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    This is really off-topic as you have posted several messages today (including this one http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/b4957178-bd9d-492f-af9a-9d6020cf3604) to the SP forums.  

    The SharePoint forums are in both the MSDN and the TechNet forum systems and the list of all the forums is here http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint for instance (in the technet forums).

    I really thing this post should not have been made here. It is by no means a bug with the forum software that you can't find forums that you actually seem to be able to post to !
    WSS FAQ sites: WSS 2.0: http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007: http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com
    Total list of WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 Books (including foreign language titles) http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v3%20WSS%20FAQ/V%20Books.aspx
    • Marked as answer by Xiaofeng Wang Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:16 PM
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    Yes, this is a "feature" that causes endless confusion.  Forums belong to a "brand", SharePoint belongs to the MSDN brand.  You have to use a URL that starts with social.msdn.microsoft.com to find the forum.
    Hans Passant.
    • Marked as answer by Xiaofeng Wang Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:16 PM
    • Marked as answer by Xiaofeng Wang Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:16 PM
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    This is really off-topic as you have posted several messages today (including this one http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/b4957178-bd9d-492f-af9a-9d6020cf3604) to the SP forums.  

    The SharePoint forums are in both the MSDN and the TechNet forum systems and the list of all the forums is here http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint for instance (in the technet forums).

    I really thing this post should not have been made here. It is by no means a bug with the forum software that you can't find forums that you actually seem to be able to post to !
    WSS FAQ sites: WSS 2.0: http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007: http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com
    Total list of WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 Books (including foreign language titles) http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v3%20WSS%20FAQ/V%20Books.aspx
    • Marked as answer by Xiaofeng Wang Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:16 PM
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    Yes, this is a "feature" that causes endless confusion.  Forums belong to a "brand", SharePoint belongs to the MSDN brand.  You have to use a URL that starts with social.msdn.microsoft.com to find the forum.
    Hans Passant.
    • Marked as answer by Xiaofeng Wang Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:16 PM
    • Marked as answer by Xiaofeng Wang Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:16 PM
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    Hans, in this case that isn't the case. The SharePoint forums are one of the sets of forums that are present in both brands.

    I always use TechNet but need to move to the MSDN "version" to Move posts to "its" forums (so I don't and move them to Off-topic instead)
    WSS FAQ sites: WSS 2.0: http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007: http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com
    Total list of WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 Books (including foreign language titles) http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v3%20WSS%20FAQ/V%20Books.aspx
    Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:07 PM
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    Yes. I just find the correct site. I note that TECHNET just is going after SOCIAL in the url.  It's sure staying in http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sharepoint

    But I have been always confused before. I believe many others aslo must have the same unhappy experience. 

    I think it's better to add a clear sigin(link) to tell people to enter the MSDN child forum or the TechNet forum. Or threads of both should be listed in the top categories: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US


    Thanks a lot

    Xiaofeng Wang | MVP(ASP/ASP.NET) | Beijing P.R.C
    Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:15 PM
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    Mike, there aren't just 2, but 5 brands... In this case the OP was looking in the generic Microsoft brand rather than MSDN or TN.
    Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer
    Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:25 PM
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    I knew that once ...  (well I knew about the "microsoft" brand which made three not five)

    Thanks for the correction. What are the other two ?

    Wednesday, April 29, 2009 4:58 AM
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    Expression (for designers)
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    Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer
    Wednesday, April 29, 2009 5:45 PM
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