DeannaS

kgraeme

This plugin allows site admins to turn on and off the following widgets on the WPMU dashboard (for all users):
<ol>
<li>Primary Feed</li>
<li>Secondary Feed</li>
<li>Incoming Links</li>
<li>Recent Comments</li>
<li>Recent Drafts</li>
<li>Plugins</li>
<li>Quick Press</li>
<li>Right Now</li>
</ol>
In addition, site admins can override the primary and secondary feeds.

WPMU Simple Dashboard

This plugin lets site admins control which features are shown by default on all user's dashboards.

feedmeastraycat

WordPress removes the Update Services ability (Settings – Writing) when you create a network (aka enables WordPress MU/Multisite). 
Activate this plugin to get it back.
Note: This is only for WordPress setups with a network, aka multiple sites, aka multisites, 
aka WPMU in WordPress 3 and later.
This plugin might work with older WordPress MU sites. I haven’t tested it though. If you do, please 
let me know how it turned out.
<h3>Files</h3>
<ul>
<li>/activate-update-services/activate-update-services.php</li>
<li>/activate-update-services/README.txt</li>
</ul>

Activate Update Services

WordPress removes the Update Services ability when you create a network. Activate this plugin to get it back.

WPMU Simple Dashboard vs Activate Update Services