The SharePoint's Live for Me (by Jérôme Noirfalise)

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Learning Snacks

2009-11-23T09:07:00.005+01:00

Three interesting learning snacks (presentations/training) on SharePoint 2010 are avalaible:

- Developing Solutions with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (20 minutes)
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 enables developers to build rich solutions easily, rapidly, and efficiently. This Learning Snack demonstrates how you can use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 to create and deploy your solutions. It also demonstrates how you can build Microsoft Silverlight applications by using the SharePoint 2010 client object model, and how you can use LINQ to SharePoint to create SharePoint entities.
- Experiencing the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 User Interface (20 minutes)
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 includes an enhanced user interface that provides IT professionals with a streamlined administration experience. This Learning Snack describes the features of the SharePoint Server 2010 user interface. It demonstrates how the new Central Administration console enables you to perform several administrative tasks from one central location. The Learning Snack also describes how shared application architecture can be used for flexible deployments in SharePoint Server 2010.
- Managing and Troubleshooting with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (17 minutes)
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 facilitates administration by providing several tools that help IT professionals efficiently manage data and troubleshoot any issues. This Learning Snack describes the Large List Resource Throttling feature, which helps you manage large lists. It demonstrates how a Microsoft SQL Server logging database can be used to log SharePoint events. The Learning Snack also demonstrates how the SharePoint Best Practices Analyzer can be used to detect and automatically fix common issues.

Link: here

How to fix the SharePoint Event 10016 error on Windows Server 2008 R2

2009-10-23T10:11:00.004+02:00

For those who have encountered the problem, you have probably tested the following workaround provided by Microsoft (KB920783):

1. Click Start, click Run, type dcomcnfg in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Expand Component Services, expand Computers, expand My Computer, and then click DCOM Config.
3. Right-click IIS WAMREG admin Service, and then click Properties.
4. Click the Security tab.
5. Under Launch and Activation Permissions, click Edit.
6. In the Launch Permission dialog box, click Add.
7. In the Select Users, Computers, or Groups dialog box, type the domain user account that you specified as the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 service account, click Check Names, and then click OK.
8. In the Permissions for UserName list, click to select the Allow check box that is next to Local Activation, and then click OK two times.

The problem with Windows Server 2008 R2 appears in the step 4 of the procedure. All under the Security tab is greyed/disable. It's due to permission restrictions.

To fix the problem and enable all under the Security tab, I invite you to switch to the Wictor Wilén blog to see the solution: http://www.wictorwilen.se/Post/Fix-the-SharePoint-DCOM-10016-error-on-Windows-Server-2008-R2.aspx

SharePoint Products and Technologies: 2010 (Technical Preview) Developer Documentation

2009-10-22T18:02:00.001+02:00

Technical PreviewThis download provides an early technical preview of the SharePoint Products and Technologies: 2010 developer documentation.

Source: MSDN
Link: here

SharePoint 2010: Developer and IT Professional Learning Plan

2009-10-22T17:54:00.003+02:00

A guide to learning about SharePoint 2010 for Developers and IT Pros

Source: MSDN
Link: here

SharePoint 2010: SharePoint Developer Platform Wall Poster

2009-10-22T17:47:00.001+02:00

The SharePoint 2010 Developer Platform wall poster (PDF format) shows a view of the SharePoint 2010 developer tools, community ecosystem, execution environment, Sharepoint Server 2010 workloads, and target application types. The poster is intended to be printed at 24 inches x 36 inches (61 centimeters x 91 centimeters).

Source: MSDN
Link: here

SharePoint 2010: Getting Started with Development on SharePoint 2010 Hands-on Labs in C# and Visual Basic

2009-10-22T17:42:00.002+02:00

Overview

Use these 10 hands-on lab manuals for SharePoint 2010 to get started learning SharePoint 2010 development. Each lab is available in C# and Visual Basic. HOL01 - Developing a Visual Web Part in Visual Studio 2010This hands-on lab introduces the Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint development environment. It shows how to build a Visual Web Part using LINQ to SharePoint, and how to connect one Web Part to another Web Part on the page. HOL02 - Developing a List Definition and Event Receiver in Visual Studio 2010 This hands-on lab walks you through building a list definition for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010. It also shows how to build an event receiver for the list in Visual Studio 2010 and deploy it to SharePoint. After the list and event receiver are deployed, you can use the developer dashboard to evaluate the performance of the event receiver. HOL03 - Developing Advanced Web Parts for SharePoint 2010 with Visual Studio 2010 This hands-on lab shows how to build a Web Part using several SharePoint-specific controls in Visual Studio 2010. Investigate advanced built-in Web Parts, including the Data View Web Part. HOL04 - Developing with LINQ to SharePoint in Visual Studio 2010 This hands-on lab explores a variety of LINQ queries on SharePoint 2010, going into more depth than the introductory hands-on lab. It also walks you through an exercise of creating a custom content type in Visual Studio 2010. HOL05 - Developing for SharePoint 2010 with the Client OM and REST in Visual Studio 2010 This hands-on lab introduces the Client object model for use in calling SharePoint 2010 APIs from a client machine. It also shows the use of ADO.NET Data Services to call REST services in SharePoint 2010. HOL06 - Developing a BCS External Content Type with Visual Studio 2010 This hands-on lab walks you through building an external content type for Business Connectivity Services using Visual Studio 2010. It also builds a form for Microsoft Outlook and shows the data being edited offline in Outlook. HOL07 - Developing a SharePoint 2010 Workflow with Initiation Form in Visual Studio 2010 This hands-on lab walks you through building a workflow in Visual Studio 2010 for SharePoint 2010. You add an initiation form to the workflow and use an external data exchange activity in the workflow. HOL08 - Developing SharePoint 2010 User Interface with Silverlight in Visual Studio 2010This hands-on lab walks you through building Microsoft Silverlight applications for use in SharePoint 2010. You will access SharePoint 2010 data in Silverlight using the Client object model. HOL09 - Developing SharePoint 2010 Sandboxed Solutions in Visual Studio 2010 This hands-on lab walks you through building a Sandboxed Solution Web Part for SharePoint 2010. It will also add code to the Web Part that overloads the limits placed by the sandboxed solution, and you will review how the solution is shut down. HOL10 - Developing SharePoint 2010 User Interface Ribbon and Dialog CustomizationsThis hands-on lab walks you through adding a custom action to the SharePoint 2010 ribbon, and creating a Web Part that uses the Dialog Framework.

Source: MSDN
Link: here

SharePoint 2010 Technical Diagrams

2009-10-22T17:38:00.002+02:00

SharePoint 2010 can be downloaded here.

SharePoint 2010 (Beta) Developer Center

2009-10-22T17:29:00.003+02:00

The SharePoint 2010 (Beta) Developer Center is online: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee514561.aspx

In addition, two interesting white papers are avalaible:
- SharePoint 2010: Professional Developer Evaluation Guide and Walkthroughs
- Evaluation guide for SharePoint Server 2010 (white paper)

EndUserSharPoint.com

2009-10-05T10:31:00.002+02:00

A SharePointer friend gave me the link to this website last friday and after visiting it, I've decided to publish it on my blog.
In fact, this website deals with customization cases using mainly the out-of-box stuffs. It's a good knowledge base for SharePoint power users.

Link: here

SharePoint Team Announces the release of patterns and practices Developing SharePoint Applications guidance

2009-09-14T12:26:00.002+02:00

A new version of SharePoint guidances (August 2009) is released:

"The Developing SharePoint Applications guidance helps architects and developers design and build applications that are both flexible and scaleable. It shows developers how to provide IT professionals with the information they need to maintain those applications and diagnose problems when they arise. The two reference implementations illustrate how to solve many of the common challenges developers encounter. One reference implementation addresses basic issues such as creating lists and content types. The other addresses more advanced problems such as how to integrate line of business services, how to create collaboration sites programmatically, and how to customize aspects of publishing and navigation. A library of reusable components helps you adopt techniques used in the reference implementations. The guidance discusses approaches for testing SharePoint applications, such as how to create unit tests, and documents experiences with stress and scale testing one of the reference implementations."

Link: here

Back to my blog after the holidays

2009-09-14T12:22:00.002+02:00

After enjoying my holidays and passing a changes period, I'm now back to my blog to continue to post news, articles and so on...

Great reading to you,
Jay

AvePoint Introduces Free Tool for Item-Level SharePoint Restores from SQL Server and DPM Backups

2009-07-16T14:32:00.002+02:00

Free module delivers full fidelity, item-level restore capability from SQL Server and DPM backups, providing customers with granular SharePoint content recovery.

See announcement here.

Product and download page: here

Interesting links about SharePoint 2010

2009-07-16T13:31:00.002+02:00

Introducing Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview: here

SharePoint 2010 Sneak Peek: here

Preconf 'SharePoint 2007 development with .NET Framework 3.5' track recorded at TechDays 2009 Belgium

2009-07-03T15:59:00.002+02:00

SharePoint 2007 is built on ASP.NET 2.0. When it was released the current development tool was Visual Studio 2005. Since then many technologies and tools have been released that integrate with SharePoint 2007, we can think about Visual Studio 2008, .NET 3.5, IIS7, etc. This pre-conference goes further than the basic introduction training on SharePoint, taking into account the use of latest technologies into SharePoint development. If you are already familiar with the basics of SharePoint development this course is for you. If you are not an experienced SharePoint developer, we recommend following the free Ramp Up learning path for SharePoint in order to prepare yourself.

Watch all the sessions here.

SharePoint Server Virtual Labs

2009-07-01T15:21:00.001+02:00

Microsoft provides some interesting virtual labs to learn how to develop SharePoint applications.

See the labs list here.

Service Pack 2 Update

2009-06-30T13:00:00.003+02:00

The Microsoft SharePoint Team has just published an update about the bug of Service Pack 2 concerning the expiration date.

Read more: here

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Certifcation Paths

2009-06-30T10:04:00.001+02:00

Download here the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Certifcation Paths.

Webcast: "QuickStart with Ajax in Sharepoint" by Serge Luca

2009-06-30T09:12:00.002+02:00

Here is a link to an interesting webcast showing how to start with AJAX in SharePoint published by Serge Luca, a Belgian SharePoint MVP: http://sergeluca.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8A06D5F2F585013!5759.entry?wa=wsignin1.0&sa=353231701

How to create create a new SharePoint site programmatically

2009-06-18T12:33:00.016+02:00

This article shows how to create a new SharePoint site programmatically. In this example, we will create a sub-site of the top level site (root) of a site collection.

To add a sub-site to site, we have to use the SPWeb.Webs.Add method which creates and returns a new SPWeb object. See this MSDN link for more information about the different parameters of the method: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms473439.aspx

One time the site is created, we have to create the 3 default groups (Owners, Members and Visitors) and associate them with the new site. For that, we have to use a selfmade class called SPGroupsHelper which creates a group and its associations with the site.

Hereunder is a little console application showing a to create a site programmatically using unique permissions and based on the team site template:

using System;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using SiteCreation.Helpers;
 
namespace SiteCreation
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://mysitecollectionurl/"))
            {
                using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb(site.RootWeb.ID))
                {
                    try
                    {
                        web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
 
                        string url = "TESTCREATION";
                        string title = "Test Creation";
                        string description = "This is a test site";
                        string type = "STS#0";
 
                        // Site creation with unique permissions
                        SPWebCollection webs = web.Webs;
                        SPWeb newWeb = webs.Add(url, title, description, 1033, type, true, false);
 
                        // Owners, members and visitors groups creation
                        SPGroup owners = SPGroupsHelper.AddGroup(newWeb, SPGroupsHelper.AssociatedGroupTypeEnum.Owners);
                        SPGroup members = SPGroupsHelper.AddGroup(newWeb, SPGroupsHelper.AssociatedGroupTypeEnum.Members);
                        SPGroup visitors = SPGroupsHelper.AddGroup(newWeb, SPGroupsHelper.AssociatedGroupTypeEnum.Visitors);
 
                        // Changing the request access email to current user
                        newWeb.RequestAccessEmail = newWeb.CurrentUser.Email;
 
                        // Save changes
                        newWeb.Update();
 
                        // Disposing new web object
                        newWeb.Dispose();
                    }
                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
                    }
                    finally
                    {
                        web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;
                    }
                }
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

Hereunder is the selfmade SPGroupsHelper classe used in the little console application:

using Microsoft.SharePoint;
 
namespace SiteCreation.Helpers
{
    public static class SPGroupsHelper 
    {
 
        public enum AssociatedGroupTypeEnum 
        { 
            Owners, 
            Members, 
            Visitors 
        };
 
        public static SPGroup AddGroup(SPWeb web, AssociatedGroupTypeEnum associateGroupType) 
        {
            switch (associateGroupType) 
            {
                case AssociatedGroupTypeEnum.Owners:
                    return AddGroup(web, "{0} Owners", "Use this group to give people full control permissions to the SharePoint site: {0}", SPRoleType.Administrator, "{0} Owners");
                case AssociatedGroupTypeEnum.Members:
                    return AddGroup(web, "{0} Members", "Use this group to give people contribute permissions to the SharePoint site: {0}", SPRoleType.Contributor,"{0} Owners");
                case AssociatedGroupTypeEnum.Visitors:
                    return AddGroup(web, "{0} Vistors", "Use this group to give people read permissions to the SharePoint site: {0}", SPRoleType.Reader,"{0} Owners");
                default:
                    return null;
            }
        }
 
        public static SPGroup AddGroup(SPWeb web, string groupNameFormatString, string descriptionFormatString, SPRoleType roleType, string ownerNameFormatString) 
        {
            web.SiteGroups.Add(string.Format(groupNameFormatString, web.Title), web.CurrentUser, web.CurrentUser, string.Format(descriptionFormatString, web.Name));
 
            SPGroup group = web.SiteGroups[string.Format(groupNameFormatString,web.Title)];
            try
            {
                SPGroup owner = web.SiteGroups[string.Format(ownerNameFormatString, web.Title)];
                group.Owner = owner;
            }
            catch { }
 
            if (descriptionFormatString.IndexOf("{0}") != -1) 
            {
                SPListItem item = web.SiteUserInfoList.GetItemById(group.ID);
                item["Notes"] = string.Format(descriptionFormatString, string.Format("<a href=\"{0}\">{1}</a>", web.Url, web.Name));
                item.Update();
            }
 
            SPRoleAssignment roleAssignment = new SPRoleAssignment(group);
            roleAssignment.RoleDefinitionBindings.Add(web.RoleDefinitions.GetByType(roleType));
            web.RoleAssignments.Add(roleAssignment);
            switch(roleType)
            {
                case SPRoleType.Administrator:
                    group.AllowMembersEditMembership = false;
                    group.OnlyAllowMembersViewMembership = true;
                    group.AllowRequestToJoinLeave = false;
                    group.AutoAcceptRequestToJoinLeave = false;
                    web.AssociatedOwnerGroup = group;
 
                    break;
                case SPRoleType.Contributor:
                    group.AllowMembersEditMembership = false;
                    group.AllowRequestToJoinLeave = false;
                    group.AutoAcceptRequestToJoinLeave = false;
                    group.OnlyAllowMembersViewMembership = false;
                    web.AssociatedMemberGroup = group;
                    break;
                case SPRoleType.Reader:
                    group.AllowMembersEditMembership = false;
                    group.OnlyAllowMembersViewMembership = true;
                    group.AllowRequestToJoinLeave = false;
                    group.AutoAcceptRequestToJoinLeave = false;
                    web.AssociatedVisitorGroup = group;
                    break;
            }
            group.Update();
            web.Update();
            return group;
        }
    }
}

Coach SharePoint on MSDN France

2009-06-18T12:28:00.004+02:00

An interactive training is available for French-speaking people who want to begin with SharePoint development.

See your SharePoint coach here.

How to build a SharePoint view in grouping items by the first letter of the Title field

2009-06-05T09:50:00.012+02:00

Let's imagine a SharePoint list where you want to group the items by the first letter of the Title field.

The first thing you have to do is to go in the Settings menu and to select Create Column.

In the Create Column page, enter Initial as Column name and select Calculated as type of information.
As soon as you have selected Calculated, you will have the possibility to enter a formula. Enter =UPPER(LEFT(Title,1)) as Formula and select Single line of text as data type returned by the formula.
To complete this operation, click on OK.

Then you will see on the view, the new column displaying the first letter of the Title field.

The next operation is to group the items by this new column. So, click on Modify this view in View dropdown list.

In the Edit View page, go to the Group By section and select Initial as First group by the column. Then click on OK to complete this operation.

Now, you can see that the view displays the items group the items by the first letter of the Title field.

Bing: The new search provider from Microsoft!

2009-06-02T09:54:00.003+02:00

I invite you to test the new search provider from Microsoft. It seems to be very nice and a great alternative to Google.

Link: http://www.bing.com

SharePoint SDK 1.5 is released

2009-05-29T15:15:00.003+02:00

The new SharePoint SDK 1.5 has been release on April 2009. This version includes a new version of the Microsoft Business Data Catalog Definition Editor tool.

Downloads:
- SharePoint Server 2007 SDK: here
- Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK: here

MSDN Documentation::
- SharePoint Server 2007 SDK: here
- Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK: here

Mark Wagner explains "How To Hide/Remove the View All Site Content link in SharePoint"

2009-05-29T15:06:00.005+02:00

Here is the link to read his article: http://www.crsw.com/mark/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=36

Here is the link to download the solution package: http://www.crsw.com/mark/Files/VASCSiteAction/VASCSiteAction-Binary.zip

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 available for download

2009-05-28T11:15:00.004+02:00

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 are available for download. You will find more information and the download links here.