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Finding the Id (Guid) for a SharePoint List

2013-01-28T06:16:00.000-08:00

There are times when you need to find the Id (a Guid) of a list. Here is a simple way of doing this :-

·         Navigate to the SharePoint list using the browser.

·         Select the Settings + List Settings menu command.

·         Copy the Url from the browser address bar into Notepad. It will look something like:

http://SP2010/Project/_layouts/listedit.aspx?List=%7B46534EF9%2DCD3A%2D46E0%2DAE56%2DABC168BE562F%7D

·         Delete everything before and including “List=”.

·         Change “%7B” to “{”

·         Change all “%2D” to “-“

·         Change “%7D” to “}”

You are now left with the Id:

{46534EF9-CD3A-46E0-AE56-ABC168BE562F}

Managed Account using Powershell/Central Adminstration in SharePoint 2010

2013-01-27T11:36:00.001-08:00

Managed Account using Power shell/Central Administration in SharePoint 2010

Managed Accounts:

Managed Accounts is a new feature in SharePoint 2010. Managed accounts are Active Directory user accounts whose credentials are managed by and contained within SharePoint. When administrators configure a new web application or service application they don't have to remember the username and passwords every time if the service account is registered. They can just simply select the managed account and they can configure the web application and service application. For example when administrator create a new web application (Go to Central Administration => Application management => Manage Web Applications => Click New in the ribbon interface).

Administrator can just choose the service account (whose account is already is registered) for the application pool from the drop down as shown in the following

Automatic password change:

SharePoint 2010 also introduces automatic password change.

Automatic password change enables SharePoint to automatically generate new strong passwords on a schedule you set. You can select the Enable automatic password change checkbox to allow SharePoint to manage the password for the selected account.

If an account policy based expiry date is detected for the account, and the expiry will occur before the scheduled date and time, the password will be changed on a configured number of days before the expiry date at the regularly scheduled time.

We can choose to enable e-mail notifications in order to have the system generate warning notifications about upcoming password change events.

We can also specify a time and schedule for the system to automatically change the password.

Register Managed Account:

Go to Central Administration => Security => General Security => Configure managed accounts.

You could be able to see all the managed accounts.

In this we will be seeing how to register a new managed account using power shell.

ou can register a new managed account for the specified Username and Password.

The same thing can be achieved using the following powershell cmdlet.

New-SPManagedAccount:

New-SPManagedAccount Registers a new managed account for the specified Username and Password.

Go to Start => All Programs => Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products =>SharePoint 2010 Management Shell => Run as administrator.

Type the following command

New-SPManagedAccount

A message box will pop up to enter the credentials.

Enter the credentials and click on Ok.A new Managed account is registered successfully.
Note: For more information on New-SPManagedAccount cmdlet refer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607831.aspx

Using Central Administration

To configure managed service accounts in SharePoint 2010:

Open SharePoint Central Administration
Click on Application Management | Manage Web Applications
Click on New button on the ribbon
Fill in the text fields in IIS Website, Security Configuration, and Public URL sections, until you reach Application Pool section. This is where the fun begins...
You can use one of already pre-configured managed accounts or create new one. To use an existing managed account simply pick one from the drop-down list. To create new managed account, click on Register New Managed Account
Fill in the username and password fields (Note: for some reason there is no "confirm password" field, so make sure you type the password correctly the first time.) This screen also allows you to configure Automatic Password Change schedule. Pretty neat.
Click OK to save newly configured managed account. Now you're back at Create New Web Application window, where you can see your managed account in the drop-down list.
If administrators want to pre-configure managed accounts, they can do so in the SharePoint Central Administration. Click on Security | Configure managed accounts (under General Security section). Click on Register Managed Account to configure new managed account, or click on Edit to make changes to an existing managed account.

Move/Migrate SharePoint Library/List items/documents

2012-09-17T07:52:00.001-07:00

Move/Migrate SharePoint list items/documents and preserve metadata properties

In moving the mass documents to other folder or libraries there is a pretty common way by using Windows Explorer view. But there's a drawback to that method as the metadata properties like document properties get updated in the process - manily the modified Date/Time as well as the user would take on the role of the person that 'Last modfied '. This also applies to copying list data in the data sheet view from one list/library to another.

I have figured out a new way to doing this where you can save the current list properties after moving the documents as a template with content included and redeploying that to other location.

So if you want to move the contents of a SharePoint Document Library or List and be able to preserve the item’s metadata/property values at the same time you should use this method:

The process to move the content of a SharePoint Document library or List and be able to preserve the item's metadata/property values at the same time you should use this method:

1. Create a Blank Document library where you want to move, don't worry about the custom field it will automatically created once document moved.

2. Go to to "Content and Structure" page. You can access this item within the site with Site Actions >Site Settings then under Site Administration tab there is a option called Content and Structure.

3. Navigate to you Source Library and select the view that you would like to have moved. Then click on View > Select the view . Then Click on Action > Move...

Note: You can create you own custom view. Example You want to move 30 days old file. So create your view which show files for only 30 Days.

4. You'll then be prompted witha pop-up that will let you navigate to your destination library or Document library .After you find that, just press the OK button and you’ll be good to go!

Leave Application Workflow Using Sharepoint Designer

2012-09-03T01:00:00.002-07:00

Leave Application Workflow using SharePoint Designer

Basic Way to create the leave application application in SharePoint is to use the SharePoint Designer, for that you don't have to go into the custom development.

The Steps are as follows :

Create an SPD workflow on the List that is set to start automatically when a new item is created.

Step 1 - Create an action called Assign To-Do Item that is set to the reporting person field of that current item. This will pause the workflow until the task is completed.

Step 2 - Create a condition that if the item is rejected, then send an email notification and stop the workflow. Else, if approved, Assign To-Do Item to Final decision officer.

Below is the Screen shot of the Action Items to be used in SharePoint Designer 2010.

Thanks

Any Question/Suggestion ?

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Remove “+ Add document" from a SharePoint 2007/2010 Document Library

2012-08-13T04:29:00.000-07:00

In this post , i will show you how to hide the "+ Add document " option from the SharePoint Library in SharePoint 2010.

I will explain you with the help of a scenario :

There are some times which we don't need the "Upload Option" in library just due to restrict the user not to upload any file/document.

In my previous post i have show you the ways to hide the "Upload Button" in ribbon.

Now i will show you ,how to hide the "+Add document" option from library :

Suppose the below is the document library where we want to hide the "+Add document" option :

We can achieve this by the following methods

1. Editing the WebPart

2. Using SharePoint Designer(CSS)

3. Using J Query

4. By Permission level(Default)

1. Editing the WebPart
Go to Edit WebPart -> Tool bar Type -> Select NoToolBar option which will hide the Add Document option

2. Using SharePoint Designer(CSS)
Go to the designer and edit the page/webpart where you want to hide. Search for class=”ms-addnew” and change the style to Style=”display:none”

3. Using J Query
Add a CEWP and link the following J-Query in it and hide the CEWP webpart
$(document).ready(function()
{
$(‘#WebPartWPQ2 .ms-addnew’).hide();
});
4. By Permission Level (Default)
We can set the permission level for the document library to read only and hence the user with read only option in the SharePoint site will not see this option.

I have done by using the 1st Option. Try it.

Thanks

Any Question/Suggestion ?

Disable the Upload Button of a Document library in SharePoint 2010

2012-08-07T03:24:00.001-07:00

Disable the "Upload" button of a Document library in SharePoint 2010

There are two ways to disable the upload button :

1st way :

Open your site using SharePoint Designer. Once opened, navigate to your Library and edit your default view. (All Files -> Your Library -> Forms -> Your View.aspx, right click and select Edit File in Advanced Mode)

At the bottom of the screen you will see three options Design, Split, and Code. Select the Split option.

In your code window, locate the <asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderId=”PlaceHolderMain” runat=”server”> tag.
Now, scroll down and find the closing </asp:Content> tag. Insert a line above the closing tag. Place the following code into that newly created blank line.

<style type="text/css">

#Ribbon\.Documents\.New\.AddDocument-Large
{
display:none;
}

#Ribbon\.Library\.Actions\.OpenWithExplorer-Medium
{
display:none;
}
</style>

Click save, then refresh your page. The Documents tab should now be missing the Upload Document button and the Library tab should be missing the Open with Explorer button.

Using IE, you can find the ID’s of the other buttons in the ribbon. With your View open in IE, click F12. Once Developer Tools finishes loading, select Find from the top menu, then click on Select Element by Click. Back in IE, click on the button you want the ID of.

2nd Way :

I would like to show this by giving an example :-

Suppose i have a document library that uses Infopath form it is termed as Form Library.

When a new form is submitted , a series of workflows are triggered and corresponding task is assigned , etc. I had an issue where workflows were getting started multiple times and the task are also assigned , and generally causing chaos.

I traced the issue, that users were not using the "New Document" button to create a form,but were also saving old forms and re-uploading them using the "Upload" button which results in duplicate files and duplicate workflows etc.

I resolved the issue by simply removing the upload button from the edit.aspx page in each library using the SharePoint Designer.

Steps to do so :

1. Click on the SharePoint Designer to open the edit.aspx page.

2. In Design view right click the List View Web part and select the XSLT data View from the context menu.

3. Switch to split view and locate the "New" button, and you will see the XSLT code.

4. Set the "td " visibility as "hidden" as shown below :

In order, to prevent an unsightly 'blank space' in the menu, I moved the location of the hidden button to the last button on the right of the menu.

Now users have to use the "New" button to create a new document and cannot use the upload button.
Keep in mind that you'll have to do this for each view that the users have access to, as each view has it's own page that will need editing.

Thanks

Any Question/Suggestion ??

Hiding Empty Columns in Display and Edit form using JavaScript/Jquery

2012-07-10T11:02:00.000-07:00

Hiding Empty Columns in Display and Edit form using JavaScript/JQuery

To Hide columns in Display and Edit form both from SharePoint that are empty, for that you don't have get into custom code. A simple client side script is used in form of Jquery.

Code is as follows:

{
// Remove all the white spaces

var val = $(this).text().replace(/\s|\xA0/g,”);

// We will check the string length if it's "0" , hide the field

if(val.length==0){
$(this).parents(‘tr:first’).hide();
}
});

< /script>

To download the Jquery Script file. Click Here.

Difference between SharePoint Document library and SharePoint List ?

2012-06-18T11:22:00.000-07:00

SharePoint Document Libary :

Document libraries are collections of files that you can share with team members on a Web based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. For example, you can create a library of common documents for a project, and team members can use their Web browsers to find the files, read them, and make comments.

Microsoft SharePoint comes with some pre-defined list and library definitions. These include: Announcement Lists, Blogs, Contacts, Discussion Boards, Document Libraries, External Content (BCS) lists, Pages, Surveys, and Tasks.

Libraries allow you to set up templates for common types of document and also give the option of version control so that you can track any revisions.

SharePoint List :

A List can be thought of as a collection of pieces of information — all of which (typically) have the same properties. For instance, you can have a list of links called "my links", where each item has a name, and a description.

Technically lists also include libraries, but libraries are often seen as separate from lists or at least specialized forms of lists. In lists items are defined by metadata or the columns of a list with documents being attached to that metadata. In a library a document is the item with library metadata supporting the document.

Lists have many features such as workflows, item-level or list-level permission, version history tracking, multiple content-types, external data sources, and many more features. Some of these features depend on the version of SharePoint that is installed.

To summarize for List :

1. It is best thought of as mini-databases.

2. A list will allow you to store a number of items such as KPIs, tasks, events, staff details etc. in a similar way to how MS Excel or MS Access will.

3.The beauty of SharePoint's lists, is that you can make quick work of building a simple database (with its own, customizable, data entry forms) in a matter of minutes and without any coding. You can also choose which fields to include (title, reference number, status, date etc.) or create your own by creating a new content type and then adding custom columns to it.

WEBPARTS

2012-05-25T04:25:00.003-07:00

Closed Vs HiddenWebpart's

Closed Webpart :

It can be explained by following points :-

Closed webpart would not be loaded during the runtime of page.
Closed webpart reside in it's gallery and can be used anytime according the future requirement.
To navigate into Closed webpart gallery, just click on the edit page (in SP 2010) then Insert -> Webpart-> Closed Webpart Gallery.

In SharePoint 2007

Re-Opening a Closed Web Part

To re-open a closed web part:

Site Actions > Edit Page:
- Add a web part
- Advanced Web part gallery and options
- Select "Closed Web Parts"
- Drag-n-drop the web part back onto your page

Hidden webpart :

These are the webpart which we deploy using the Visual Studio. Main difference between Closed and Hidden is that hidden webpart will be loaded in the webapge during the real time, but want appear to the user in the web browser.

These webpart are to be deployed using the Visual Studio.

Custom List Forms and Redirect to other page after Update

2012-05-24T03:29:00.000-07:00

One of my clients required a custom edit form for their editing screen where it would show certain fields and then redirect to a new page after the OK button was clicked. I had done this before at another client except i’d never found a way to actually redirect the page after the save. Here is an article on how to do that to.

1. In Sharepoint Designer take your EditForm.aspx and copy it.
2. Rename it
3. Open this new form and click on the PlaceHolderMain (leave your ListFormWebPart on the page)
4. In the ListFormWebPart scroll down the properties in the xml which describes the webpart and change to false. For some reason the form will not work unless you leave the original on the page.
4. Click on Insert->Sharepoint Controls->Custom List Form5. Choose the appropriate List and select Edit Form
6. Sharepoint generates the form for you.

To customize the save button, find the following control on the page Sharepoint:SaveButton

1. Delete the SaveButton
2. Add

input type="button" value="Save" name="btnSave" onclick="javascript: {ddwrt:GenFireServerEvent('__commit;__redirect={}')}"

instead

3. This button allows the form to be saved and redirects to back to that page. See this article for more info
Hope it helps!

UPDATE:
If you wish to update after redirecting this is how i did it:
add in

ParameterBinding Name=”Source” Location=”QueryString(Source)”

to your paramterbindings list then add

xsl:param name=”Source”>0 /xsl:param>
xsl:variable name=”RedirectLoc”> xsl:value-of select=”$Source”/> /xsl:variable>

to your stylesheet
then the button should be:

input type=”button” value=”Save” name=”btnTopSave” onclick=”javascript: {ddwrt:GenFireServerEvent(concat(‘__commit;__redirect={‘,$RedirectLoc,’}'))}”/>

Common Date/Time formulas for Sharepoint – Calculated Fields using Calculated column

2012-05-22T11:22:00.003-07:00

Calculate Date - depends on the week and weekends:

=IF(WEEKDAY(Created)<4,Created+3,IF(WEEKDAY(Created)=4,Created+5,Created+4))

Example :-

If suppose you have submitted the form on 22nd May(Tuesday) then task completion date will be 25th May (Friday).
If form is submitted on 24th May (Thursday) then the task completion date will be 28th May(Monday).
Same as if form submitted on 25th May (Friday) then the task completion date will be 29th May(Tuesday).

Get Week of the year

=DATE(YEAR([Start Time]),MONTH([Start Time]),DAY([Start Time]))+0.5-WEEKDAY(DATE(YEAR([Start Time]),MONTH([Start Time]),DAY([Start Time])),2)+1

First day of the week for a given date:

=[Start Date]-WEEKDAY([Start Date])+1

Last day of the week for a given date:

=[End Date]+7-WEEKDAY([End Date])

First day of the month for a given date:

=DATEVALUE(“1/”&MONTH([Start Date])&”/”&YEAR([Start Date]))

Last day of the month for a given year (does not handle Feb 29). Result is in date format:

=DATEVALUE (CHOOSE(MONTH([End Date]),31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31) &”/” & MONTH([End Date])&”/”&YEAR([End Date]))
Day Name of the week : e.g Monday, Mon
=TEXT(WEEKDAY([Start Date]), “dddd”)
=TEXT(WEEKDAY([Start Date]), “ddd”)

The name of the month for a given date – numbered for sorting – e.g. 01. January:
=CHOOSE(MONTH([Date Created]),”01. January”, “02. February”, “03. March”, “04. April”, “05. May” , “06. June” , “07. July” , “08. August” , “09. September” , “10. October” , “11. November” , “12. December”)

Get Hours difference between two Date-Time :

=IF(NOT(ISBLANK([End Time])),([End Time]-[Start Time])*24,0)

Date Difference in days – Hours – Min format : e.g 4days 5hours 10min :

=YEAR(Today)-YEAR(Created)-IF(OR(MONTH(Today)<MONTH(Created),AND(MONTH(Today)=MONTH(Created),
DAY(Today)<DAY(Created))),1,0)&” years, “&MONTH(Today)-MONTH(Created)+IF(AND(MONTH(Today)
< =MONTH(Created),DAY(Today)<DAY(Created)),11,IF(AND(MONTH(Today)<MONTH(Created),DAY(Today)
> =DAY(Created)),12,IF(AND(MONTH(Today)>MONTH(Created),DAY(Today)<DAY(Created)),-1)))&” months,
“&Today-DATE(YEAR(Today),MONTH(Today)-IF(DAY(Today)<DAY(Created),1,0),DAY(Created))&” days”

You can get Get more formulas from :-

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA011609471033.aspx

OR

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb862071.aspx

Check out this one..!!
Any Questions/Sugesstions ....!!

Using Calculated Column with maximum number of conditions(IF).

2012-05-21T08:11:00.001-07:00

I am just taking an example in which Status column is an choice column with values Choice1 , choice2 and so on. I am assigning the color value based on the selection of status column value.

The Code is :-

=IF([Status]=”",”Black”,IF([Status]=”Choice1″,”Red”,IF([Status]=”Choice2″,”Gold”,IF([Status]=”Choice3″,”Green”,IF([Status]=”Choice4″,”DarkBlue”,IF([Status]=”Choice5″,”DarkCyan”,IF([Status]=”Choice6″,”DarkRed”,IF([Status]=”Choice7″,”Gray”,”"))))))))
For example, if the [Status] column contains Choice5, the output of the formula will be DarkCyan.

You cannot have more than seven nested IF statements in a calculated column.

But there is a worker process, you can do this by using the "&" symbol. Just concatenate these two formulas.

It will only work when the If statements are not nested. Now , i am giving an example of 15 IF functions...!! Check this...!!

The Code is :-

=IF([Status]=”",”Black”,IF([Status]=”Choice1″,”Red”,IF([Status]=”Choice2″,”Gold”,IF([Status]=”Choice3″,”Green”,IF([Status]=”Choice4″,”DarkBlue”,IF([Status]=”Choice5″,”DarkCyan”,IF([Status]=”Choice6″,”DarkRed”,IF([Status]=”Choice7″,”Gray”,”"))))))))&IF([Status]=”Choice8″,”MediumSlateBlue”,IF([Status]=”Choice9″,”SpringGreen”,IF([Status]=”Choice10″,”MidnightBlue”,IF([Status]=”Choice11″,”Sienna”,IF([Status]=”Choice12″,”SlateGray”,IF([Status]=”Choice13″,”OliveDrab”,IF([Status]=”Choice14″,”Gray”,”")))))))

Yeah...!! Finally the code worked...!!
Check out this one..!!

Show/Hide Lookup fields with jQuery

2012-05-10T04:40:00.000-07:00

In my previous post i have introduced you about the hiding the fields using Jquery but that is for the normal site columns. If you are using the Lookup fields then you have to adopt some different approach.

I am just taking any example and explain you by this :

I am hiding the field in the SharePoint Edit Page based on the text value in below column.
Refer to the images that would explain you more clearly

What i am trying to do is when you enter the AU as a Text value in Test Value(Column) then the Test_Status(Column) will hide otherwise it is visible.

In above image Test_Status control is not visible.

In aboe image the control is visible.

Now comes the code :

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
    // add change handler
    $("input[title='Test Value']").change(function() {
        MasterSelectChange();
    });
    // call the change function to set up form for first display:
    MasterSelectChange();
});

function MasterSelectChange()
{
    var thisVal = $("input[title='Test Value']").val();
    if(thisVal == "AU")
    {
     $("select[title='Test_Status']").closest("tr").hide();

      }
    else
    {
    $("select[title='Test_Status']").show();

    }
}
</script>

Just simply put this code in the body section.

If still there is any issue , please tell me i will try to solve.
Comments Most Welcome...!! :)

Hiding Fields in SharePoint Page's

2012-04-20T16:18:00.001-07:00

Hiding fields in SharePoint Page's

(Newform.aspx / EditForm.aspx / Disp.aspx)

Open your website in the SharePoint Designer. Then open your Library. Go into the Form Section then Click on the page (Newform.aspx / EditForm.aspx / Disp.aspx). Click in advanced mode in Ribbon then only you were able to make the changes in the code. Then search for the Below Tag :

<asp:ContentPlaceHolderId="PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead" runat = "server">

Now Copy the below code and paste it there.

You need to change the Field 1 and Field 2 values only .

ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(runCode, "sp.js"); function runCode() {
HideField("Expose to Customer / Partner",true); HideField("Field 1",true);
HideField("Field 2",true); } // Function To Hide Fields
function HideField(title,hide){
var header_h3=document.getElementsByTagName("h3") ;
for(var i = 0; i <header_h3.length; i++)
{
var el = header_h3[i];
var foundField ;
if(el.className=="ms-standardheader")
{
for(var j=0; j<el.childNodes.length; j++)
{
var mHead=title+"<SPAN class=ms-formvalidation> *</SPAN>";
if(el.childNodes[j].innerHTML == title || el.childNodes[j].nodeValue == title || el.childNodes[j].innerHTML==mHead)
{
var elRow = el.parentNode.parentNode ;
if(hide==true)
{
elRow.style.display = "none"; //and hide the row
}
else
{
elRow.style.display = "visible"; //and show the row
}
foundField = true ;
break;
}
}
}
if(foundField)
break ;
}
}

</script>

Wow...!! You're Done...!! Any Query....??

Getting Dropdown selected Value and Selected Text using JQuery

2012-04-05T15:46:00.000-07:00

Getting Dropdown selected Value and Selected Text using JQuery

Some we require to get the selected value(id) with their corresponding value. So we can get by this way :-
This is simplest way to get :-

$(document).ready(function()
{
$("#btnGetDropDownValue").click(function()
{
alert('DropDown Value '+$("#ddlSample").val());
alert('DropDown Text '+$("#ddlSample").find('option').filter(':selected').text());
});
});
</script>

Call the subsequent parameter where you want to use :-

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td>Enter Value in TextBox</td><td><select id="ddlSample"><option value="A">A1</option><option value="B">B1</option><option value="C">C1</option></select></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="button" id="btnGetDropDownValue" value="Get DropDown Value" /></td></tr>
</table>

Any Query...!!

SharePoint 2010 New Features

2011-12-01T05:08:00.001-08:00

Microsoft is releasing a slew of new technologies in 2010, and one of the most important of them is SharePoint 2010. Previously known by the code name SharePoint 14, SharePoint 2010 marks a significant upgrade to the SharePoint product. Here are ten of the most important things about the SharePoint 2010 release, which is expected to be available in the first half of 2010.

1. Enhanced SharePoint Designer—Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 sports a new UI, improved workflow, and improved integration between designers. Although there were doubts about the Office 2007 ribbon-style interface when it was first released, Microsoft has been steadily putting the ribbon UI in many of its products, including SharePoint 2010. The new designer also has a tabbed interface and provides breadcrumb navigation.

2. New browser support—SharePoint 2010 supports an extended set of browsers. It's designed to support XHTML 1.0–compliant browsers and will support Internet Explorer (IE) 8.0 and IE 7.0, Firefox, and Safari. Notably, IE 6.0 isn't supported. So far, there's been no official mention of Google Chrome or Opera.
3. Enhanced collaboration features—SharePoint 2010 supports tagging content as well as providing enhanced blog authoring capabilities. There's a new group authentication feature that's based on distribution list or organization and a new rich text editor for creating wikis. In addition, calendars from Microsoft Exchange Server can be merged with SharePoint calendars.

4. Visio Services—Visio Services in SharePoint 2010 lets users share and collaborate on Visio diagrams. A built-in viewer lets SharePoint users view Visio files in their browser without having Visio installed on their system. Visio Services also retrieves and renders any external data used in the Visio diagrams.

5. Usage reporting and logging—SharePoint 2010 includes a new database designed to support usage reporting and logging. The usage database is extensible, allowing third-party vendors to create custom reports based on the information it contains.

6. FAST Search—The new SharePoint release will incorporate the FAST Search technology that Microsoft acquired from the Norway-based Fast Search & Transfer company. The FAST technology provides a superset of the original SharePoint search capabilities. As its name implies, FAST Search is designed for high-end scalability. It supports a number of enhanced capabilities, including a content-processing pipeline, metadata extraction, visual search, and advanced linguistics.

7. SharePoint Best Practices Analyzer—With the SharePoint 2010 release, SharePoint Best Practices Analyzer will be incorporated as part of the base SharePoint product. This tool provides Microsoft's guidance for SharePoint implementation and troubleshooting. A Problems and Solutions page in the analyzer helps you solve common implementation problems.

8. New software requirements—In addition to new hardware requirements, SharePoint 2010 will require an x64 edition of either Windows Server 2008 or Server 2008 R2. It also requires a 64-bit version of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2005.

9. New hardware requirements—Like the majority of new Microsoft servers, SharePoint 2010 will ship only as a 64-bit product. If you're deploying SharePoint on new hardware, this situation shouldn't be a problem, but it's definitely a consideration if you're planning to upgrade an existing SharePoint server.

10. New SharePoint editions—In an effort to better unify the SharePoint lineup, Microsoft will make some big changes to the SharePoint editions with the 2010 release. Windows SharePoint Server (WSS) is gone, and so is Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS). The free WSS has been replaced by the new SharePoint Foundation 2010. MOSS is replaced by SharePoint Server 2010, which will be available in either the Standard or Enterprise edition as well as in editions for strictly internal sites and for Internet or extranet sites.

Any Query ???