Free SharePoint 2013 Training videos for Developers and IT Pros

Microsoft have added lots of how-to training and walkthrough videos / presentation about Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 aimed at developers and IT Pros on Technet.

For Developers – The new modules added for developers as follows. (MSDN link)
 

1.       Introduction to Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 development

2.       SharePoint 2013 app model for developers

3.       SharePoint 2013 Developer Tools

4.       Hosted apps in SharePoint 2013

5.       Create Cloud-Hosted apps for SharePoint 2013

6.       SharePoint 2013 client object model (CSOM) and REST APIs

7.       OAuth and application identity in SharePoint 2013

8.       Develop SharePoint 2013 remote event receivers

9.       Workflow changes and features in SharePoint 2013

10.   Business connectivity services changes in SharePoint 2013

11.   Search features and changes in SharePoint 2013

12.   Enterprise content management changes in SharePoint 2013

13.   Web content management changes and features in SharePoint 2013

14.   Social features in SharePoint 2013

15.   Office services in SharePoint 2013

16.   Create mobile apps for SharePoint 2013

17.   Develop apps for Office 2013

18.   Project Server 2013 training for developers

For IT Pro - The following list provides an overview of the new modules for IT Professionals (MSDN Link)

1.       SharePoint 2013 IT pro introduction and overview

2.       SharePoint 2013 system requirements

3.       SharePoint 2013 architectural changes

4.       SharePoint 2013 server farms and site architecture planning

5.       Office Web Apps 2013 architecture and deployment

6.       SharePoint 2013 service application architecture and individual service applications

7.       SharePoint 2013 enterprise search overview

8.       SharePoint 2013 social features

9.       SharePoint 2013 enterprise content management and web content management considerations

10.   SharePoint 2013 customization options and management

11.   SharePoint 2013 authentication and authorization overview

12.   Overview of SharePoint 2013 business continuity management

13.   Upgrading to SharePoint 2013

14.   What's new in Project 2013 for IT Professionals

Download links -

  SharePoint Foundation 2013 : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30345

 SharePoint Designer 2013 : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30346

 SharePoint server 2013 : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-en/evalcenter/hh973397.aspx

Find which edition (standard/enterprise) of SharePoint 2010 installed

To find this go to Central Admin and navigate to Upgrade and Migration | Click on Convert Farm License Type under Upgrade and Patch Management. You will see installed license type next to Current License ( It should say SharePoint Server with <Standard Or Enterprise> Client Access License)
You can convert the License by entering Product key printed on your Client Access License Agreement.

Or Upgrade and Patch Management | Enable Enterprise Features
Note - Once you have upgraded to Enterprise, you cannot switch back to use only the Standard features.

Watch demo of Office 2013

Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software maker, unveiled the next version of its Office software with social and cloud features that will work with touch-screen devices powered by its Windows 8 operating system. Big news from this is "touch", "ink", "Cloud"!

Office Preview : http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/officepreview

Watch the press conference launching office2013 to the world, led by Stever Ballmer.

Backup and Restore User Profile Service application using PowerShell

Recently User Profile Service application stopped working. User Profile Service was stuck on Starting state. I thought of deleting UPS application but then I realized if I delete User Profile Service application, we are going to lose social tags, notes, status updates etc., as those are part of the "Social tagging database" which is part of User Profile application. I used PowerShell to backup and restore of UPS application. This can be done using Central administration as well.

Run these commands in SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.

To back up the User Profile Service application

Backup-SPFarm -Directory <BackupFolderAtLocalComputer> -BackupMethod Full -Item “Shared Services\Shared Services Applications\<NameOfUserProfileServiceApplication>” [-Verbose]

You must also back up the service application proxy.

Backup-SPFarm -Directory < BackupFolderAtLocalComputer > -BackupMethod Full -Item 

“Shared Services\Shared Services Proxies\<NameOfUserProfileServiceApplicationProxy>” 

[-Verbose]

To restore the User Profile Service application

Restore-SPFarm -Directory <PathOfBackupFolder> -Item 

“Shared Services\Shared Services Applications\<NameOfUserProfileServiceApplication>” 

-RecoveryMethod Overwrite [-BackupId <GUID>] [-Verbose]

<GUID> is the identifier of the backup to use in the restore process.

Differences between SharePoint On-Premises and Office365 SharePoint

I was looking for Pros n Cons of SharePoint On-Premises and Office365 SharePoint. I came across with a nice comparison list. Check this link
 (http://collabranetworks.com/office365_fullpages/The%20Differences%20Between%20SharePoint%20Online%202010%20and%20SharePoint%20Server%20On%20Premises.html )