Musings on SharePoint 2010

Add heading and link to SharePoint Global Navigation through Powershell

lavssun — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:39:00 GMT

I was wondering whether there is a way to add the heading and link to the Top Navigation of SharePoint site using PowerShell Script. It is feasible, here is the full workable script below :- $web = Get-SPWeb "http://yourserver:9090/sites/yoursite...(read more)

Add heading and link to SharePoint left navigation through powershell

lavssun — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:01:00 GMT

I was wondering whether there is a way to add the heading and link to the left navigation of a SharePoint site using Powershell script. It is feasible, here is the full workable script below:- $web = Get-SPWeb "http://yourserver:9090/sites/SCO/"...(read more)

Understanding OAuth in the world of SharePoint 2013 App

lavssun — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:42:00 GMT

The OAuth is the new buzz in the world of SharePoint 2013 App development. Just to remember, OAuth is not the protocol for authenticating users to access SharePoint. It would still be done by Claims Authentication. The OAuth comes into picture when...(read more)

SQL Azure Error: Tables without a clustered index are not supported in this version of SQL Server

lavssun — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:56:00 GMT

I was trying to execute the following SQL Query in SQL Azure and got this error “ Msg 40054, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 Tables without a clustered index are not supported in this version of SQL Server. Please create a clustered index and try again” /*...(read more)

Moving a SQL Server 2008 Database from on-premise to SQL Azure

lavssun — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:04:00 GMT

These days I’m doing lot of proof-of-concepts around the SharePoint 2013 App Model and how an ASP.NET MVC 3 application can be consumed/integrated in the SharePoint 2013 with the help of the App Model. As a first-step, I was trying to migrate a SQL 2008...(read more)

Microsoft MVP for year 2013

lavssun — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:31:00 GMT

The New Year 2013 has started really well. I got the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award for SharePoint Server by Microsoft, for 5’th year. I’d like to thank Biplab & Tanmay from Microsoft for all the support and encouragement as a part of...(read more)

Windows 8 free e-Book

lavssun — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:15:00 GMT

Get a headstart evaluating Window 8—guided by a Windows expert who’s worked extensively with the software since the preview releases. Based on final, release-to-manufacturing (RTM) software, this book introduces new features and capabilities, with scenario...(read more)

How to add GeoLocation fields to SharePoint 2013 Site

lavssun — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:59:00 GMT

SharePoint 2013 has one of the new capability that supports GeoLocation fields. The GeoLocation field helps us to build location- aware SharePoint 2013 applications. To keep it simple, SharePoint 2013 lists support a new column of type ‘Location’. where...(read more)

Manipulate Taxonomy objects using SharePoint 2013 Client Object Model

lavssun — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:32:00 GMT

SharePoint 2013 Client Object model has the capability to manipulate (Create/Read/Update/Delete) Taxonomy objects like TermGroup, TermSets and Terms etc.This is one of major improvement in SharePoint 2013. The objective of this post is to setup a sample...(read more)

Work break-down structure to manage SP 2010 to SP 2013 Upgrade

lavssun — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:03:00 GMT

For quite sometime, I thought of writing a non-technical post around SharePoint. This is a non-technical post which would focus on the list of tasks that need to be considered while planning or estimating a typical SP 2010 to SP 2013 upgrade using database...(read more)

SP 2013 articles published during October-November 2012

lavssun — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:29:00 GMT

The following is the list of articles that are published in microsoft.com during October-November 2012 period. 1. Show Off Your Style with SharePoint Theming Theming in SharePoint 2013 makes it easier to drastically change the look of your site and make...(read more)

How to handle deprecated functionalities/APIs during MOSS 2007 to SP 2010 migration

lavssun — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:11:00 GMT

SharePoint 2013 has been RTM’ed yesterday and it is becoming a main stream SharePoint platform for development. However this article will focus on how to handle deprecated functionalities/APIs during MOSS 2007 to SP 2010 migration. This may sound outdated...(read more)

SharePoint 2010 Developer Dashboard Faqs

lavssun — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:11:00 GMT

In this article, I’d be discussing about the SharePoint 2010 Developer Dashboard. The developer dashboard is one of the powerful features in SharePoint 2010, which is turned off by default. It comes into rescue while troubleshooting performance issues...(read more)

Consuming a WCF service from SharePoint 2010 Sandbox Solutions

lavssun — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:24:00 GMT

This article would focus on how to consume a WCF Service from a SharePoint 2010 Sandbox Solutions. We’ll start with a quick briefing of what are the limitations of SharePoint 2010 Sandbox Solutions and What is a SharePoint 2010 Full trust proxy...(read more)

SharePoint 2013 various object model overview

lavssun — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 03:12:00 GMT

SharePoint 2013 provides an exhaustive list of options in terms of API set, when it comes to application development. The SharePoint 2013 platform provides the following options for developing applications around SharePoint. Developing an app for...(read more)

Create custom verbs for SharePoint 2010 web parts

lavssun — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 23:34:00 GMT

The web part verbs are the menus items (like Minimize, Close etc) appears when we click the Edit option in web parts. The SharePoint web part framework exposes one of the propery called WebPartVerbCollection. This is very flexible which allows us to add...(read more)

Consuming a WCF Service from SharePoint 2010 web part

lavssun — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 03:33:00 GMT

In this article I’d cover the steps to be followed to consume a IIS 7.5 hosted WCF service from SharePoint 2010 visual web part. Step1. Make sure that web part project has references to the following assemblies System.ServiceModel.dll System.ServiceModel...(read more)

Content Type text/xml charset=utf-8 was not supported by service

lavssun — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 02:42:00 GMT

I was trying to consume a WCF service from SharePoint web part. Basically I got this error “Content Type text/xml charset=utf-8 was not supported by service. The client and server bindings may be mismatched”. After a bit of analysis, I’ve realized that...(read more)

WCF error: could not find default end point element that references contract

lavssun — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:06:00 GMT

I was trying to consume an IIS hosted WCF service, got this error “could not find default end point element that references contract in the ServiceModel client configuration. This might be because no endpoint element matching this contract could be found...(read more)

How to implement logging in SharePoint 2010–Part 3

lavssun — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:39:00 GMT

In this post, I’d be focusing on how to create custom log entries using the SharePoint Logger (ILogger) component. The LogToOperations methods and its overload can be used to create the custom log entries to Windows event log and the SharePoint 2010 ULS...(read more)