Monthly Archives: July 2011

Use PowerShell to modify SharePoint 2010 search results web part properties

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

As you know, your SharePoint 2010 Search results page is just another publishing page which you can: check out, modify web parts on, and check back in. In this post, I wanted to share an approach for modifying the Core … Continue reading →

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Automatic provisioning of SharePoint 2010 managed metadata structure

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Managed metadata in SharePoint 2010 is a brand new feature allowing you to manage metadata from a centrally defined repository. For example, you may want to use terms in drop down selections on the forms of your site driven by … Continue reading →

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Bulk update SharePoint 2010 user profile properties

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Whether you’re SharePoint developer or IT Pro, you probably heard all about user profile service application. One of the great features of user profile service is the ability to save a contextual user information which is going to be available … Continue reading →

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Submit your story on SharePoint and Get Showcased!

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

There are so many fantastic success stories on SharePoint 2010 that are just waiting to be told and shared. Now’s your chance to get your story heard! You’re invited to share your unique story on SharePoint 2010 to win the … Continue reading →

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SharePoint 2010 Business Data Connectivity throttling

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

When working with BCS in SharePoint 2010, you are likely to connect to an external system which already has its primary function. Maybe it’s a legacy application which users work with and you need to consume data from to present … Continue reading →

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Exporting of SharePoint 2010 BCS models and managing user access

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

In my last article, we’ve looked at how you can import a new BCS model into SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell. In this article, I wanted to show you how to export the model and grant security permissions to users on … Continue reading →

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Automatic provisioning of SharePoint 2010 BCS models

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

One of the new things in SharePoint 2010 is … more tools to work with external data in SharePoint! Whether it’s a reporting data you’re trying to bring into SharePoint from the external database and display as graph; or roll … Continue reading →

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SharePoint MVP for 2011

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Today is the day I got an email about being awarded as Microsoft MVP 2011 for SharePoint Server. This is the third year of my MVP journey and I have to say – I really enjoy being part of the … Continue reading →

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