Write Custom WebParts for SharePoint 2007

The popularity of SharePoint Portal Server 2003 led Microsoft to tightly integrate the next SharePoint version, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, with its ASP.NET 2.0 WebPart framework. This tight integration enables the ASP.NET and SharePoint developer to do a number of things that previously weren't possible. For instance, you can plug in your own Membership provider and implement custom authentication. MOSS 2007 also resolves one of SharePoint Portal Server 2003's main problems: It relies on an ISAPI filter to route its requests. Microsoft replaced the ISAPI filter with ASP.NET's HttpHandlers and HttpModules in the new version.

However, rather than attempt to cover all the new possibilities, this article focuses on the process of writing custom WebParts for MOSS 2007.

Note: The instructions are written for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Beta 2)

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