In SharePoint 2007 it was possible to save a site as a site template with a .stp extension. Saving a site as a template can be done from the site settings user interface. The .stp file is, like most SharePoint specific file extensions, a .cab file. The .stp file contains a link to the original site definition that the saved site depended on and the delta between that site definition and the saved site. In SharePoint 2010 we can still save sites as templates in much the same way. However, saving a site as a template won’t create a...

I know it’s been a while since the conference, but I still wanted to write a short wrap up. The conference was great. It was sold out, another sign of the fact that SharePoint is a booming business and people love to hear about what’s new in SharePoint 2010. The goal of the conference was to redeliver some of the content from the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas in October. Since this one only lasted two days it was impossible to cover all the content, but overall I think there was a lot of great content...

The Dutch Information Worker User Group (DIWUG) and the Software Development Network (SDN) produced a free SharePoint eMagazine with a lot of interesting articles on a wide variety of topics from an impressive group of international authors. The SharePoint 2010 Enterprise - Sjoerd van Lochem Customizing the SharePoint Ribbon - Marianne van Wanrooij Visual Studio extensions or a manually build solution? - Niels Loup Working With Data in SharePoint Designer 2010 - Laura Rogers Sandboxed Solutions in...