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Find articles, how-to topics, references, downloads, blog and forum entries, and other resources for administration-oriented development in Windows SharePoint Services.

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	Understanding the Administrative Object Model Learn about the structure and relationships of the high-level classes in the Microsoft.SharePoint and Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration namespaces of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
	Programming with the Microsoft.SharePoint and Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration Namespaces Read an overview of the major classes that you will use in developing administration-oriented SharePoint solutions.
	Windows SharePoint Services Administration Explore administration-oriented topics in the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK that help developers understand the needs of SharePoint administrators and administration concepts.

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Understanding the Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System Rule File

The Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer programmatically collects settings and values from data repositories including Microsoft SQL Server, Registry, and Performance Monitor. Once collected, a set of comprehensive "best practice" rules are applied to the topology and a detailed report listing the recommendations that can be made to the environment to achieve greater performance, scalability, and uptime is created. Download the tool here.

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Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Technical Library
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WSSDemo Site
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Online Help

Learn the "manual" way of doing things that your development will be automating by reading the Help for the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Central Administration application. Open the application on a WSS 3.0 server with Start | All Programs | Administrative Tools | SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration. Click the question mark in the upper right corner of the Central Administration home page to open the online help.