During my daily work I quite often find an article which highlights interesting things which I would like to share with you on my blog in the Picks of the week category.

Here are the picks for this week:

• How to change the Spell Checker Language
  Ever had a need to force the spell checker in SharePoint to use a specific language? E.g. English-UK rather than English-US?
  This article discusses a trick to achieve this.
   
• Articles on Claims-Based authentication
  Claims-Based Single Sign-On for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 
  Claims based Identity Guide
  - Book content online on MSDN.
  - Book PDF download
   
• SharePoint Timer Job Locks and Scope
  A great post discussing the different Job Lock types and associated Scopes for Timer jobs.
   
• How to check if code is running as sandboxed solution?
  SharePoint does not expose an API to directly check if the current code is running inside a sandboxed solution or not. This discussion thread shows a couple of methods on how to achieve this.
   
• Productivity Hub 2010 for SP1
  The Productivity Hub is a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 site collection that offers training materials for end-users.
  An updated version for the Productivity Hub which is compatible with SharePoint 2010 SP1 has been released this week.