Paul Stubbs https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pstubbs/feed.xml Most of my friends are bots Tue, 16 Apr 2019 05:26:37 GMT en-US hourly 1 Deploying SharePoint on Azure Virtual Machines Whitepaper https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pstubbs/deploying-sharepoint-on-azure-virtual-machines-whitepaper Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:32:56 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pstubbs/2012/09/07/deploying-sharepoint-on-azure-virtual-machines-whitepaper/ There is a ton of interest to run SharePoint on Windows Azure virtual machines. While we are still in preview mode we will continue to put out guidance and help on how to run your SharePoint workloads in Windows Azure. This whitepaper gets you started in understanding what is possible and how to do it.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34598

 

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]]> See you at SharePoint Conference 2012 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pstubbs/see-you-at-sharepoint-conference-2012 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:02:13 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pstubbs/2012/09/06/see-you-at-sharepoint-conference-2012/ image

I have the honor of presenting again this year at the SharePoint conference in Las Vegas. I will be talking about integrating SharePoint 2013 and Windows Azure. This is going to be an amazing conference that you can’t miss.

Join the conversation on Twitter by using #SPC12, or comment on our Facebook page. You'll want to stay on top of things as we announce more information with just 3 months left to go before the largest SharePoint community event ever held. Go register now!

 

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]]> Building a SharePoint 2010 Farm on Windows Azure with PowerShell https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pstubbs/building-a-sharepoint-2010-farm-on-windows-azure-with-powershell Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:02:57 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pstubbs/2012/09/03/building-a-sharepoint-2010-farm-on-windows-azure-with-powershell/ With the new Azure Virtual Machines it is now possible to run SharePoint 2010 and 2013 workloads. In my TechEd talks you can learn about the various options to run SharePoint on Azure.

https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/AZR327

and

https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/Europe/2012/OSP334

I won’t rehash those talks again here. What I do want to share is some of the PowerShell code I used to build the farms. First a caveat that these are just rough scripts that I used to build the demo and have lots of opportunities for improvements. The script are good at demonstrating the various steps that are involved with building the Farm. Here is a diagram of the farm that we will build.

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To get started read Automating Windows Azure Virtual Machines with PowerShell. Also if you are new to Azure Virtual Machines here is a crash course on the features that we will cover in the PowerShell scripts: Learn about Windows Azure Virtual Machines. With that out of the way let’s get started.

Create VNet

The first step is to create the virtual network. In the past the Cloud Service (previously called hosted services) was the container for multiple VMs to talk to each other. Now the Virtual Network (VNet) allows multiple Cloud Services to talk to each other. So in the case of our Farm we want the Active Directory/Domain Controller (AD/DC) to be in one Cloud Service and talk to the rest of our farm in another Cloud Service. By using 2 Cloud Services, you can start the AD/DC first and have the other Cloud Services join the domain, since we do not have static IPs. Here is the script to create the VNet.

CreateVnet.ps1
  1. # To get started
  2. # https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj156055.aspx
  3.  
  4. CLS
  5.  
  6. # List imported subscriptions
  7. # get-AzureSubscription | Select SubscriptionName
  8.  
  9. # your imported subscription name
  10. $subscriptionName = "My Azure Subscription"
  11. $storageAccount = "2010storage"
  12. Select-AzureSubscription $subscriptionName
  13. Set-AzureSubscription $subscriptionName -CurrentStorageAccount $storageAccount
  14.  
  15. # List all locations to determine $AGLocation
  16. #Get-AzureLocation | Select Name
  17.  
  18. # Affinity Group parameters
  19. $AGLocation = "West US"
  20. $AGDesc = "SharePoint 2010 Affinity Group"
  21. $AGName = "SP2010-AG"
  22. $AGLabel = "SP2010-AG"
  23.  
  24. # Create a new affinity Group
  25. New-AzureAffinityGroup -Location $AGLocation -Description $AGDesc `
  26.                                         -Name $AGName -Label $AGLabel
  27.  
  28. # Clear current settings
  29. Remove-AzureVNetConfig -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
  30.  
  31. # Apply new network
  32. $configPath = (Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition -Parent) `
  33.                     + "SharePointFarmVNET.xml"
  34.  
  35. Set-AzureVNetConfig -ConfigurationPath $configPath
  36.  
  37. # Check results
  38. #Get-AzureVNetConfig | Select -ExpandProperty XMLConfiguration
  39.  
  40. #Create Storage account for SP Farm
  41.  
  42. # The storage account name must be unique to Windows Azure and
  43. # must be between 3 and 24 characters in length and
  44. # use lowercase letters and numbers only.
  45.  
  46. #$storageAccountName = "sharepointfarm"
  47. #$label = "SharePoint Storage Account"
  48. #New-AzureStorageAccount -StorageAccountName $storageAccountName `
  49. #                                        -Label $label -AffinityGroup $AGName

 

Create AD/DC

Once the VNet is in place you can create the Active Directory/Domain Controller. All this script does is create a VM in a Cloud Service. Once the VM is started you will need to manually RDP connect to the machine and run DCPROMO. Once DCPROMO is finished run ipconfig to determine the IP of the machine, which will be used in the Farm setup script.

CreateDC.ps1
  1. # To get started
  2. # https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj156055.aspx
  3.  
  4. CLS
  5.  
  6. # List imported subscriptions to determine $subscriptionName
  7. # get-AzureSubscription | Select SubscriptionName
  8.  
  9. # List storage accounts to determine $storageAccount
  10. #Get-AzureStorageAccount | select StorageAccountName
  11.  
  12. # your imported subscription name
  13. $subscriptionName = "My Azure Subscription"
  14. $storageAccount = "2010storage"
  15. Select-AzureSubscription $subscriptionName
  16. Set-AzureSubscription $subscriptionName -CurrentStorageAccount $storageAccount
  17.  
  18. #List all images to determine $imagename
  19. #Get-AzureVMImage | Select ImageName
  20.  
  21. #List Vnet config to determine $vnetname and $subnetname
  22. #Get-AzureVNetConfig | Select -ExpandProperty XMLConfiguration
  23.  
  24.  
  25. ## Domain Controller 1 Paramaters
  26. $vmName = 'SP2010-DC1'
  27. $imageName = 'MSFT__Win2K8R2SP1-120612-1520-121206-01-en-us-30GB.vhd'
  28. $size = "ExtraSmall"
  29. $vmStorageLocation = "https://2010storage.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/SP2010Farm/SP2010-DC1.vhd"
  30. $deploymentName = "SP2010-DC1-Deployment"
  31. $deploymentlabel = "SharePoint 2010 DC1 Deployment"
  32. $subnet = 'SP2010AD-Subnet'
  33. $password = 'pass@word1'
  34.  
  35. ## Create VM Configuration
  36. $dc1 = New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vmName -InstanceSize $size `
  37.     -ImageName $imageName -MediaLocation $vmStorageLocation
  38. Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -Password $password -VM $dc1
  39. Set-AzureSubnet -SubnetNames $subnet -VM $dc1
  40.  
  41. ## Cloud Service Paramaters
  42. $serviceName = "SP2010DC-Service"
  43. $serviceLabel = "SP2010DC-Service"
  44. $serviceDesc = "Domain Controller for SharePoint 2010"
  45. $vnetname = 'SP2010-VNET'
  46. $ag = 'SP2010-AG'
  47.  
  48. ## Create the VM(s)
  49. New-AzureVM -ServiceName $serviceName -ServiceLabel $serviceLabel -ServiceDescription $serviceDesc `
  50.                         -AffinityGroup $ag -VNetName $vnetname -VMs $dc1

Create Farm

The last step is to create the SharePoint Farm.

CreateSPFarm.ps1
  1. # To get started
  2. # https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj156055.aspx
  3.  
  4. CLS
  5.  
  6. # List imported subscriptions to determine $subscriptionName
  7. # get-AzureSubscription | Select SubscriptionName
  8.  
  9. # List storage accounts to determine $storageAccount
  10. #Get-AzureStorageAccount | select StorageAccountName
  11.  
  12. # your imported subscription name
  13. $subscriptionName = "My Azure Subscription"
  14. $storageAccount = "2010storage"
  15. Select-AzureSubscription $subscriptionName
  16. Set-AzureSubscription $subscriptionName -CurrentStorageAccount $storageAccount
  17.  
  18. # Cloud Service Paramaters
  19. $serviceName = "SP2010-Service"
  20. $serviceLabel = "SP2010-Service"
  21. $serviceDesc = "Cloud Service for SharePoint Farm"
  22.  
  23. #List Vnet config to determine $vnetname and $subnetName
  24. #Get-AzureVNetConfig | Select -ExpandProperty XMLConfiguration
  25.  
  26. # Gallery Images
  27.   $spimage= 'MSFT__Win2K8R2SP1-120612-1520-121206-01-en-us-30GB.vhd'
  28. $sqlimage = 'MSFT__Sql-Server-11EVAL-11.0.2215.0-05152012-en-us-30GB.vhd'
  29. $vnetname = 'SP2010-VNET'
  30. $subnetName = 'SP2010Farm-Subnet'
  31. $ag = 'SP2010-AG'
  32. $primaryDNS = '192.168.1.4'
  33.  
  34. # Availability Sets
  35. $avsetwfe = 'avsetwfe'
  36. $avsetapps = 'avsetapps'
  37. $avsetsql = 'avsetsql'
  38.  
  39. # Domain Settings
  40. $domain = 'contoso'
  41. $joindom = 'contoso.com'
  42. $domuser = 'administrator'
  43. $dompwd = 'pass@word1'
  44. $advmou = 'OU=AzureVMs,DC=contoso,DC=com'
  45.  
  46. # MediaLocation
  47. $mediaLocation = "https://2010storage.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/SP2010Farm/"
  48.  
  49. ## Create SP WFE1
  50. $size = "ExtraSmall"
  51. $vmStorageLocation = $mediaLocation + "SP2010-WFE1.vhd"
  52. $spwfe1 = New-AzureVMConfig -Name 'SP-WFE1' -AvailabilitySetName $avsetwfe `
  53.             -ImageName $spimage -InstanceSize $size -MediaLocation $vmStorageLocation |
  54.         Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -WindowsDomain -Password $dompwd `
  55.             -Domain $domain -DomainUserName $domuser -DomainPassword $dompwd `
  56.             -MachineObjectOU $advmou -JoinDomain $joindom |
  57.         Add-AzureEndpoint -Name 'http' -LBSetName 'lbhttp' -LocalPort 80 -PublicPort 80 `
  58.             -Protocol tcp -ProbeProtocol http -ProbePort 80

]]> SharePoint 2010 and Windows Phone 7 Training Course https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pstubbs/sharepoint-2010-and-windows-phone-7-training-course Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:58:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pstubbs/2011/07/25/sharepoint-2010-and-windows-phone-7-training-course/ Today I am pleased to announce a new Training Course on MSDN for building Windows Phone 7 apps for SharePoint 2010. What started off as a simple blog post has grown into a full 2 day training course on MSDN. The course contains 10 training units and 25 Hands On Labs. You can view the course online at MSDN or download the offline training kit from Microsoft Download Center.

View Training Course:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointAndWindowsPhone7TrainingCourse

Download Training Kit:

https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9778593

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Training Units

Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Development

In this unit you will understand real world examples of connecting to and consuming information stored in SharePoint with custom applications that you write with Visual Studio on Windows Phone 7. With the introduction of Windows Phone 7, .Net developers have the tools and resources available to create, test, deploy and sell stunning applications using the same familiar tools that you have been using for years. You don’t need to learn a new language, you just need to learn how the platform works and start building applications in Silverlight or XNA Framework. We have a lot to teach you in this course, you will start by building the familiar “Hello World” application and then dive into connecting to SharePoint and building applications that can improve your business.

Setting Up A SharePoint and Windows Phone 7 Development Environment

Getting started developing Windows Phone 7 applications for SharePoint can be a little difficult. In this unit you will learn how to setup a developer environment and explore some of the options to consider. You will see how to setup and configure a development environment in both a physical and virtual environment.

SharePoint 2010 Mobile Web Development

SharePoint supports mobile views of sites, lists and libraries. Many modern mobile browsers do not need this support as they work well with SharePoint without the need for the mobility redirection. But there are scenarios where you want to provide the best app like experience. The end user experience is focused on collaboration with access to Lists and Libraries. The mobile viewers make it easier to users to view office documents on their mobile devices. If you are planning to use mobile Web Parts and Field Controls you need to plan for how the controls will render.

Integrating SharePoint Data in Windows Phone 7 Applications

Windows Phone 7 can integrate with SharePoint like any other remote application. In this unit you will learn how to access SharePoint List data, user profile data, and social data. You will understand how to use alerts, site data, and views.

Advanced SharePoint Data Access in Windows Phone 7 Applications

Accessing server data is one of the most important aspects of Phone 7 development. In this unit you will learn how to Create, Edit, Update, and Delete data. You will learn other advanced topics such as data paging and working with images from SharePoint.

Security With SharePoint And Windows Phone 7 Applications

Connecting to and consuming data from the SharePoint server can be challenging giving some of the security restrictions. In this unit you will learn about connecting to data both inside and outside of your corporate network. You will learn about some or the options using Forms Based Authentication (FBA) and Unified Access Gateway (UAG). You will also learn how the various security techniques affect your application design.

Integrating Push Notifications with SharePoint Data in Windows Phone 7 Applications

The Microsoft Push Notification Service in Windows Phone offers third-party developers a resilient, dedicated, and persistent channel to send data to a Windows Phone application from a web service in a power-efficient way. In this unit you will learn how create push notifications in SharePoint using event handlers.

Integrating SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure

Working in the cloud is becoming a major initiative for application development departments. Windows Azure is Microsoft's cloud incorporating data and services. In this unit you will learn how to leverage SharePoint and Azure data and services in your Windows Phone 7 applications.

Deploying Windows Phone 7 Applications

Once you have completed your Windows Phone 7 application you will need to publish it to the Marketplace. In this unit you will learn how to avoid some common publishing mistakes. You will also see how to protect and secure your applications. You will also learn about a couple of techniques to make your applications private.

SharePoint and Windows Phone 7 Tips and Best Practices

Windows Phone 7 and SharePoint application enable you to create very powerful enterprise collaboration applications, but there are still advanced topics to master. In this unit you will learn how to optimize performance with large data sets. Learn how to look up a SharePoint user’s metadata. Learn how to read list schemas to create dynamic applications that do not require recompilation when a list schema changes. Understand how to implement a pure MVVM pattern. See how to use phone actions to integrate SharePoint data with phone functionality.

 

Download Training Kit

You can also download the training kit to view the labs offline. The offline kit also contains all of the PowerPoint presentations, Hands On Lab Word documents and all the source code. The kit will install to the C:LearnSPWP7 folder by default.

https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9778593

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Getting Started

You can also watch the SharePoint Sideshow on Channel9 for more information about building a SharePoint development environment.

Developing Windows Phone 7 Apps for SharePoint 2010

]]> Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 RTM https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pstubbs/office-2010-and-sharepoint-2010-service-pack-1-rtm Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:49:41 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pstubbs/2011/06/29/office-2010-and-sharepoint-2010-service-pack-1-rtm/ Yesterday Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 was released to the public. The SharePoint team blog has more detailed information about installing SP1.

SharePoint SP1 fixes over 250 specific issues listed here: https://bit.ly/SPSP1Fixes 

What’s New?

· Support for SQL Server Code Name “Denali”

This will enable you to run Denali on a SharePoint server.

· Shallow copy functionality

This enables you to move Site Collections between content databases using the PowerShell command Move-SPSite.

· Site-level recycle bin

You can recover entire Site Collections and Sites that has been deleted.

· Improvements to storage management (StorMan.aspx)

This enables users to manage the amount of storage they are consuming.

· Cascading filters for Performance Point services

This enables you to chain filters together by passing values.

· Additional browser support

IE9 and Google Chrome are now officially supported.

]]> New SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure Training Course https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pstubbs/new-sharepoint-2010-and-windows-azure-training-course Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:11:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pstubbs/2011/06/28/new-sharepoint-2010-and-windows-azure-training-course/ SharePoint_Sideshow-Title-940

Watch Now:
https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/SharePointSideshow/SharePoint-2010-and-Windows-Azure-Training-Course

Learn about the new SharePoint and Azure Development Kit. The SharePoint and Azure Development Kit is a training course to help you learn different ways to integrate SharePoint and Windows Azure. SharePoint 2010 provides many ways to integrate with Windows Azure, from simple SQL Azure data-centric applications to complex workflows that leverage custom Azure services. There is great potential to integrate these two growing technologies. The kit contains eight modules including PowerPoint decks, hands-on labs, and source code showing how the SharePoint 2010 platform and Windows Azure platform can work together.

View Course Online: SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure Training Course
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/SPAzureTrainingCourse

Download Course: SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure Training Kit
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6d2dc556-650a-484f-8f52-f641967b42ea

Learn More
https://www.toddbaginski.com/blog
https://blogs.msdn.com/girishr

]]> Understanding SharePoint 2010 Claims Based Security https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pstubbs/understanding-sharepoint-2010-claims-based-security Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:33:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pstubbs/2011/06/22/understanding-sharepoint-2010-claims-based-security/  

SharePoint_Sideshow-Title-940

Watch Now:

https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/SharePointSideshow/Understanding-SharePoint-2010-Claims-Based-Security 

Learn real world tips for configuring SharePoint claims based security from Altaf Gilani and Mark Massad. In this episode, we discuss how to implement claims based security in SharePoint, including lessons learned and general guidance. Altaf and Mark also give some valuable instrumentation and debugging tips that can save you hours of time. They also discuss implementing claims augmentation to add additional custom claims.

Learn More

https://blogs.technet.com/b/speschka/archive/2010/03/13/writing-a-custom-claims-provider-for-sharepoint-2010-part-1.aspx

https://blogs.technet.com/b/speschka/archive/2010/03/13/writing-a-custom-claims-provider-for-sharepoint-2010-part-2.aspx

https://blogs.technet.com/b/speschka/archive/2010/03/13/writing-a-custom-claims-provider-for-sharepoint-2010-part-3-searching-claims.aspx

Debugging Claims

https://blogs.technet.com/b/speschka/archive/2010/02/13/figuring-out-what-claims-you-have-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx

https://www.httpwatch.com/

https://powergui.org

]]> SharePoint Connections Coast to Coast Tour is Underway–Next stop Boston. https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pstubbs/sharepoint-connections-coast-to-coast-tour-is-underwaynext-stop-boston Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:29:52 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pstubbs/2011/04/22/sharepoint-connections-coast-to-coast-tour-is-underwaynext-stop-boston/ The SharePoint Connections Coast to Coast Tour is officially underway! The first stop was in Vegas last week and was a great start to the tour. This week it’s in Boston with me as the keynote speaker.

Boston

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If you’re in the area, it’s not too late to stop by (https://bit.ly/stubbsb). Otherwise, make sure you make it to one of the other upcoming stops. If you register early, you can get a seat in the Microsoft Developer Bootcamp for free.

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Las Vegas

We had a good turnout in Vegas this week. The one thing that makes this coast to coast tour different from other SharePoint conferences is the quality of the presenters relative to the size of the conference. This gives the attendees access to some of the top SharePoint people from both Microsoft and the MVP community. I spent a lot of time answering 1:1 questions from people. I enjoy this as I am able to help others with their SharePoint issues, and I also learn from each question as well.

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More Cities

San Diego – May 2-4, 2011 - https://bit.ly/stubbsSD

San Francisco – May 9-11, 2011 - https://bit.ly/stubbsSF

San Antonio – May 23-25, 2011 - https://bit.ly/stubbsSA

Chicago – August 8-10, 2011 - https://bit.ly/stubbsCHI

]]> New SharePoint and Silverlight Training Course https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pstubbs/new-sharepoint-and-silverlight-training-course Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:23:47 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pstubbs/2011/04/11/new-sharepoint-and-silverlight-training-course/ I am pleased to announce the release of a new SharePoint and Silverlight Training Course. The training course contains 10 all new training units on building Silverlight applications for SharePoint. There are also 30 hands on labs that walk you step by step through all of the exercises. The course can be viewed online or downloaded as an offline version. The downloadable training kit also contains all of the PowerPoint decks. This enables you to deliver this course to you company or local user group. Download the Information Worker VHD to complete the hands on labs.

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View Online Course:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointAndSilverlightTrainingCourse

Download Offline Kit

https://bit.ly/SPSL_TrainingKit

Training Units

Introduction To Silverlight and SharePoint

SharePoint 2010 includes several Silverlight components that enhance the out of the box functionality the SharePoint platform provides. SharePoint 2010 also includes several Silverlight components that allow users to create custom applications based on the SharePoint platform without writing any code.

Integrating Silverlight and SharePoint

There are several ways to integrate Silverlight applications with SharePoint web sites. Visual Studio 2010 may be used to create SharePoint Solution Packages to automate the deployment of Silverlight applications. The Silverlight Web Part Visual Studio Extensions automate the creation and configuration of projects and assets used to deploy Silverlight applications. Using sample data with Expression Blend improves the Silverlight design experience.

Accessing Data with the Silverlight Client Object Model

The SharePoint Silverlight Client Object Model (Client OM) allows developers to interact with SharePoint from their Silverlight application easily - without having to write and deploy server-side code and without having to depend on the SharePoint web services and their inherent limitations and complexity. This demo will show basic interaction between a Silverlight application and SharePoint list data - specifically focusing on creating, reading, updating and deleting SPListItems directly from Silverlight and without requiring any server-side code.

Accessing Data With Web Services and Data Services

Silverlight applications can access SharePoint data and services using web services. Many SharePoint 2010 web services are available including Search. SharePoint 2010 Web Services increases the reach of SharePoint data and services.

Interacting with JavaScript and jQuery

For Silverlight applications that live inside the browser, interacting with the hosting web page is an important capability. This lab guides you through using the HTML Bridge to do just this - manipulating the hosting HTML page as well as exploring two-way interaction between managed code inside Silverlight and JavaScript inside the HTML page.

Branding With Silverlight

Because Silverlight applications add rich functionality and enhance the user experience on SharePoint sites, they are frequently part of a custom branding solution. When you need to add a Silverlight application to all the pages in your SharePoint site, you will most likely add the Silverlight application to a master page. SharePoint Designer 2010 provides the features and tools you need to brand SharePoint sites and add Silverlight applications to master pages. This makes SharePoint Designer 2010 the perfect tool for power users who may not have experience developing solutions using Visual Studio 2010, yet still need to enhance the look and feel of their SharePoint sites with Silverlight applications.

Accessing Cloud Data with Windows Azure and SQL Azure

Working in the cloud is becoming a major initiative for application development departments. Windows Azure is Microsoft's cloud incorporating data and services.

Building Advanced SharePoint Controls with Silverlight

Adding Silverlight's rich UI capabilities, along with the managed code and off-server client object model code, can produce a compelling user experience. Robust navigation is an important part of a highly usable site. Replacing the out of the box SharePoint navigation can help to increase user adoption of a new site by increasing the performance and functionality of the navigation.

Understanding the Silverlight and SharePoint Security Models

Silverlight applications provide a rich interactive user interface in SharePoint 2010. A ClientAccessPolicy allows Silverlight to access a resources and services in a different domain. Silverlight and the Client Object Model can be used to access data anonymously. Some common methods used to query lists including GetItems are not allowed to be called by anonymous users.

Advanced Silverlight and SharePoint Solutions

Silverlight applications can run out of browser (OOB). Silverlight OOB applications hosted by the client can use SharePoint remote APIs to access SharePoint data and services. SharePoint sites may be localized for a specific region. Silverlight applications can be localized using resource files, resources and resource managers. This is native Silverlight.

]]> Add Silverlight Web Parts to SharePoint Using New Visual Studio Extension https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/pstubbs/add-silverlight-web-parts-to-sharepoint-using-new-visual-studio-extension Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:11:02 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pstubbs/2011/04/04/add-silverlight-web-parts-to-sharepoint-using-new-visual-studio-extension/ Last week at DevConnections in Orlando we announced the availability of the Silverlight SharePoint Web Parts Visual Studio Extension project that makes it easy for you to create Silverlight Web Parts for SharePoint 2010. This has been a project that I have been working on for a while and I am pleased how the first release turned out. The extension enables you to create a Silverlight Web Part project that uses the built in Silverlight Web Part that ships with SharePoint. This is a super quick and easy way to package you Silverlight application into a SharePoint wsp solution package that can be deployed to a sandboxed solution. But the extension also enables to you create a custom Silverlight Web Part based on a sandboxed Visual Web Part that ships with the Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Power Tools.

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Download: Silverlight SharePoint Web Parts

Watch the video on Silverlight TV to see how the extension works.

Silverlight TV 68: Worlds are Colliding! New Silverlight Web Parts for SharePoint

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Install

Download the extension from the link above. The extension is packages as a .vsix file. Double click on the .vsix extension to install into Visual Studio.

(Note: Be sure to install the Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Power Tools first)

Create

You will need to create 2 projects, a SharePoint 2010 project and a Silverlight project.

  1. Create a new Visual Studio Solution and add an Empty SharePoint project
  2. Add a Silverlight project to the solution
  3. Add a Silverlight Web Part project item to the SharePoint project

Adding the Silverlight Web Part does a number of things for you.

  1. Adds a module to deploy the Silverlight .xap file.
  2. Adds a Silverlight Web Part with all the properties set to point to the .xap.
  3. Adds a test harness wiki page in the SitePages library so that you can F5 and run the app.

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Run

Press F5 to run the project. Since a test harness page was created when you added the Silverlight Web Part you can just browse to the Site Pages library

Special Thanks

I would like to give a special thanks to Scott Hillier who helped me develop this extension.

https://www.shillier.com/archive/2011/04/04/silverlight-sharepoint-2010-web-parts-visual-studio-2010-extension.aspx

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