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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Visual How Tos

Bill Brockbank — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:45:04 +0000

Accessing SharePoint 2010 Data with the .NET Client Object Model

Summary:	Learn how to use the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 managed client object model to read and write data in SharePoint sites from Microsoft .NET Framework–based applications.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
Provided by:	Andrew Connell, MVP, Critical Path Training

Adding SharePoint Project Items to SharePoint Projects in Visual Studio 2010

Summary:	Learn how to add and work with SharePoint project items in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to quickly build business solutions by using the SharePoint development tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Provided by:	Ted Pattison, Critical Path Training, LLC (SharePoint MVP)

Creating Content Types for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010

Summary:	Learn how to create a SharePoint 2010 content type by using Visual Studio 2010.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 \| Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Provided by:	Ben Hedges, Point8020

Creating Custom Extensions for SharePoint 2010 Development Tools in Visual Studio 2010

Summary:	Learn how to start creating custom extensions for the Microsoft SharePoint development tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. By creating custom extensions, you can add your own SharePoint project templates and SharePoint Project Item templates into the Visual Studio 2010 development environment.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Provided by:	Ted Pattison, Critical Path Training, LLC (SharePoint MVP)

Creating Custom SharePoint 2010 Field Types

Summary:	Learn how custom field types provide a powerful extensibility point for creating business solutions for Microsoft SharePoint 2010. Learn how to make a more polished column type by using custom logic to create default values and validate user input.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Provided by:	Ted Pattison, Critical Path Training, LLC (SharePoint MVP)

Creating Custom SharePoint 2010 Service Applications and Consumers

Summary:	Lean how to create custom SharePoint 2010 service applications for robust, scalable, and fault tolerant shared services.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010
Provided by:	Andrew Connell, Critical Path Training, LLC (SharePoint MVP)

Creating Multicolumn SharePoint 2010 Field Types

Summary:	Learn how to work with multicolumn values when creating custom field types in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to track two or more pieces of data that represent one logical piece of information.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Provided by:	Ted Pattison, Critical Path Training, LLC (SharePoint MVP)

Creating SharePoint 2010 Event Receivers in Visual Studio 2010

Summary:	Learn how to create an event receiver for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Provided by:	Ben Hedges, Point8020

Creating SharePoint 2010 List Definitions in Visual Studio 2010

Summary:	Learn how to create list definitions and list instances for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Provided by:	Ben Hedges, Point8020

Creating SharePoint 2010 Sequential Workflows in Visual Studio 2010

Summary:	Learn how to create a SharePoint 2010 Sequential Workflow in Visual Studio 2010.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Provided by:	Ben Hedges, Point8020

Creating SharePoint 2010 Site Definitions in Visual Studio 2010

Summary:	Learn how to create site definitions for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Provided by:	Ben Hedges, Point8020

Creating SharePoint 2010 State Machine Workflows in Visual Studio 2010

Summary:	Learn how to use the State Machine Workflow template in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 to build a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 state machine workflow.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Provided by:	Ben Hedges, Point8020

Creating SharePoint 2010 Visual Web Parts in Visual Studio 2010

Summary:	Learn how to create a Visual Web Part for SharePoint 2010 by using Visual Studio 2010.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Provided by:	Ben Hedges, Point8020

Creating SharePoint 2010 Web Parts That Can Read and Write Data to External Data Sources

Summary:	Learn how to use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 to create a Visual Web Part that uses a Microsoft Business Connectivity Services (BCS) external content type in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 to read and write data to the AdventureWorks sample database.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft Business Connectivity Services (BCS) \| Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Provided by:	Joel Krist, iSoftStone

Getting Started with SharePoint 2010 Development Tools in Visual Studio 2010

Summary:	Learn how to create, test, and debug Microsoft SharePoint 2010 projects using the new SharePoint development tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Provided by:	Ted Pattison, Critical Path Training, LLC (SharePoint MVP)

Importing SharePoint 2010 Site Definitions in Visual Studio 2010

Summary:	Learn how to import a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 site definition using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010.
Applies to:	Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 \| Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 \| Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Provided by:	Ben Hedges, Point8020

Online Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Training Links

Bill Brockbank — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:50:01 +0000

IT Pro

Getting Started with SharePoint Server 2010 for IT Pros

SharePoint 2010 Advanced IT Professional Training

SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Search IT Professional Training

Developer

Get Started Developing on SharePoint 2010

SharePoint 2010 Advanced Developer Training

SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Search Developer Training

SharePoint 2010 Developer Training Course

Learn SharePoint Development

TechDays 2010 Toronto – CLB372: Session Resources

Bill Brockbank — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:11:53 +0000

Upgrading Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010

Scripting IIS appSettings and connectionStrings with appcmd

Bill Brockbank — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:23:16 +0000

Developers have two section of web.config they are always asking the administrator to edit. The sections are the appSettings and connectionStrings.

“appSettings” used by custom code as a parameter in the code, supporting different environments.
“connectionStrings” used to specify a collection of database connection strings, as name/value pairs, for ASP.NET connection.

Appcmd support more than scripting change into your web.config files, but in this posting is approval a process to add, change and remove entries.

NOTE:To simplify access to the appcmd executable I use an environment setting %appcmd% set to the programs.
set appcmd=”%windir%\system32\inetsvr\appcmd.exe”

appSettings

Add new key-value pair

The following added the key of “Test” with a value set to “Test Data”

%appcmd% set config “Default Web Site” /section:appSettings /+”[key='Test',value='Test Data']”

%appcmd% set config	The command edit a web.config file
“Default Web Site“	The location of the web.config file. In this case the root site of the default site.
/section:appSettings	The section of the web.config to be edited
/+”[key='Test',value='Test Data']“	/+ add the change to the web.config file “” in this case the key-value pair to be added to the appSettings section of the web.config file. NOTE: data is delimited by (”) single quotes.

Change existing key-value pair’s ‘value’

The following changes value to “New Data” for the key of “Test”

%appcmd% set config “Default Web Site” /section:appSettings /”[key='Test'].value:New Data”

/”[key='Test'].value:Test Data”

/ Changes an existing entries value data in the web.config file
[key=''] is the entry in the collection of appSettings that has its value changed in this case.
NOTE: only the key is delimited by (”) single quotes.

Change existing key-value pair’s ‘key’

The following changes key to “New Test” for the key of “Test”

%appcmd% set config “Default Web Site” /section:appSettings /”[key='Test'].Key:New-Key”

/”[key='Test'].key:New-Key”

/ changes an existing entries key value in the web.config file
[key=''] is the entry in the collection of appSettings the key property changed in this case.
NOTE: only the key is delimited by (”) single quotes.

Remove existing key-value pair

The following removes the appSetting with the key value of ‘New Test’ and a value of ‘New Data’

%appcmd% set config “Default Web Site” /section:appSettings /-”[key='New Test',value='New Data']”

/-”[key='New Test',value='New Data']“

/- removes the entry from the web.config file
“” in this case the key-value pair is used to match the entry in the appSettings section of the web.config file.
NOTE: both key and value are delimited by (”) single quotes.

To view the current key-value pairs

The following list the appSettings section in the “Default Web Site” root site.

%appcmd% list config “Default Web Site” /section:appSettings

connectionStrings

Add a new connection string

The following added the key of “Test” with a value set to “Test Data”

Set ConnString=Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;Data Source=DBServer
%appcmd% set config “Default Web Site” /section:connectionStrings /+”[name='SQLDB',connectionString='%ConnString%',
providerName='System.Data.SqlClient']“

%appcmd% set config	The command edit a web.config file
“Default Web Site“	The location of the web.config file. In this case the root site of the default site.
/section:connectionStrings	The section of the web.config to be edited
/+”[name='SQLSB',connectionString=%ConnString%, providerName='System.Data.SqlClient']“	/+ add the change to the web.config file “” in this case the key-value pair to be added to the conectionStrings section of the web.config file. NOTE: data is delimited by (”) single quotes.

Change the connection string

The following changes the connectionstring value for the “SQLDB” entry

Set NewConnString=Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=AdventureWorksLT;Data Source=NewSQL
%appcmd% set config “Default Web Site” /section:connectionStrings /”[Name='SQLDB'].connectionstring:%NewConnString%”

/”[Name='SQLDB'].connectionstring:%NewConnString%”

/ changes an existing entries key value in the web.config file
[Name=''] is the entry in the collection of connectionStrings the connectionString property changed in this case.
NOTE: only the key is delimited by (”) single quotes.

Change the connection string name

The following changes Name to “SQLDatabase” for the name of “SQLDB”

%appcmd% set config “Default Web Site” /section:connectionStrings /”[Name='SQLDB'].Name:SQLDatabase”

/”[Name='SQLDB'].Name:SQLDatabase”

/ changes an existing entries key value in the web.config file
[Name=''] is the entry in the collection of connectionStrings the name property changed in this case.
NOTE: only the key is delimited by (”) single quotes.

Change the default provider for a connection string

The following changes default connection provider for the name of “SQLDB”

%appcmd% set config “Default Web Site” /section:connectionStrings /”[Name='SQLDB'].providerName=
SQLNCLI10.1″

/”[Name='SQLDB'].providerName=
SQLNCLI10.1″

/ changes an existing entries key value in the web.config file
[Name=''] is the entry in the collection of connectionStrings the providerName property changed in this case.
NOTE: only the key is delimited by (”) single quotes.

Remove a connection string

The following removes the connectionString with the key value of ‘New Test’ and a value of ‘New Data’

Set ConnString=Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;Data Source=DBServer
%appcmd% set config “Default Web Site” /section:connectionStrings /-”[name='SQLDB',connectionString='%ConnString%',
providerName='System.Data.SqlClient']”

/-”[name='SQLSB',connectionString='%ConnString%' ,
providerName='System.Data.SqlClient']“

/- removes the entry from the web.config file
“” in this case the key-value pair to be added to the conectionStrings section of the web.config file.
NOTE: both key and value are delimited by (”) single quotes.

Remove existing key-value pair

The following list the connectionStrings section in the “Default Web Site” root site.

%appcmd% list config “Default Web Site” /section:connectionStrings

Visual Studio 2010 Online help Content for SharePoint 2007 SDK and SharePoint 2010 SDK

Bill Brockbank — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:54:28 +0000

Microsoft has made available both the SharePoint Server 2010 SDK and the SharePoint 2007/ WSS 3.0 SDK help for download and installation.

With the new Help Library Manager in Visual Studio 2010 used to install Help Content books covering selected topics.

To add the new help to your local computer running Visual Studio 2010 just request the new content and update.

Open the click Help, and then
select Manage Help settings or type f1,m.
Click the link Install content from online or o
Once the list of available content form online is displayed, scroll down the SharePoint Products and Technologies and click the Add links.
Then click the Update button to download and install.

Could not find how to configure httpModules using appcmd.exe

Bill Brockbank — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:10:39 +0000

So I found the way to set the appSettings and connectionString in my web.config using appcmd.exe, but I tried every think I could to add an http Module to the section of the with no success.

As it turns out in IIS 7 both and in have been moved to and in . If you are using both the old location and the new location you will need to add the following item in the section of the web.config file.

You can now use the following appcmd.exe commands:

Add Module (httpModule)

Set appcmd =C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe
Set SiteName=”Default Web Site”
%appcmd% set config %SiteName% /section:system.webServer\Modules /+”[name='',type='']“

Remove Module (httpModule)

Set appcmd =C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe
Set SiteName=”Default Web Site”
%appcmd% set config %SiteName% /section:system.webServer\Modules /-”[name='']“

Reference:

ASP.NET 2.0 Breaking Changes on IIS 7.0 at http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/381/aspnet-20-breaking-changes-on-iis-70/

Configuring IIS 7 Site Binding with appcmd.exe

Bill Brockbank — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:25:20 +0000

While SharePoint provides a place to configure alternate access mapping for each of the SharePoint site it does on update the bindings in the IIS configuration. In order to do this you can use appcmd.exe with the set site command.

With a large number of site binding to be configured for the different Site and server in SharePoint, for example if you have 4 web application on 4 server with 1 to 5 binding (average say 3) that would be 4 x 4 x 3 = 48 binding to be assigned to the SharePoint sites. By making use of 4 batch command files you can reduce the number of error accrues the server and there web application.

The following will add a new binding to the site

Set appcmd =C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exeSet SiteName=Default Web SiteSet IP=192.168.0.1:80Set FQDN=www.contos.com

%appcmd% set site “% SiteName%” /+bindings.[protocol='http',bindingInformation='%IP%:%FQDN%']

The following will remove an existing binding to the site

Set appcmd =C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exeSet SiteName=Default Web SiteSet IP=192.168.0.1:80Set FQDN=www.contos.com

%appcmd% set site “% SiteName%” /-bindings.[protocol='http',bindingInformation='%IP%:%FQDN%']

Using a combination of addition and removals you will be able to configure all the web application on all server the same.

References:

Binding on the IIS site.

Microsoft announced that the next SharePoint Conference will be October 3-6 2011

Bill Brockbank — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:24:21 +0000

Today Microsoft announced that the next SharePoint Conference will be in Anaheim, CA on October 3-6 2011.

Registration will open spring 2011.

Mirosoft tech-days canada is coming

Bill Brockbank — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:26:07 +0000

Check out the early Early Bird Registration @ www.techdays.ca
Toronto dates are October 27th and 28th.

If you read your error messages

Bill Brockbank — Sat, 08 May 2010 17:22:21 +0000

The thing we all do, or at least I do time to time is not stop and read the messages that my application are providing. I this case I could not get Windows Live Writer or Word to connect to my new Blog site, a wordpress site. But when I stopped and read the message in the pop-up dialog box, it not only told me the issue but there to fix on my wordpress site.

So next time stop and read the messages before trying to force your way to get it to work!

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Scripting IIS appSettings and connectionStrings with appcmd

appSettings

Add new key-value pair

Change existing key-value pair’s ‘value’

Change existing key-value pair’s ‘key’

Remove existing key-value pair

To view the current key-value pairs

connectionStrings

Add a new connection string

Change the connection string

Change the connection string name

Change the default provider for a connection string

Remove a connection string

Remove existing key-value pair

Visual Studio 2010 Online help Content for SharePoint 2007 SDK and SharePoint 2010 SDK

Could not find how to configure httpModules using appcmd.exe

Reference:

Configuring IIS 7 Site Binding with appcmd.exe

References:

Microsoft announced that the next SharePoint Conference will be October 3-6 2011

Mirosoft tech-days canada is coming

If you read your error messages