SharePoint have services that require access to servers in network, it needs a few accounts to use as identity of several its services. For SharePoint Server Farm installation you need a specially configured SETUP account. THE SETUP ACCOUNT Setup Account is used to run SharePoint installation and configuration , which it uses to create configuration database, assign the farm account right to own...
SharePoint Sites and Databases
This post describes the sites and databases that SharePoint create during installation. SharePoint creates at least creates three IIS Web Sites, one site is for SharePoint Central Administration, another site is to use SharePoint’s lists, Sub Sites and libraries and third website is to support webservices, such as Business Data Connectivity, Security Token Service and Topology. You will...
Using PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010
PowerPivot applications are created using Excel 2010 using PowerPivot add-in, You can read my post on configuring PowerPivot in SharePoint 2010 here. After creating a PowerPivot application then you need to upload it to SharePoint 2010 PowerPivot gallery so that it can share across organization. You should be able to preview the PowerPivot applications once you upload them to PowerPivot...
Extending the Ribbon in SharePoint 2010
Presentation Layer point of view Ribbon is a big change in SharePoint 2010, which provides the consistent user experience between SharePoint and Microsoft Office products. Ribbon is defined in the form of XML and Javascript is used to provide client side functionality. The client side script is located in the following path %SharePointRootpath%\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\CUI.js Configuration of...
Ghosting and Unghosting in SharePoint 2010
Two main page types in SharePoint are Application Pages and Content Pages. Application Pages are rendered from the file system and Content Pages are usually rendered from content database. Site Pages are often loaded from content database. Master Pages or Page Templates are actually being loaded from the local file system. Pages that are loaded from the file system are known as Ghosted...
SharePoint 2010 Server Object Model
This post explains the new object model hierarchy in SharePoint 2010, which describes about each object in below diagram. Create a console project in Visual Studio and write a code snippet for each object to better understand the purpose. The classes in above diagram used for administration and configuration purpose and these are used for implementing service applications. SPFarm SPFarm...
What is SharePoint Solution Package?
What is SharePoint Solution Package? SharePoint has a system which bundles all the components of a SharePoint Foundation extension in to a single file which is called a Solution Package. The Solution Package file has the extension .wsp. The contents of solutions package are Assemblies Web Parts Site Definition files - Site definition is a unique type of SharePoint website. It...
Configuring Custom Master Page in SharePoint 2010
This post discusses about configuring custom master page in SharePoint 2010 website. You might have use custom images, custom style sheets to create new master page in SharePoint. Follow the below steps to apply custom master page in SharePoint 2010. 1. Place your custom style sheets in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\template\layouts\1033\STYLES this is...
SharePoint Built-in List Types–Announcement List
Lists provide an easiest way to store information in SharePoint. SharePoint provides different ways to keep your information in predefined lists. SharePoint stores most of its content information in lists. This post discusses about SharePoint Predefined Announcement List. Lists translates themselves and stores it information in SQL Server database. Built-in SharePoint List Types...
Access Denied error message for SharePoint Visitor group members
It is likely that your SharePoint 2010 site returns Access Denied error when user in Visitor group accesses the page in site. First reason for the error message: The page which user trying to access might not have been published to major version. For example: If your page has image which got minor version and page got published with (Major Version) then server would deny the access to page...