Monthly Archives: September 2011

My SP2010 PowerShell Expert Cookbook is available in RAW version

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

As you may know I have been writing my powershell expert cookbook for a while now and now it’s available in RAW (Read As we Write) format. CHeck out details here. As my other books, this one is written in … Continue reading →

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Determine SharePoint 2010 site template definition

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

We’ve looked a lot about customizing site definitions on this blog; this time I’d like to show you how you can find an existing site definition. Whether those are custom site definitions or out-of-the-box, you can see what it’s made … Continue reading →

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SharePoint Productivity Roadshow: Vancouver

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Following the event from the last week in Bellevue, my colleagues from Knowledgetech and I are going to present on how SharePoint and K2 business process automation tools can help you with your manual processes presently used at almost any … Continue reading →

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Vote for the best TechDays 2011 sessions :) !

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

If you haven’t heard, TechDays 2011 tour is coming to 3 cities this fall in Canada: Toronto (October 25-26) Vancouver (November 15-16) Montreal (November 29-30) I have just been notified that 3 of my submitted sessions have been shortlisted and … Continue reading →

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Error while putting records on hold in SharePoint 2010 record center

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

If you had a chance working with SharePoint 2010 record center, you will notice that it has variety of handy document management features. One of the features, is the ability to put documents on hold. This feature allows for any … Continue reading →

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SharePoint Productivity Roadshow: Financial – Bellevue, WA

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Over the last few weeks, my colleagues from Knowledgetech and I were working on putting together a presentation-demo on how SharePoint and K2 business process automation tools can help you automate manual processes presently used at almost any organization. As … Continue reading →

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Provisioning required fields in custom SharePoint 2010 content types

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Visual Studio 2010 has variety of handy templates allowing you to provision Fields, Content Types, List Definitions and Instances etc. However, the automation you would expect still requires some supervision as me and my friend Steve recently discovered. In this … Continue reading →

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Hiding SharePoint 2010 ribbon based on the security context

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Whether you’re working on the public SharePoint site or an intranet, you might consider hiding SharePoint ribbon for certain users. One of the easiest way to do this, is to use SharePoint out-of-the-box security trimmer and hide the ribbon for … Continue reading →

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