SharePoint Content and Resources : White Papers

Thank You, SharePoint MVPs!

randalli — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:20:00 GMT

The MVP Summit is in full force this week, and the SharePoint Developer Documentation Team would like to take a moment to recognize all the outstanding contributions our SharePoint MVPs have made to MSDN since Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 & Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 shipped.

Here is a list of Visual How-to screencasts, book excerpts, and technical articles we have published with our Most Valuable Publishing partners! The list totals more than 50 pieces of content, with more lined up to publish in the coming months!

I look back over the past year, and I am saddened by the loss of a colleague and friend, Patrick Tisseghem. We all miss him.

MSDN Technical Articles

Technical Articles are one of our most popular content types on MSDN. They are usually scenario-based and walk people end-to-end through a typical developer task, sometimes in a 2- or 3-part article series.

MVP Name	Title and Link	Date Published
Andrew Connell	Approaches to Creating Master Pages and Page Layouts in SharePoint Server 2007	February 2009
	Finding Developer Help for SharePoint Products and Technologies	December 2008
	Implementing a Brand in a SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Site	November 2008
	Prescriptive Guidance for SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Management Sites	October 2008
	Creating Custom Timer Jobs in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	April 2008
	Understanding and Creating Customized and Uncustomized Files in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	April 2008
David Mann	Workflow Scalability and Performance in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	February 2009
	Delivering Modular SharePoint Workflow Functionality (Part 1 of 2)	June 2008
Patrick Tisseghem	Development Tools and Techniques for Working with Code in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Part 1 of 2)	June 2007
	Customizing and Branding Web Content Management-Enabled SharePoint Sites (Part 1 of 3)	October 2006
Scot Hillier	Integrating External Document Repositories with SharePoint Server 2007	February 2009
Wouter van Vugt	Creating a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Custom Field by Using the EntityPicker	August 2008

Visual How-to Screencasts

A Visual How-to is a short (about 5 – 10 minute) screencast centered on a How-to task. There is a code sample, a video, an article explaining the code, and links to more information. We look forward to creating more of these in the future and getting more folks involved!

MVP Name	Title and Link	Date Published
Andrew Connell	Automating Solution Package Creation for Windows SharePoint Services by Using MSBuild	April 2008
	Configuring Multiple Authentication Mechanisms with Alternate Access Mappings in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	April 2008
	Adding Code-Behind Files to Master Pages and Content Pages in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	March 2008
	Creating, Deploying, and Debugging Custom Timer Jobs in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	March 2008
	Adding Code-Behind Files to Master Pages and Page Layouts in SharePoint Server 2007	January 2008
	Adding Custom Quick Access Buttons to the Page Editing Toolbar in SharePoint Server 2007	January 2008
Patrick Tisseghem	Creating Workflow Association Pages for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	February 2008
	Using Smart Clients to Communicate with Workflows in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	February 2008
	Customizing Search Results with Custom XSLTs in SharePoint Server 2007	December 2007
	Building Custom Activities for Use in SharePoint Designer 2007	July 2007
	Building Simple Custom Approval Workflows with InfoPath 2007 Forms	July 2007
	Creating Search Queries Programmatically by Using the Search Object Model in SharePoint Server 2007	July 2007
	Creating Search Queries Programmatically by Using the Search Web Service in SharePoint Server 2007	July 2007
	Exposing Enterprise Search in SharePoint Server 2007 by Using Internet Explorer 7 and the Office Research Pane	July 2007
	Creating a Custom Search Page and Tabs in the Search Center of SharePoint Server	April 2007
	Creating and Exposing Managed Properties in the Advanced Search Page of SharePoint Server Enterprise Search	April 2007
	Creating and Exposing Search Scopes in SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise Search	April 2007
	Creating Content Sources to Crawl Business Data in SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise Search	April 2007
Ted Pattison	Activating Auditing Programmatically for a Single Document Library in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	May 2007
	Activating Auditing Programmatically for a Site Collection in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	May 2007
	Configuring IntelliSense with CAML Files When Developing for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	May 2007
	Creating an Application Page in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	May 2007
	Creating a Custom HttpHandler in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	May 2007
	Creating a Feature for an Entry Control Block Item in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	May 2007
	Creating a Feature for the Site Actions Menu in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	May 2007
	Creating a Solution Package in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	May 2007
	Creating a Visual Studio Project for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	May 2007
	Displaying Data by Using the SPGridView Control in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	May 2007
	Reading Entries from the Audit Log in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	May 2007
	Reading ListId and ItemId from an Application Page in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	May 2007
	Running Commands with Elevated Privileges in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	May 2007
	Writing Custom Entries to the Audit Log in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	May 2007

Book Excerpts

We have a way of publishing one or two chapters from several book publishers, including Microsoft Press and Wrox, among others.

MVP Name(s)	Title and Link	Date Published
John Holliday, John Alexander, Eli Robillard, Brendon Schwartz, Matt Ranlett, J. Dan Attis, Adam Buenz	Chapter 8: Building Personalized Solutions from the book Professional SharePoint 2007 Development	February 2009
Andrew Connell	Chapter 14: Authoring Experience Extensibility from the book Professional SharePoint 2007 Web Content Management Development: Building Publishing Sites with Office SharePoint Server 2007	August 2008
Andrew Connell	Chapter 20: Incorporating ASP.NET 2.0 Applications from the book Professional SharePoint 2007 Web Content Management Development: Building Publishing Sites with Office SharePoint Server 2007	August 2008
Ted Pattison and Daniel Larson	Chapter 2: SharePoint Architecture (Part 1 of 2) from the book Inside Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	November 2007
Ted Pattison and Daniel Larson	Chapter 3: Pages and Design (Part 1 of 2) from the book Inside Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	November 2007

Call for Content

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Thanks again for all your contributions!
Randall

Got RSS?

randalli — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:47:00 GMT

It has been a little while since my last post, but I wanted to give a quick update to everyone to share a really useful feed from MSDN that you should subscribe to:

http://www.microsoft.com/feeds/msdn/en-us/sharepoint/rss.xml

The MSDN SharePoint RSS Feed contains information about recently published Technical Articles, How Do I…? Screencasts or Visual How To videos and articles, Book Excerpts, New Portal Pages, SDKs, Downloads, and even SharePoint-related event notifications.

Here is a sampling of the feed, outlining all the great content and tools we have published on MSDN since our last SDK drop:

Windows SharePoint Services Resource Center Launches

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Explore 5 new resource centers for Administration, Pages and User Interface, Provisioning, Security and Web Parts. Find articles, how-to topics, references, downloads, blog and forum entries, and other resources for Windows SharePoint Services development.

Chapter 2: SharePoint Architecture (Part 1 of 2)

Monday, November 12, 2007

Read this excerpt from "Inside Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0" to understand how Windows SharePoint Services extends the ASP.NET Framework. You can also learn how to create your own application pages.

Chapter 2: SharePoint Architecture (Part 2 of 2)

Monday, November 12, 2007

Understand the important concepts and terminology used in IIS and ASP.NET, as well as the difference between site pages and application pages. Then learn how to use CustomAction elements to create custom application pages and integrate them into the menus of a site.

Convert InfoPath 2007 Forms in a Specific File Format from a SharePoint Form Library

Monday, November 12, 2007

Learn how to enable users to convert and download InfoPath forms directly from SharePoint form libraries in a file format that is not XML.

Seamless Security Integration of SharePoint 2007 Sites with Community Server Membership Database

Monday, November 12, 2007

Learn how to use Community Server accounts with SharePoint 2007 sites. This article walks through how to integrate the Community Server membership database together with the role-based security of SharePoint Server 2007.

Microsoft Search Server 2008

Monday, November 05, 2007

Learn about the new federated search feature, creating federated search connectors, and the federated location definition file schema in the Beta SDK documentation of Microsoft Search Server and Search Server Express.

Upgrade SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Customizations to SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 1 of 2)

Monday, November 05, 2007

Learn the requirements to perform an upgrade of SharePoint Portal Server 2003 customizations to SharePoint Server 2007.

Upgrade SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Customizations to SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 2 of 2)

Monday, November 05, 2007

Learn to work with upgrade definition files, understand key elements and attributes, and walk through an annotated sample upgrade definition file so that you can perform an upgrade of SharePoint Portal Server 2003 customizations to SharePoint Server 2007.

Setting Up a Development Environment for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (Oct07 Update)

Monday, October 29, 2007

Learn how to create projects based on the 2007 Microsoft Office system and build solutions that use both the new client and server extensions in the platform.

How Do I: Create a Custom Task Pane to Consume SharePoint Server 2007 Query Services in Word 2007

Monday, October 29, 2007

Enterprise Search in SharePoint Server 2007 exposes its search functionality through an XML Web service, so that you can access Enterprise Search results from client applications and Web applications outside the context of a SharePoint site.

Video: Creating a Custom Task Pane to Consume SharePoint Server 2007 Query Services in Word 2007

Monday, October 29, 2007

In this visual how-to video, learn how you can access Enterprise Search results from client applications and Web applications outside the context of a SharePoint site.

Sample: Setting Up a Development Environment for the 2007 Microsoft Office System

Monday, October 22, 2007

In this download, you will find four code samples for use with the MSDN article, "Setting Up a Development Environment for the 2007 Microsoft Office System." Samples include project files and sample files to create a basic Workflow template, a custom task pane, a Word add-in, and event handler.

How Do I: Develop Custom Applications by Using Excel Web Services in SharePoint Server 2007

Monday, October 15, 2007

Excel Services is a new server technology included in SharePoint Server 2007. This shared service enables the ability to load, calculate, and display Excel 2007 workbooks on SharePoint Server 2007.

Video: Developing Custom Applications by Using Excel Web Services in SharePoint Server 2007

Monday, October 15, 2007

In this visual how-to video, learn to create a custom application that uses the SharePoint Server 2007 Excel Web Services.

How Do I: Add Excel Web Parts to Pages Programmatically in SharePoint Server 2007

Monday, October 08, 2007

Learn to use Visual Studio 2005 to create an application for Windows that presents a simple user interface that accepts information from the user and then adds the Excel Web Access Web Part to an Office SharePoint Server page.

Video: Adding Excel Parts to Pages Programmatically in SharePoint Server 2007

Monday, October 08, 2007

Watch this visual how-to video and learn to programmatically add an instance of the Excel Web Access Web Part to a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 page.

How Do I: Create Custom Enterprise Search Web Parts in SharePoint Server 2007

Monday, October 08, 2007

Learn how to use Visual Studio 2005 to create a Web Control Library that contains a Web Part that uses the Enterprise Search functionality included with SharePoint Server 2007.

Video: Creating Custom Enterprise Search Web Parts in SharePoint Server 2007

Monday, October 08, 2007

Watch this visual how-to video and learn to use Visual Studio 2005 to create a Web Control Library that contains a Web Part that uses the Enterprise Search functionality included with SharePoint Server 2007.

Helper Classes for the SharePoint Server 2007 Search Query Web Service Built Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

Monday, October 01, 2007

Learn about some helper classes built by using the Microsoft .NET Framework that make it easier to build query requests for the Microsoft SharePoint Server Search Query Web service and handle query responses.

Search Sites Protected by Forms Authentication with Enterprise Search in SharePoint Server 2007

Monday, October 01, 2007

Learn to use Enterprise Search to crawl sites that are protected by forms authentication or cookie-based authentication, and walk through creating a sample custom security trimmer for trimming the returned search results.

Usage Event Logging in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Monday, October 01, 2007

Parse the log files that Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 produces when logging is enabled to effectively analyze the usage event data.

How Do I: Create User Profiles in the User Profile Store in SharePoint Server 2007

Monday, September 24, 2007

Learn to create a SharePoint Server 2007 user profile by using the SharePoint UserProfileService Web service.

Video: Create User Profiles in the User Profile Store in SharePoint Server 2007

Monday, September 24, 2007

In this visual how-to video, learn to create a SharePoint Server 2007 user profile by using the SharePoint UserProfileService Web service.

How Do I: Display Custom Fields in Content Query Web Parts in SharePoint Server 2007

Monday, September 24, 2007

Learn how to display custom fields in the Content Query Web Part by setting the CommonViewFields custom property and editing the default XSLT transformation used to render items.

Video: Display Custom Fields in Content Query Web Parts in SharePoint Server 2007

Monday, September 24, 2007

In this visual how-to video, learn to display custom fields in the Content Query Web Part by setting the CommonViewFields custom property and editing the default XSLT transformation used to render items.

Register Now for the Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference 2008

Friday, September 21, 2007

The conference will be held March 2-6, 2008 in Seattle, WA USA with Bill Gates as the keynote speaker and over 100 SharePoint technical sessions and hands-on labs.

Microsoft Office System Developer Conference 2008

Friday, September 21, 2007

In February 2008, join us in San Jose to usher in the office development revolution. Expand your horizon beyond what you know.

PerformancePoint Server Developer Portal - Now Live!

Friday, September 21, 2007

Welcome to the new PerformancePoint Server developer portal on MSDN. Learn how PerformancePoint Server 2007 provides all the functionality that is needed for performance management, and how its features help analysts monitor and analyze organizational performance, as well as do critical planning, forecasting, and financial reporting.

Advanced Server-Side Authentication for Data Connections in InfoPath 2007 Web-Based Forms

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Learn about several different approaches for authenticating cross-domain data connections from form templates deployed to InfoPath Forms Services, as part of either Forms Server 2007 or SharePoint Server 2007.

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Excel Services (Programming Excel Services)

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

In this book excerpt, author Alvin J. Bruney provides an introduction to Excel Services, a new technology built and conditioned to interact with Excel spreadsheets.

Chapter 3: Excel Web Access (Programming Excel Services)

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

In this book excerpt, the author focuses on building Web Parts from Visual Studio 2005 and installing them on SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 so that they can be used in SharePoint applications.

Create a SharePoint Server 2007 Custom Master Page and Page Layouts for a Web Content Management Site

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Follow step-by-step instructions with code examples to create a SharePoint Server 2007 custom master page and related page layouts based on a minimal master page.

Optimize a SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Management Site for Performance

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Learn to optimize an Internet-facing Web content management (WCM) site to achieve maximum performance and an effective user experience.

Best Practices: Common Coding Issues When Using the SharePoint Object Model

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Learn about common issues surrounding writing custom code using the SharePoint object model, and identify best practices to help correct them.

Create a Database Connection by using the Business Data Catalog Definition Editor

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Learn how the Business Data Catalog Definition Editor automatically generates the XML metadata for the LOB system, making it easy to create an application definition file for the Business Data Catalog.

Download the SharePoint Server 2007 SDK (Aug 07 1.2 refresh)

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Check out the new tools and samples in the latest SDK update: Microsoft Business Data Catalog Definition Editor, WSHelloWorld Web Service, Excel Services User Defined Function Sample, WSOrders Custom Proxy Sample, SAP Sample, Sample Protocol Handler, Custom Content Source, and the IRM Document Protector.

Tons of New SharePoint Content Now Live on MSDN - July 12, 2007

randalli — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:36:00 GMT

Hello folks.

It has been several weeks since I posted an update on new MSDN content. We have been extremely busy publishing content, and here is the list of content published in the month of June and the first week of July:

Visual How-to Screencasts

· Creating Search Queries Programmatically by using the Search Web Service in SharePoint Server 2007
By Patrick Tisseghem

· Creating Search Queries Programmatically by using the Search Object Model in SharePoint Server 2007
By Patrick Tisseghem

· Exposing Enterprise Search in SharePoint Server 2007 by using Internet Explorer 7 and the Office Research Pane
By Patrick Tisseghem

Technical Articles

· Development Tools and Techniques for Working with Code in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
By Patrick Tisseghem

o Part 1: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530302.aspx

o Part 2: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530301.aspx

· Using the Business Data Catalog and Smart Tags with the 2007 Office System
by Scot Hilier and Bhushan Nene (Microsoft Corp.)

o Accompanying Download for the Business Data Catalog and Smart Tags article

· Evaluating and Customizing Search Relevance in SharePoint Server 2007
by Dmitriy Meyerzon, Avi Schmueli, and Jo-Anne West (Microsoft Corp.)

· Using Forms Solutions in Groove 2007
by Josh Mahoney

· Upgrading an MCMS 2002 Application to SharePoint Server 2007
by Microsoft Corp.

o Part 1: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb466172.aspx

o Part 2: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb466171.aspx

Developer Guides

· Excel Services and Excel 2007 Windows Compute Cluster Server Job Submission Sample Developer Guide

· Excel Services and Excel 2007 Windows Compute Cluster Server Job Submission Sample (Download)

Book Excerpts

o Chapter 3: Customizing and Extending the Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Search (Part 1 of 2)
By Patrick Tisseghem

o Chapter 3: Customizing and Extending the Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Search (Part 2 of 2)
By Patrick Tisseghem

o Chapter 6: Integrating Spreadsheets into the Enterprise

Downloadable White Papers

· Windows white paper: Software Update for Web Folders (Download)

Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map

Check this out if you haven’t already seen it! It’s a Windows Presentation Foundation-based, interactive developer map like the ones we have available for download. It also has dynamic content via RSS feeds, so you can always get the most up-to-date information. So cool!

· http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb497969.aspx

Keep the feedback coming! We want to hear from you.

Announcing the 1st Office Visual How to Videos for MOSS! 3 BDC and Excel Services Screencasts Posted on MSDN!

randalli — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:39:00 GMT

I'm very excited to announce that we launched a new content type on MSDN recently: the Office Visual How to!

Here's the idea behind the Office Visual How to topics:

See It. If you've got 10 - 15 minutes to watch a video showing the code in action, you can stream it from the article page. You can also download it!
Code It. If you want to see the code and copy it into your project to try it out yourself, it's also printed with the article.
Read It. We also walk you through the code and give you contextual information so you can see what's going on in detail.
Explore It. We provide links to more information in the MOSS SDK, on the MOSS Developer Portal, in team blogs, and elsewhere on MSDN.

We have 3 new Visual How to topics for MOSS that went live this week:

Filtering one Business Data Catalog List from Another by Using Associations in SharePoint Server 2007 by John Peltonen @3Sharp
Creating Business Data Catalog Entities in SharePoint Server 2007 by John Peltonen @3Sharp
Retrieving Excel 2007 Workbooks or Snapshots Using Office SharePoint Server 2007 Excel Services by Joel Krist @Akona Systems

We have a long list of MOSS videos and topics that will go live in the coming weeks, so stay tuned to this blog or the MOSS Portal on MSDN for updates! Also, don't forget to check out the Office Developer How-to Center on MSDN for a complete list of our popular How-to content type.

Also published recently on MSDN:

Item-Level Auditing with SharePoint Server 2007 by Ted Pattison

Downloads

Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint Services 1.0 has been released! Download it today to get started building SharePoint solutions with Visual Studio: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=19f21e5e-b715-4f0c-b959-8c6dcbdc1057&displaylang=en

MSDN Information Centers

We have three new Information Centers on the MSDN SharePoint portal. An Information Center is a starting page for learning about a particular feature or task, with links to SDK content, articles, blog postings, downloads, and more. From the links on these pages, you can dive deep into any subject in the SDK in the MSDN Library, or you can find great resources that help you learn or troubleshoot a task or an issue.

SharePoint Server 2007 Information Center

We added seven new headlines and six new downloads to this "Getting Started" page; check it out! http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905504.aspx

Enterprise Search Information Center

Check out the Enterprise Search Deep Dives. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb335345.aspx

Videos and Webcasts

There are more videos, webcasts, and Office Visual How To articles and videos coming next month. Check this page for what is available now: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa940989.aspx

If you haven't seen them already, be sure to check out the Business Data Catalog, Migration and Upgrade Information, Excel Services, and Web Content Management Information Centers as well. We are constantly updating the portal to ensure you have the latest information about SharePoint development.

Coming Soon

April is going to be a huge month for us, so keep your bookmarks updated at http://msdn.microsoft.com/moss! On its way next month we plan to have:

MSDN Library SDK refresh
Office Visual How To articles and Screencasts
New Articles and White Papers
Book Excerpts
Workflow and ECM Information Centers
And more!

New MSDN Technical Articles and Downloads Published for MOSS

randalli — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:13:00 GMT

The following MOSS Technical Articles have been published recently in the MSDN Library. There is one article about Enterprise Search Best Practices, and three articles (two with downloads) about Excel Services.

Enterprise Search

Best Practices: Writing SQL Syntax Queries for Relevant Results in Enterprise Search

Excel Services

What is a Technical Article? Typically, it is a magazine-style article of 5 - 25 pages that demonstrates an end-to-end scenario around a core programming task. Often there are downloadable samples with the article, and at the very least we have code inline with the article. Another distinguishing feature is that articles usually stand on their own; in other words, you can read the article from end-to-end and get the full story. Nevertheless, we always provide links to additional information or to the relevant sections of the SDK.

SharePoint Content and Resources : White Papers

Thank You, SharePoint MVPs!

MSDN Technical Articles

Visual How-to Screencasts

Book Excerpts

Call for Content

Got RSS?

Video: Developing Custom Applications by Using Excel Web Services in SharePoint Server 2007

Video: Adding Excel Parts to Pages Programmatically in SharePoint Server 2007

Video: Creating Custom Enterprise Search Web Parts in SharePoint Server 2007

Tons of New SharePoint Content Now Live on MSDN - July 12, 2007

Visual How-to Screencasts

Technical Articles

Developer Guides

Book Excerpts

Downloadable White Papers

Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map

Announcing the 1st Office Visual How to Videos for MOSS! 3 BDC and Excel Services Screencasts Posted on MSDN!

More New MOSS and WSS Content on MSDN! (March 19, 2007)

Downloads

MSDN Information Centers

SharePoint Server 2007 Information Center

Enterprise Search Information Center

Videos and Webcasts

Coming Soon

New MSDN Technical Articles and Downloads Published for MOSS

Enterprise Search

Excel Services