This diagram demonstrates the project templates and project item templates that you can use when developing Web Parts in Visual Studio. While these templates have the same end result (a cool Web Part running SharePoint), the development experience can...

One major advantage of the SharePoint 2010 development platform is that it provides the ability to save sites as solution packages. A solution package is a deployable, reusable package stored in a .cab file with a .wsp extension. You can create a solution...

Business Connectivity Services (BCS) for SharePoint 2010 builds on the technology of the Business Data Catalog first introduced in SharePoint 2007. It provides the ability to connect SharePoint to external data sources of all kinds, including but not...

The SharePoint product marketing team has a list of resources to help you make decisions about hybrid SharePoint environments. Hybrid SharePoint Environments with Office 365   New! Prepare for single sign-on (SSO) – Office 365 The main Deploying...