All about Custom SharePoint Timer Jobs

Hi All,
Today I tried building my own custom SharePoint Timer Job. So, I checked the internet for any useful resources. Actually, i found alot of useful resources but in seperate articles and focusing in certain parts. Here you will find a centralized place to all useful refrences:
1- Creating Custom SharePoint Timer Jobs by Andrew Connell

2- Deploying Custom SharePoint Timer Jobs

• Use Visual Studio/Management Shell to Deploy your wsp
• Use SharePoint Management Shell to activate the feature (under Site Collection Features), run it As Administrartor and use the following command:
  Enable-SPFeature -Identity "FeatureName" -Url http://abc:24131

3- Debugging Custom Share Point Timer Jobs by Ayman M. El-Hattab

and Enjoy :)

Manage Access Requests to e-mail addresses

Hi All,
If you want to use Manage Access Requests Feature for your site or need to move it to another owner, you can simply follow these steps:
1- From Site Settings, navigate to Permissions -> Manage Access Requests
2- Check Allow requests for access
3- add/update e-mail address fields

Note: The owner of the e-mail address should have the Full Control permission level.

SharePoint 2010 and December 2011 CU

The next cumulative update is available. It is still highly recommended to install SP1 before you install post SP1 updates.

MSF2010: 2597058 The full server package for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;2597058

Download link: http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=2597058&kbln=en-us

SPS2010: 2597014 The full server package for SharePoint Server 2010 and contains also the MSF2010 fixes so you need only this one package.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;2597014

Download link: http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=2597014&kbln=en-us

Important for all Server Applications listed above: After applying the preceding updates, run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard or “psconfig –cmd upgrade –inplace b2b -wait” in command line. This needs to be done on all servers in the farm with SharePoint installed. You can run psconfig in parallel on all SharePoint machines.

SP1 references:

My post for June CU and SP1:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/joerg_sinemus/archive/2011/06/29/sharepoint-2010-sp1-and-post-sp1-june-2011-cu.aspx

Post made by my colleague regarding a rerelease of June CU:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/archive/2011/07/12/june-2011-cu-for-sharepoint-2010-has-been-re-released.aspx

Posts by CAPES:
SharePoint 2010 SP1 and the June Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2010

Office 2010 Service Pack 1 - 5 Common questions regarding the Service Pack

Reference: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/joerg_sinemus/archive/2011/12/14/sharepoint-2010-and-december-2011-cu.aspx

Explore Sharepoint MUI "Multilingual User Interface"

Hi All,
Most of us are developing multilingual applications/portals. we used using resource files to support localization. SharePoint has a built-in MUI functionality. So, Even if you aren’t currently supporting multiple languages, I encourage you to understand the MUI and its capabilities. Some day you may find yourself with a task of supporting multiple languages, understanding the out of box capabilities can save you many hours of work.

Also, you might be asking yourself, “what about content?” If a user types something in a wiki page, is that automatically translated? The answer here is no. You can experiment by creating a new site page and then editing it with some text. Change the site language, and the text remains the same. OK, understandable.

What about my code that displays strings, can it be localized? The answer here is a resounding yes. The .NET Framework provides extensive support for localization, as does SharePoint, but only when you leverage it.

This Post by Kirk Evans shows the required steps to enable SharePoint MUI "out of the box" and sample code as well

Enjoy :))