Warm up your SharePoint Web Applications on Windows 2008 R2 using the IIS 7.5 Application Warm-Up module | SharePoint George

For those requiring application warmups without writing painful scripts:

http://www.harbar.net/articles/apm.aspx – IIS 7 & IIS 7.5 Below.

With the introduction of IIS 7.5 and Windows 2008 R2 however, there is an actual module developed by the IIS team that will integrate directly with IIS allowing you to seamlessly enable your application pools to load your web applications after a recycle occurs.  You can download the extension here; http://www.iis.net/expand/ApplicationWarmUp At the time of this writing, the Application Warm-Up module is still in beta, but I have been using it on our production servers for over a month without any hiccups.

Warm up your SharePoint Web Applications on Windows 2008 R2 using the IIS 7.5 Application Warm-Up module | SharePoint George

SharePoint Reviews: The Power of SharePoint Web Services. Now in the Browser!

SharePoint Reviews: The Power of SharePoint Web Services. Now in the Browser!: "Sliced bread. Pocket on a shirt. Indoor plumbing. A thousand songs in your pocket. Yes, SPServices is that revolutionary.

If you have to use Javascript, you better be using jQuery. If you're using Sharepoint and Javascript, SPServices is another include you'll need.

List of SharePoint App Stores « T3chnicalLead

List of SharePoint App Stores « T3chnicalLead: "Here’s a list of the SharePoint ‘app stores’ I’ve come across in my travels"

Check out T3chnicalLead's list here.

Calculated Field Formulas

Calculated Field Formulas

For SPS Lists, here's the Calculated Field Formulas.

How come External Lists can't do this? Combining SQL tables with Sharepoint business logic could be a powerful tool.

Inspecting The SharePoint Content Database « Ethan's blog

Inspecting The SharePoint Content Database « Ethan's blog

Querying the Sharepoint Database without using the API is a don't - unless you decide to do it so here's the queries you need.

SQL access with integrated security from SharePoint - Code - eCraft Labs

Accessing databases using integrated security from  Sharepoint.

When creating custom webparts or other custom features in SharePoint that retrieves data from a SQL server, there are a few gotchas and pitfalls that you should be aware of. I spent a few hours battling a couple of problems, so I thought I’d document the things I found out here to spread the knowledge.

SQL access with integrated security from SharePoint - Code - eCraft Labs

Delivering Reports to a SharePoint Library

Publishing reports on a daily basis to Reporting Services is trivial with the Sharepoint delivery extension and Reporting Services.

More details:

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Service Pack 2 (SP2) includes a delivery extension that you can use to send a report to a SharePoint library. The delivery extension is installed and configured when you apply SP2.

To use the SharePoint delivery extension, you must create a subscription from an application page on a SharePoint site, and then select SharePoint document library as the delivery type. You cannot use the SharePoint delivery extension for subscriptions that you create in SQL Server Management Studio or Report Manager.

Delivering Reports to a SharePoint Library