
My Favorite SharePoint 2010 Search Features Include:
This entry is part of a series, SharePoint 2010 Search Features» Guest Author: Agnes Molnar http://aghy.dotneteers.net This is the first article of my series about SharePoint Search, including FAST Search for SharePoint 2010. Although MOSS 2007 also has has very powerful Search capabilities, the SharePoint 2010 improvements are very impressive. In this article I’ll enumerate the most important capabilities of SharePoint 2010 Search, not including FAST Search. This one will be... [Read more]

Consuming SharePoint Content Types in Office 2010
Guest Author: Michal Pisarek One of the many requests from users was the ability to create SharePoint content from within the Office clients. Instead of a user needing to navigate to a library to create particular item based on a Content Type it would be great if this could be done directly through Word, Excel, One Note or Powerpoint. Not only would this save time but the ability to control and define templates within SharePoint, while allowing users the option to create to these Content Types... [Read more]

Client Side AJAX Applications in SharePoint 2010 – Part 6: Master-Details
This entry is part of a series, Client Side AJAX Applications in SharePoint 2010» Guest Author: Lee Richardson http://rapidapplicationdevelopment.blogspot.com/ ASP.Net AJAX Templating is a compelling new client side technology from Microsoft that allows developers to more quickly build responsive and maintainable AJAX applications. Because ASP.Net AJAX Templating and SharePoint 2010 both support the oData protocol they are a powerful combination. This post in the series will... [Read more]

Create a Records Management Solution in SharePoint 2010
This entry is part of a series, Records Management Solutions» Guest Author: Michal Pisarek There has been a lot of talk within the SharePoint community in regards to the new Enterprise Content Management (ECM) features in SharePoint 2010. Records Management had some weaknesses in MOSS 2007 which caused many customers reluctance in adopting the platform to truly manage content from creation through to disposition. Fortunately in SharePoint 2010 there has been a significant investment... [Read more]

Taxonomy, Metadata and Information Architecture in SharePoint 2010 – Series Summary and Conclusions
This entry is part of a series, Taxonomy, Metadata and Information Architecture in SharePoint 2010» Guest Author: Jeff Carr Our enterprise systems themselves are only able to take us so far, and it’s crucial to be cognizant of the fact that there’s still a lot of outside work that needs to be done. The underlying foundation required to leverage our technological capability is derived from the establishment of strong publishing models, standard workflow processes, corporate... [Read more]

Workflow Designer in SharePoint Designer 2010
This entry is part of a series, Asif Rehmani - SharePoint Designer 2010» Guest Author: Asif Rehmani – SharePoint Server MVP, MCT SharePoint eLearning This article is the third in the series trying to demystify all that SharePoint Designer 2010 has to offer. Check out the other two articles here: User Interfaces of SharePoint Designer 2010 Site Level Customizations and Settings using SharePoint Designer 2010 Also, related to this article, you can watch the SharePoint Designer... [Read more]

SharePoint 2010 – Importing Taxonomy Using the Managed Metadata Import File
This entry is part of a series, Taxonomy, Metadata and Information Architecture in SharePoint 2010» Guest Author: Jeff Carr Taxonomy managed in another tool outside of the SharePoint environment may be imported into SharePoint 2010. Although Terms and Term Sets can be created manually using the functionality provided by the Term Store Management Tool, a significantly simpler approach to taxonomy creation is through importation. Term Sets can be imported into existing Groups by... [Read more]

Site Level Customizations and Settings using SharePoint Designer 2010
This entry is part of a series, Asif Rehmani - SharePoint Designer 2010» Guest Author: Asif Rehmani – SharePoint Server MVP, MCT SharePoint eLearning In the last article, I described the screens and interfaces that users would interact with in SharePoint Designer 2010 (SPD). This article will dig into working with specifically the settings and customizations you can make at the SharePoint site level using SPD. So let’s dive in! As far as site creation is concerned, SPD... [Read more]

SharePoint 2010 – Administering Taxonomy Using Term Store Management
This entry is part of a series, Taxonomy, Metadata and Information Architecture in SharePoint 2010» Guest Author: Jeff Carr Now that we’ve developed a fairly solid understanding of the importance of taxonomy as it relates to information management and the user experience, let’s take a look at how it’s administered. Taxonomy management in SharePoint 2010 sees a significant improvement over functionality offered by the product’s predecessors. First and foremost... [Read more]

How to Install SharePoint 2010 on Small Farm – Part 1: Full Installation on Small Farm up to Managing Service Applications
This entry is part of a series, Install SharePoint 2010 on Small Farm» Guest Author: Fabian Williams http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Synopsis: This is a two part blog, I will be focusing on the General Installation and configuration, then I will discuss how to set up User Profile Services which I know gives a few folks he willies in part 2. In this blog we will run through the process of installing SharePoint 2010 in a small Farm Environment. In this topology... [Read more]