SPHierarchyDataSourceControl changes is not reflecting in tree view control

You get a simple requirement
Hide some of the components from Tree view control of SharePoint 2010. ( Though hiding specific items is still not supported out of box and you probably will have to use custom tree view control)

Solution:
Make changes to master page specifically to node "SPHierarchyDataSourceControl "

You can add following properties:
IncludeDiscussionFolders="false"
ShowDocLibChildren="false"
ShowFolderChildren="false"
ShowListChildren="false"


You make changes and refresh page to see the change and to your surprise tree view doesn't change at all and still showing all components. Now you feel changes in your blood pressure and probably thinking what shoud i do next ....


Well probably if you find this article you will save some some of artery damage due to high pressure :-).

Details are give in below link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2558891

In nutshell, SharePoint 2010 feature(Metadata Navigation and Filtering Feature)  generally overrides your master page settings, To get this working change the ControlId of Delegate Control that wraps the SPHierarchyDataSourceControl from TreeViewAndDataSource to    TreeViewAndDataSourceCustom.


Relief!!!

SharePoint 2010 as Application Development Framework

When i started working on SharePoint , i never thought it to be more than a document management system . Even today when i mention SharePoint i know what's in the end user mind( Document , Document , Document .......) .

SharePoint has changed so drastically within past decade. I was always excited about the fact that it's possible to develop custom application using SharePoint 2007 as base framework . We did multiple implementation and development time has reduced around 50 % . Reason is that we dont need to spend time doing too much data modelling obviously there is downside to it as complex data centric application is not real contender for such efforts and neither transaction based application . But what i have seen as per my experience is that in any organization there are very few key applications which are complex and they are mostly business drivers other are small custom applications just to automate business process and no surprise that these small applications sometimes makes more than 50% of the applications in an organizations and are good contender to be developed using SharePoint as framework .

Custom applications developed on top of SharePoint 2007 comes with drawbacks too , biggest evil is performance. Too much of data will drain the server resouces and might take ages to load pages. So i would say application development in SharePoint 2007 has proven to be more of POC and learning platform.

SharePoint 2010 seems to much more mature with its 64 bit architecture and promises to provide deliver better performance.

Story cut short , non business centric applications will be developed using SharePoint in future. So if you would like to equip yourself then refer the below URL :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=64b55569-2168-4545-8b7c-f185b2cf967d&displaylang=en

SharePoint 2010 Resources

If you are looking for one stop shop for SharePoint resources than this one is good place to start with :
http://blogs.technet.com/b/vedant/archive/2010/06/14/sharepoint-2010-resource-guide.aspx

and if you are the ones who prefer videos than here is the link :

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/Pages/Videos.aspx?VideoID=14

SharePoint 2010 Certifications

Some details on SharePoint 2010 certifications :
Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Application Development

Designing and Developing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Applications

Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring

Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Administrator

Versions of SharePoint 2010

There are four versions of SharePoint Server 2010 as specified in following URL :

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee388573.aspx

SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Client Access License features

For organizations looking to expand their business collaboration platform to enable advanced scenarios. Use the Enterprise capabilities of SharePoint to fully interoperate with external line-of-business applications, Web services, and Microsoft Office client applications; make better decisions with rich data visualization, dashboards, and advanced analytics; and build robust forms and workflow-based solutions.

SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Enterprise

For organizations looking to create customer-facing public internet sites and private extranets using the full enterprise capabilities of SharePoint. This provides full SharePoint Enterprise functionality and no other technical limits.

SharePoint Server 2010 Standard Client Access License features

For organizations looking to deploy a business collaboration platform across all types of content. Use the core capabilities of SharePoint to manage content and business processes, find and share information and expertise, and simplify how people work together across organizational boundaries.

SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Standard

For small and mid-sized organizations looking to create public Internet sites or basic extranets using the Standard features of SharePoint Server 2010.

SharePoint 2010 Product key

Here goes product keys for SharePoint 2010 Release Version:

SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Client Access License Features: GGDG8-JCMXH-8KG8C-RJYYX-3Y33H
SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Enterprise: 9FPGB-W6QTT-G68T4-TBX7M-R624H
SharePoint Server 2010 Standard Client Access License Features: KB443-F7CJV-J2RP4-QYQJ7-6PBB3
SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Standard: H4P2T-CYKM7-9FKKD-DTQ7X-W69GG

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee391660.aspx


HAPPY SHAREPOINTING!!!!

Downloadable content for Sharepoint

Handy articles :

SharePoint 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262788(office.14).aspx

SharePoint 2007

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262788.aspx

SharePoint 2010 Beta Product Key

Well i did my installation of SharePoint 2010 Beta and found the product key here :

SharePoint Server 2010 Beta (Enterprise CAL features): PKXTJ-DCM9D-6MM3V-G86P8-MJ8CY
SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites Beta, Enterprise: BV7VC-RMR6B-26P6Y-BTQDG-DX2KQ

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee391660.aspx

SharePoint 2010 New Features

here is one of interesting article on SharePoint 2010

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/10/19/sharepoint-2010.aspx

Atlast SharePoint 2010 Beta Installation complete

Today i completed my first SharePoint 2010 beta installation in my machine . AHHH what a relief, i have been planning to do this from past 2 weeks.

Well lets see how the new features turns up . I hope i can get some momentum now......

Preliminary System Requirement SharePoint 2010

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/05/07/announcing-sharepoint-server-2010-preliminary-system-requirements.aspx