Set default Active Directory in SharePoint People Picker

To specify a default Active Directory for SharePoint people Picker control, use this command.

stsadm -o setsiteuseraccountdirectorypath -path "DC=www,DC=companyname,DC=com" -url http://yoursitename

for example,
stsadm -o setsiteuseraccountdirectorypath -path "DC=www,DC=maarktech,DC=com" -url http://sharepointgoose.com

SharePoint Foundation 2010 update: July 13, 2010 is out

An update for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 has been released by Microsoft a couple of days ago. This update is to improve the behavior in certain non-recommended configurations to SharePoint Foundation 2010. For more detailed description, visit here.

Free Contents : Clinic 10277: What's New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 for Developers

Microsoft Learning has provided Clinic 10277 : What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 for Developers freely. This two hour clinic describes several new features and enhancements SharePoint 2010 gives for developers. It describes how you can create and deploy SharePoint 2010 solutions using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. It also describes how you can develop remote clients for SharePoint 2010 and develop SharePoint 2010 solutions that incorporate data from external line-of-business applications. You can access this clinic page here.