Just released SharePoint SDKs; these look quite meaty -- The wss one weights in at nearly 34MB, compressed.

Windows SharePoint Services V3: SDK

This SDK contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, samples, and references to guide you in developing solutions based on Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services (version 3).
 
SharePoint Server 2007: SDK

The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Beta) SDK contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, code samples, and references to guide you in developing solutions based on Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007.
 

Hmm, I just realised that RC1 and RC1 Refresh have different build numbers and are not binary compatible. Here's another drop built for rc1 refresh, 1.0.9567.0:

(old binary removed) - latest version always at:
http://www.codeplex.com/PSSharePoint

I've got the bones of a Compressed Folder (think zip files) provider lying around, and I was wondering if people would be interested to see a blog entry on how to put it together? I think I need a bit of a break from the SharePoint provider, so I'd be happy to write up a two-parter on how to get it up and running. Everyone seems obsessed with cmdlets; has anyone else got the psprovider bug, or is the learning curve too steep/documentation too confusing?

Just some minor fixes, and the obvious API changes needed to be RC1 compatible. Source has been pushed the the MSH Community Extensions Workspace. For those of you who just want to play, you can get the latest binary at the bottom of this entry. Installation has changed slightly:

PS c:\temp> InstallUtil Nivot.PowerShell.SharePoint.dll
...
PS c:\temp> Add-PSSnapin Nivot.PowerShell.SharePoint
PS c:\temp> New-PSDrive wss SharePoint http://mywss/
PS c:\temp> cd wss:
PS wss:\>

Apart from some minor refactoring, I've added some more actions to allow copy/move/delete between users/roles/groups and webs. Here's an example of how easy it is to define the operations for adding and removing users to a SPWeb using my generics-based provider model:

// remove SPUser
RegisterRemover<SPUser>(
    new Action<IStoreItem>(
        delegate(IStoreItem item) {
            SPUser user = (SPUser)item.NativeObject;
            NativeObject.Users.Remove(user.LoginName);
        }
    )
);

The above code allows the following to work:

   PS wss:\subweb> copy ..\!roles\contributor\username .

where . represents wss:\subweb, an SPWeb object.

Have fun!

Build RC1 Only, NOT RC1 Refresh -- for latest version see homepage 
Download: Nivot.PowerShell.SharePoint-0.51.zip (40.94 KB)

(edit: minor bug found -- v0.51 update)

Well, one sign that we're close to a release -- they've let the marketing monkeys out of their boxes for the day. What's the first stinky poop thrown from the cage? the name change: "powershell." I find all this kind of self-congratulatory naming very indulgent or something. I imagine the ultimate extension of this to be renaming a country to "WE ROCK."

I find it hard to believe that the richest company in the world can send a dozen highly paid marketeers into a room with their free soda and the best they can come up with is the "power" prefix. Anyhow, perhaps it fits in with the "powertoys" brand or something. Another thing that makes it seem a bad choice is that there are already several "powershell" products out there in the world. Not to mention "powerdiets," "powershoes," and no doubt several varieties of "power-pants."

Man, I'm spending too much time on this non-issue already. I'm starting to feel psychotic... go grab yerselves a new shell already.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?freetext=powershell&DisplayLang=en

I wish I could say I'm busy working on my SharePoint provider, but eh, no. I'm currently embroiled in the living hell that is house hunting: mortages, loans, notaries, agents and other such savagery. Why can't I just buy the friggin' thing on eBay? Oh yeah, just remembered why: you would pay $400,000; get hit by PayPal for $50,000; it would be the wrong colour; it would be late; the seller would insist on you paying via Western Union before shipping you a garden shed. etc etc.

...released to GotDotNet's MSH Community Extensions run by Monad MVP Blogger, Keith Hill.

So, another drop for you today: