SharePoint 2010 introduces external content type. Tapas Pal shows you how to create external lists, which can be downloaded offline into an application, using SharePoint's web user interface.
Visual Studio 2010 introduced Visual Web Part template as one of its new features to deploy on the SharePoint Server. Tapas Pal shows you how to create a sample Web Part, ready for deployment in SharePoint Server.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 provides project types that support the creation and deployment of SharePoint content types. Tapas Pal shows you how to develop and deploy a sample application using the available option at the SharePoint Site or by using Client/Server Object models.
Visio Services lets users share and view Visio Web drawings. Access Services, when used with SharePoint 2010, allows users to create new databases with forms and reports that run in the browser. In this article we will discuss Access and Visio services, as they have a strong appeal to developers who wish to be able to offer a hosted browser-based version of their app.
SharePoint 2010 opens up a new horizon by providing a flexible platform in exposing Business Intelligence functionality to the user. In this article we will dive into four such features--Visio Services, Excel Services, PerformancePoint Services, and PowerPivot--and see what they are up to as they handle the important business decisions of an organization.
SharePoint 2007 saw a rise in the number of open source projects to fill in the gaps of what is not offered out of the box. Rob Wilson shares the top 7 CodePlex tools to help you get more out of SharePoint 2010.
It seems that much of the talk about sandboxed solutions (at least early on) focused on their limitations and not on their potential. With cloud talk becoming more prominent, sandboxed solutions are being seen in a different light. Rob Wilson shares a few things about sandboxed solutions that might make them the best solution for you.
Sandboxed solutions allow SharePoint developers to write solutions that can be easily deployed and executed in a shared hosting environment. Rob Wilson explores some limitation you should consider before you jump in and start developing sandboxed solutions.
