates, Modules and other SharePoint artifacts. The v1.3 release is an incremental release of the VSeWSS including top feature requests

Please find more details and download info at http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/01/12/announcing-community-technology-preview-of-visual-studio-2008-extensions-for-sharepoint-v1-3.aspx

Stuart Celarier, Microsoft MVP is joining Aivea as the Chief Software Architect. Stuart's primary responsibilities would be SharePoint Training & Consulting and Aivea Commerce Server. Please read more details on his blog http://visualstuart.net

On Aivea Server

stsadm -o export -url http://pipeline.mmlegalnetwork.com/ -filename C:\software\client_delivery\pipeline.cab -versions 4 -includesecurity

On Joe's Server

stsadm.exe -o import -url http://pipeline.mmlegalnetwork.com/ -filename C:\software\client_delivery\pipeline.cab –includesecurity

The subsites doesn’t import, you have to individually import them 1 by 1 {better write a script}

On Aivea Server

stsadm -o export -url http://pipeline.mmlegalnetwork.com/subsite1 -filename C:\software\client_delivery\pipeline-subsite1.cab -versions 4 -includesecurity

On Joe's Server

stsadm.exe -o import -url http://pipeline.mmlegalnetwork.com/subsite1 -filename C:\software\client_delivery\ pipeline-subsite1.cab –includesecurity

Sometime, it looks impossible to shrink the Trucated Log file for SharePoint 2007 Configuration database. Following code always shrinks the Trucated Log File to minimum size possible.

USE SharePoint_Config

GO

DBCC SHRINKFILE(SharePoint_Config_log, 1)

BACKUP LOG SharePoint_Config WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY

DBCC SHRINKFILE(SharePoint_Config_log, 1)

Aivea launched dedicated website for SharePoint Training!

Please visit http://www.sharepointrangers.com

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=BD5C77B0-F556-4136-8730-1D7FEEAE0A42&displaylang=en

You can view user alerts for each site under Site Actions-->Site Settings-->User Alerts. Simple

 

Here is the first incarnation of the a simple SharePoint collaboration site in French, this site was created a site collection after the French language pack was installed.