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Monthly Archives: November 2011
How To: Configure SharePoint 2010 BCS connection information with PowerShell
If you worked with BCS in SharePoint 2010 you know that you can configure your BCS models and connection information right in the model configuration file, and that’s something developers will create for you. But once your model has been … Continue reading
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Tagged business connectivity services, powershell bcs, sharepoint bcs
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Making structural customizations to SharePoint 2010 system pages
In my last post we’ve looked at how you can make changes to your SharePoint 2010 system pages by manipulating CSS for Site and System masterpages. This approach works as long as you don’t have to introduce new controls to … Continue reading
Posted in cloud, sharepoint, sharepoint 2010
Tagged branding sharepoint system pages, sharepoint 2010 branding
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Customizing user interface of SharePoint 2010 system pages
Since SharePoint 2010 system pages are often used by end-users and not just administrators, you might need to customize the user interface of those to match your company’s theme. As you know SharePoint 2010 has 2 sets of masterpages: System … Continue reading
How To: Set security timeouts in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell
SharePoint 2010 allows you to set timeout of the user session so that your users are logged out after certain time of inactivity. Also, SharePoint allows you to configure the timeout for the current page state to expire. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged security timeout, sharepoint log out, sharepoint user timeout
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How To: Programmatically create new site collections in SharePoint 2010
Provisioning site collections programmatically is a common task implemented in site provisioning workflows and subscription environments. There are few ways to create new site collection. Naturally, since SPSite object is a child of SPWebApplication you would expect to be able … Continue reading
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Tagged create site collection Access is denied, create site collections c#
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How To: Make your SharePoint 2010 site collection read-only, restrict delete
SharePoint 2010 allows administrators to set certain site collection read only or restrict delete. This is done on a centralized site collection level and has nothing to do with permission assignments on your lists and libraries. Here is a scenario: … Continue reading
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Tagged read only site collection, restrict delete sharepoint site collection
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How To: Create SharePoint 2010 custom visual webpart properties
If you’ve created SharePoint 2010 classic web parts before, you know that you can easily define custom web part properties which your web part code-behind can consume. With the popularity of SharePoint 2010 Visual Webpart, you’re probably interested in having … Continue reading
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Tagged sharepoint 2010 custom webpart properties, visual webpart properties
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New Book is out: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0: Expert Cookbook
Today my new book is out on amazon and directly from the publisher! Yes, Kindle too! This new book continues on from my series of developer focused books; this time I focus on all the gotchas related to automating your … Continue reading
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Tagged Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and PowerShell Expert Cookbook, powershell book, sharepoint powershell automation
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How To: Working SharePoint 2010 modals
When working with custom SharePoint modals, you’ve got to be able to collect the user data and then allow them to close the modal. In my last post, we looked at how you can create a new modal rendering your … Continue reading
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Tagged sharepoint modal dialog, sharepoint modals
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