(Sahil Malik) Silverlight 2 just went RTM. This product is unique because for the first time in the Microsoft world, you have .NET running cross platform, in a secure way, without all the deployment hassles. It has the ability to bring rich UI, right within the browser-much like Flash, but with more
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Best Practices: Common Coding Issues When Using the SharePoint Object Model
(Scott Harris, Mike Ammerlaan, Steve Peschka and Roger Lamb) Developers who write custom code with the SharePoint object model will encounter common issues related to performance, extensibility, and scalability. This article is a resource for developers who are working to troubleshoot and improve th
SharePoint Customization Tricks – Part 1
(Ayman El-Hattab) This multipart series of articles is intended to help you getting ramped up with SharePoint Customization. It’s about modifying the default SharePoint user experience, list forms customization, branding, skinning SharePoint portals, etc. When I looked around the “SharePoint Landsca
SharePoint 2007 and the Thin .NET 3.5 Development Model
(Sahil Malik) While flying back home over the Atlantic, I thought about how much better developing for SharePoint has become after the introduction of .NET 3.5. I have repeatedly insisted that one of the reasons behind SharePoint 2007’s huge success is the application of ASP.NET 2.0 concepts to Shar
Configuring SharePoint Forms Authentication using SQL Server
(Steven Barden) Earlier versions of SharePoint were primarily designed for internal use, using ADS or Windows to contain user accounts. Based on product upgrades that make SharePoint more desirable to use outside of a companies LAN, or on both sides in various configurations, many managers are stuck
How To Configure SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 to Run in SharePoint Integrated Mode
(Ray Barley) We have heard about running SQL Server Reporting Services in SharePoint Integrated Mode but are not really sure how to go about configuring this. Can you provide the details on what capabilities this provides as well as how to do it?
Integrating SharePoint 2007 and jQuery [Part One]
(Jan Tielens) When I was at PDC08, I attended a session about the jQuery JavaScript library (watch online). A few weeks before that Scott Guthrie announced that Microsoft would support, and even ship jQuery together with Visual Studio, along with Microsofts own AJAX implementation: ASP.NET AJAX. If
Creating a SharePoint Web Part that hosts a data binding Silverlight application
(Karine Bosch) With Silverlight you can really light up your SharePoint user interfaces. It can be used in different SharePoint domains like web parts, application pages, navigation, content management, custom fields, editor parts, etc.
Building Sharepoint List Style GridView with Ajax Control Toolkit
(Satheesh babu) My previous article, Ajax Control Toolkit Introduction provided a basic knowledge in Ajax Control Toolkit. Moving forward, we will learn more about Asp.Net Ajax and Ajax Control Toolkit. In this article, we will implement a sharepoint list style GridView with the help of DropDownExt
The upgrade schema does not consider the v3Type attribute when you upgrade SharePoint Portal Server 2003 customizations to SharePoint Server 2007
Consider the following scenario. You upgrade a custom list from Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Or, you upgrade a custom list from Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. In this scenario, the v3Type attribute for