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There are many posts out there extolling the virtues of using metadata over folders for organizing information in SharePoint 2007. I certainly believe that metadata is a great tool for for classifying information, but it is incorrect to ask whether to use folders or metadata to organize information. Rather, it is more appropriate to ask when to use folders and when to use metadata. This post is not intended to be an in-depth discussion of information architecture. Instead, I wanted to provide a few pointers on when to use folders and when to use metadata. The following is a brief comparison between folder and metadata capabilities in the SharePoint platform. The context of the comparison is only out-of-the-box (OOTB) capabilities. With enough custom code, folders and metadata could be made equivalent.

original post on http://networkedblogs.com/p25674007 by Eugene Rosenfeld

This resource contains three text files that list all of the deprecated types and methods in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

• SPS2010NewlyDeprecated.txt lists the types and methods that have been made obsolete in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 since the release of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
• SPS2010Deprecated.txt lists all of the types and methods that are obsolete in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.
• OfficeSharePointServer2007Deprecated.txt lists all of the types and methods that are obsolete in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Obsolete types and methods will continue to work in your custom code and solutions, but they will generate compiler warnings, and you should update your code to use the new types and methods as indicated by the compiler warnings. The compiler warnings for each type and method are listed in the files in this resource.

Note: Types and methods in the Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal namespace are not included in these lists because, with a few exceptions, the entire namespace has been made obsolete.

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/sps2010deprecated

download contains a two Virtual Machine set for evaluating and demonstrating Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010.

Virtual machine “a” contains the following pre-configured software:

1. Windows Server 2008 SP2 Standard Edition x64, running as an Active Directory Domain Controller for the “CONTOSO.COM” domain with DNS and WINS
2. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP2 Enterprise Edition with Analysis, Notification, and Reporting Services
3. Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 R2
4. Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Ultimate Edition
5. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition Beta 2
6. Microsoft Office Web Applications Beta 2
7. FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 Beta 2
8. Microsoft Project Server 2010 Beta 2
9. Microsoft Office 2010 Beta 2
10. Microsoft Office Communicator 2007

Virtual machine “b” contains the following pre-configured software:

1. Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Evaluation Edition x64, joined to the “CONTOSO.COM” domain
2. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

Active directory has been preconfigured over 200 “demo” users with metadata in an organizational structure. All of these user profiles have been imported and indexed for search within SharePoint Server 2010, with “contoso\administrator” granted administrator permissions.

SharePoint Server 2010 has been configured in a “Complete” farm using Kerberos authentication and the default SQL Server 2008 instance for data, and has a site collection created using the Team Site template at http://intranet.contoso.com/ and a FAST Search Center at http://intranet.contoso.com/search/.

In order to run this demo you will need the following:

• Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V role enabled.
• Drive Formatting: NTFS
• Processor: Intel VT or AMD-V capable
• RAM: 8 GB or more recommended
• Hard disk space required for install: 50 GB

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0c51819b-3d40-435c-a103-a5481fe0a0d2&displaylang=en

• MSCAL.OCX (Calendar control – included with Microsoft Office Professional or installed with Microsoft Access)
• MSCOMCTL.OCX (Common Controls)
• MSCOMCT2.OCX (Common Controls2)
• OWSSUPP.DLL (ExportDatabase – To export a list to a Microsoft Office Access database, OpenDocuments – Launch Office applications to open documents)
• STSLIST.DLL (ListNet – Edit list in Datasheet view)
• NAME.DLL (Display presence information for people, integrate with Outlook and OCS)
• OISCTRL.DLL (OISClientLauncher – Integrate with Office Picture Manager)
• INLAUNCH.DLL (OpenXMLDocuments – Launch InfoPath to open forms)
• MSHTMLED.DLL (RTEDialogHelper – Allows use of rich text editor)
• OWSCLT.DLL (SpreadSheet Launcher – Integration with lists and Excel)
• STSUPLD.DLL (Multiple File Upload – Gives the option for multiple files to be uploaded)

source with additional info:
http://blogs.microlinkllc.com/tresing/archive/2009/10/07/sharepoint-2007-activex-controls-list-1.aspx