This is my last blog post on msdn. Going forward all my new blog posts will be available @ http://sharepointwithme.wordpress.com. Thank you for your support.

When we tried to preview the InfoPath form, we were hit with the following error

My first guess was that the SOAP connection might be wrong. We double checked that we had the right URL  ( it was http://server/sites/sitename/_vti_bin/userprofileservice.asmx , the site were InfoPath was getting published ).

After a lot of research and searching on the net we found that Anonymous Access was the culprit. Once we disabled Anonymous Access in IIS for that site, it started working.

Hope the information was helpful.

Recently I worked on a project where we need to get weekly updates of the Wiki Pages created and modified in a SharePoint site. So we created a timer job that runs a CAML query to get the created and modified items from the Wiki Page library.

(The below can be used to get updates for any list. I will talk about it at the end of this blog post.)

BELOW IS THE CODE

 using System;

 using System.Collections.Generic;

 using System.Linq;

 using System.Text;

 using Microsoft.SharePoint;

 using System.Net.Mail;

 using System.Configuration;

namespace Timerjob1

{

     class Program

     {

         static void Main(string[] args)

         {

             LogInfo("Job Started" + System.DateTime.Now.ToLongDateString());

             StringBuilder stBody = null; 

             SPQuery createdquery = new SPQuery();

             SPQuery modifiedquery = new SPQuery();

             SPSite site = new SPSite(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["SiteURL"].ToString());

             SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();

             SPList list = web.Lists[ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ListName"].ToString()];

             int CreatedCount, ModifiedCount;

             SPListItem newlistitem = null;

             SPListItem updatedlistitem = null;

             if (list != null)

             {

                         stBody = new StringBuilder();

                         stBody.Append("<HTML><BODY style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;\" ><br>");

                         stBody.Append("<br>Here are the newest posts on the Codehouse Wiki this week.<br>");

                         stBody.Append("<br><table width=\"100%\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;\"><tr><U><b>New Entries</b></U></tr>");

                       createdquery.Query = "<Where><Gt><FieldRef Name='Created' /><Value IncludeTimeValue='TRUE' Type='DateTime'>" + System.DateTime.Now.AddDays(-7).Year.ToString() + "-" + System.DateTime.Now.AddDays(-7).Month.ToString() + "-" + System.DateTime.Now.AddDays(-7) + "T" + "00:00:00Z</Value></Gt></Where>";

                         modifiedquery.Query = "<Where><Gt><FieldRef Name='Modified' /><Value IncludeTimeValue='TRUE' Type='DateTime'>" + System.DateTime.Now.AddDays(-7).Year.ToString() + "-" + System.DateTime.Now.AddDays(-7).Month.ToString() + "-" + System.DateTime.Now.AddDays(-7) + "T" + "00:00:00Z</Value></Gt></Where>";

             }

       //Created Items in Announcements

            SPListItemCollection createditems = list.GetItems(createdquery);

           CreatedCount = createditems.Count;

           if (CreatedCount > 0)

           {

            //   Console.WriteLine("Created Items are as below :");

               for (int i = 0; i < CreatedCount; i++)

               {

                    newlistitem = createditems[i];

                  // Console.WriteLine(newlistitem.Name);

                   stBody.Append("<tr>" + "<a href='" + ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ListURL"].ToString() + newlistitem.Name + "'><b>" + newlistitem.Name + "</b></a></tr>");

               }

            }

       else

           {

               Console.WriteLine("No Wiki Entries have been added this week");

                stBody.Append("<tr>No Wiki Entries have been added this week</tr>");

           }

            Console.Read();

           //Modified Items in Announcements

           stBody.Append("<br><br>");

           stBody.Append("<tr><U><b>Updated Entries</b></U></tr>");

           SPListItemCollection modifieditems = list.GetItems(modifiedquery);

           ModifiedCount = modifieditems.Count;

           CreatedCount = createditems.Count;

           bool flag = false;

           int checkmodified = ModifiedCount;

           if (ModifiedCount > 0)

           {

             // Console.WriteLine("Modified Items are as below :");

               for (int i = 0; i < ModifiedCount; i++)

                {

                   for (int j = 0; j < CreatedCount; j++)

                    {

                       if (modifieditems[i].Name == createditems[j].Name)

                        {

                            flag = true;

                            checkmodified--;

                            break;

                       }

                   }

                   if (!flag)

                    {

                        updatedlistitem = modifieditems[i];

                       //Console.WriteLine(updatedlistitem.Name);

                        stBody.Append("<tr>" + "<a href='" + ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ListURL"].ToString() + updatedlistitem.Name + "'><b>" + updatedlistitem.Name + "</b></a></tr>");

                    }

            }

    }

 else

           {

                //Console.WriteLine("No Wiki pages have been modified this week");

                stBody.Append("<tr>No Wiki Entries have been added this week</tr>");

            }

            if (checkmodified == 0)

             {

               //Console.WriteLine("No Wiki pages have been modified this week");

               stBody.Append("<tr>No Wiki Entries have been added this week</tr>");

            }

       stBody.Append("</table></BODY></HTML>");

       //   Console.Read();

        SendMail(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ToUser"].ToString(), "", "", ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["Subject"].ToString(), stBody.ToString());

          LogInfo("Job Ended" + System.DateTime.Now.ToLongDateString());

        }

        public static void SendMail(string strToUsers, string strCcUsers, string strBCcUsers, string strSubject, string strMailBody)

         {

           try

            {

                SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient();

               MailMessage message = new MailMessage();

                 //From Address

                 //MailAddress fromAddress = new MailAddress(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FromAddress"].ToString());

                 MailAddress fromAddress = new MailAddress(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["FromAddress"].ToString());

                // You can specify the host name or ipaddress of your server

                 // Default in IIS will be localhost 

                smtpClient.Host = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["SMTP IP"].ToString();

                 //Default port will be 25

                 smtpClient.Port = 25;

                 //From address will be given as a MailAddress Object

                 message.From = fromAddress;

                 //To Users

                 if (strToUsers.IndexOf(',') != -1)

                 {

                     string[] strToMailIds = strToUsers.Split(',');

                    for (int intCount = 0; intCount < strToMailIds.Length; intCount++)

                     {

                        message.To.Add(strToMailIds[intCount]);

                     }

                 }

                 else 

                {

                    // To address collection of MailAddress

                    message.To.Add(strToUsers);

                }

                //Email Subject

                message.Subject = strSubject;

                //Cc Users

                if (strCcUsers != string.Empty)

                {

                    if (strCcUsers.IndexOf(',') != -1)

                    {

                        string[] strCcMailIds = strCcUsers.Split(',');

                        for (int intCount = 0; intCount < strCcMailIds.Length; intCount++)

                        {

                            message.CC.Add(strCcMailIds[intCount]);

                        }

                    }

                    else

                    {

                        // To address collection of MailAddress

                        message.CC.Add(strCcUsers);

                    }

                 }

                //BCc Users

                if (strBCcUsers != string.Empty)

                {

                    if (strBCcUsers.IndexOf(',') != -1)

                    {

                        string[] strBCcMailIds = strBCcUsers.Split(',');

                        for (int intCount = 0; intCount < strBCcMailIds.Length; intCount++)

                        {

                            message.Bcc.Add(strBCcMailIds[intCount]);

                        }

                    }

                    else

                    {

                       // To address collection of MailAddress

                        message.Bcc.Add(strBCcUsers);

                    }

                }

                //Body can be Html or text format

                //Specify true if it  is html message

                message.IsBodyHtml = true;

                // Message body content

                message.Body = strMailBody;

                // Send SMTP mail

                smtpClient.Send(message);

            }

            catch (Exception ex)

            {

                LogInfo(ex.Message);

            }

        }

  public static void LogInfo(string strMessage)

        {

            System.IO.StreamWriter objWriter = new System.IO.StreamWriter(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["Loginfofile"].ToString(), true);

            objWriter.WriteLine(strMessage);

            objWriter.Close();

        }

    }

}

You will also need to create application configuration file where you need to add the below code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<configuration>   

   <appSettings>     

       <add key="ToUser" value="adam@sample.com"/>     

      <add key="Subject" value="Wiki Articles"/>    

      <add key="Loginfofile" value="C://Logfile/log.txt"/>   

       <add key="SiteURL" value="http://sp1/"/>    

       <add key="ListName" value="Wiki Pages"/>     

       <add key="SMTP IP" value="158.152.10.8"/>     

       <add key ="FromAddress" value="sharepointadmin@sample.com"/>     

       <add key="ListURL" value="http://sp1/Wiki%20Pages/"/> 

  </appSettings>

</configuration>

In the above code, you can enter your List such as announcement or Tasks or any custom list name. Enter the from and to address and you are ready to use it.

*Also do change the SMTP IP address to your SMTP server IP.

Once its complied and runs successfully, give the generated exe to Windows Task Scheduler and specify the date when this should run.

Hope this was helpful.

TimerJob.docx

To get this feature back follow the following steps :

1. Locate and then open the following file in a text editor:  C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES\Welcome.ascx

2. Add the following element before the existing "ID_RequestAccess" element:

   <SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" ID="ID_LoginAsDifferentUser" Text="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuser%>" Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuserdescription%>" MenuGroupId="100" Sequence="100" UseShortId="true" />

3. Save the file.

Microsoft has published a KB article on the same : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2752600.

Hope this information was helpful.

But in some cases we need people who are not a part of your organization to access your SharePoint site. In this case, you need to make sure people accessing your SharePoint sites are legitimate users and are getting authenticated against some authentication source. In this article we will discussing how to make SQL DB as a source of authentication.

To achieve this we need to make changes in 3 web.config files. They are

1. SharePoint Central Admin

2. SharePoint Web Application

3. Security Token Service Application

To start of with, we need to create a web application. In the creating process, under Claims Authentication Types, enable WINDOWS AUTHENTICATION and  FORM BASED AUTHENTICATION (FBA).See the below snapshot

 I have given values to ASP.NET Membership provider name and Role manager name. These values will be used to in the web.config files.

Rest of the options can be the default options and create a web application. Once a web application is created, create a site collection in it. ( You can choose any template ).

Now that the web application is created, lets create a SQL DB where our external user names and there passwords will be stored. To do this, navigate to C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\. Here look for application called aspnet_reqsql and launch it. This will help you created a asp.net aware database. The default database name is aspnetdb.

Lets get on to the web.config file editing now.

Open the web.config file of SharePoint 2013 web application and search for <system.web>. Just above <system.web> and below</sharepoint> put the following code.

<connectionStrings>
<add name="SqlConn"
connectionString="server=sqlserver;database=aspnetdb;Trusted_Connection=true"/>
</connectionStrings>

In the code, the connection name is SqlConn, my aspnet database name is aspnetdb and my SQL Server name is sqlserver. Make sure you enter the correct SQL Server name in your code. ( if its on a named instance, please use <servername>\<instancename> format)

Once I connection string is properly entered, search for the tag <membership>, you will find it like the below picture

Replace the entire tag <roleManager> and <membership> with the below code

<roleManager enabled="true" defaultProvider="AspNetWindowsTokenRoleProvider">
<providers>
<add connectionStringName="SqlConn"
applicationName="/"
name="sqlr"
type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
</providers>
</roleManager>

<membership defaultProvider="sqlm">
<providers>
<add connectionStringName="SqlConn"
applicationName="/"
name="sqlm"
type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
</providers>
</membership>

Save the changes and you are done making changes in 1 of the 3 web.config files. ( Make sure you have entered the correct values of ASP.NET Membership provider name and Role manager name in the above code. I have RED marked those)

Now lets open web.config file of your newly created web application and find for <system.web> tag. Paste the below connection string code

<connectionStrings>
<add name="SqlConn"
connectionString="server=sqlserver;database=aspnetdb;Trusted_Connection=true"/>
</connectionStrings>

In the code, the connection name is SqlConn, my aspnet database name is aspnetdb and my SQL Server name is sqlserver. Make sure you enter the correct SQL Server name in your code. ( if its on a named instance, please use <servername>\<instancename> format)

Now search for <membership tag and you will its a little different when compared to Central Admin web.config file. Below is something similar to what you will see

As you see <membership> tab and <rolemanager> tag already have certain values and parameters already present. All we need to do is append the follow piece of code.

Add the following code before </providers> under <membership defaultprovider="i">

<add connectionStringName="SqlConn"
applicationName="/"
name="sqlm"
type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />

Add the following code before </providers> under <roleManager defaultprovider="c" enabled ="true" CacheRolesInCookie="false">

<add connectionStringName="SqlConn"
applicationName="/"
name="sqlr"
type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>

Save the web.config file and now 2 of the 3 web.config file changes are done!! :)

The last one of the STS ( Security Token Service Application ) web.config file. To make it simple just paste the below code before </configuration> and just after </system.net>

<connectionStrings>
<add name="SqlConn"
connectionString="server=sql;database=aspnetdb;Trusted_Connection=true"/>
</connectionStrings>

<system.web>


<membership defaultProvider="sqlm">
<providers>
<add connectionStringName="SqlConn"
applicationName="/"
name="sqlm"
type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
</providers>
</membership>

<roleManager enabled="true">
<providers>
<add connectionStringName="SqlConn"
applicationName="/"
name="sqlr"
type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
</providers>
</roleManager>

</system.web>

(I have highlighted the items that you will need to take care of, such as the membership vales, SQL Server name etc.)

Now all that is left is to create users in the aspnetdb database, give them access to SharePoint.

To create users, I will be using membership seeder code present in www.codeplex.com site. Its a FREE tool and simple to use. Once you have downloaded the tool, open the Bin->Release folder and launch the application. Below is the tool interface that you will see ( values filled in the tool depends on your SharePoint farm). I have installed this tool on my SharePoint 2013 Server.

Click on configure, enter your SQL Server name and restart the application.

Enter a dummy user name ( for testing) such as user and for # of Users choose 5. Click create. If the connection between your SP2013 and SQL is proper and if the aspnetdb is created, then the users will also get created.  You can verify by going to the table called dbo.aspnet_Users.

Last thing is to give then access to SharePoint Site. This is done using the User Policy tab from SP2013 Central Administration. Follow the below steps

Choose the web application -> Click on User Policy-> Add Users-> All Zones -> Add the user name created in the database. If the user name gets resolved, the most of your code and changes are working fine. If it does not, go through the code changes that you made in the web.config files.

Hope this blog was helpful.

Below is the final web part output 

So to start with below is the ascx page where all the controls are added

Next Double click on Get Data!.. button in your .ascx page and add the below piece of code

==================================================

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
SPList SourceList = SPContext.Current.Web.Lists.TryGetList(ddlLists.SelectedValue);

string startDate = dtDateTimeControl1.SelectedDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd"); //Start Date ID : dtDateTimeControl1
string endDate = dtDateTimeControl2.SelectedDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd"); //End Date ID : dtDateTimeControl2

SPQuery query = new SPQuery();

if (RadioButtonList1.SelectedItem.ToString() == "Created") //RadioButton List ID : RadioButtonList
{
query.Query = "<Where><And><Geq><FieldRef Name='Created' /><Value IncludeTimeValue='TRUE' Type='DateTime'>" + startDate + "T00:00:00Z" + "</Value></Geq><Leq><FieldRef Name='Created' /><Value IncludeTimeValue='TRUE' Type='DateTime'>" + endDate + "T00:00:00Z" + "</Value></Leq></And></Where>";
}

else if (RadioButtonList1.SelectedItem.ToString() == "Modified")
{
query.Query = "<Where><And><Geq><FieldRef Name='Modified' /><Value IncludeTimeValue='TRUE' Type='DateTime'>" + startDate + "T00:00:00Z" + "</Value></Geq><Leq><FieldRef Name='Created' /><Value IncludeTimeValue='TRUE' Type='DateTime'>" + endDate + "T00:00:00Z" + "</Value></Leq></And></Where>";
}

gridListItems.DataSource = SourceList.GetItems(query).GetDataTable(); // Data Grid ID : gridListItems
gridListItems.DataBind();

ItemCountlabel.Visible = true;
ItemCount.Visible = true;

ItemCount.Text = gridListItems.Rows.Count.ToString();


}

================================================

The above code will trigger when you have selected a list in the Select list drop down, selected a filter and date. So now we need to populate the drop down list with the lists present in the site.

Paste the below code in the Page_Load function in your cs page

================================================

public partial class DateRange2UserControl : UserControl
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!Page.IsPostBack)
{
SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;

var ListNames = from SPList list in web.Lists
where list.BaseTemplate !=
SPListTemplateType.DocumentLibrary
select list.Title;

ddlLists.DataSource = ListNames;
ddlLists.DataBind();
}

}

================================================

So if you have given a correct site URL ( while creating this sandbox solution), then once you hit F5 if should get deployed and you should be able to add this as a web part in the site. The output should be look as below

( you can filter the columns which you want to display)

Hope this was helpful.

Each installation of an app has its own unique URL within the app domain. The app’s URL is based on a template “http://[app prefix][app hash].[app domain]/[relative site url]/[app name]. When you add an app to a site, a subweb of that site is created to host the app content. This subweb is not visible on the Site Contents page though.

You can choose whether you want your app domain to be a subdomain of the domain that hosts the SharePoint environment (option B), or whether you want to create a completely new domain for your apps (option A). Creating a new domain specifically to host your apps in is a bit more secure, but it also requires a little bit more configuration.

Below are the steps to Create a new domain to host your apps

Step 1: Access your DNS management console.

Step 2: Right click “Forward Lookup Zones” and select “New Zone…”.  Click “Next”

Step 3 :Keep the default and click “Next” again.

Step 4 : On Active Directory Replication Scope page leave it to default and click "Next".

Step 5 : You now have to specify a zone name. It’s up to you what you choose here. My domain name is “mycompany.com” and for my app domain I will use “mycompanyapps.com”

Step 6 : Complete the wizard by choosing the default selelected options.

 Below what I see once its configured

Step 7 : Right click on your new zone and select “New Alias (CNAME)"

Step 8 : Fill in a * for “Alias name (uses parent domain if left blank)” Click “Browse”

• Double click on your server name
• Double click “Forward Lookup Zones”
• Double click the domain of your SharePoint environment. In my case this is “mycompany.com”.
• Select “(Same as parent folder)” and click “OK”
• Click “OK”.

 Step 9: Below is what you see at the end

Once the above is done, then you will need to configure SharePoint 2013. Make sure App Management Service and Subscription Settings Service Application are up and running. If its not, then follow this MSDN link to configure it.

Also check if these services are started on the server as well

Then Go to Central Administration -> Click on “Apps” in the left side navigation ->  Click “Configure App URLs”. Fill in the URL of the app domain that you configured. If you choose to use Option A the url will be something like “mycompanyapps.com”. Fill in an app prefix. This can be anything you like, although it is best to keep this short. I used “app” myself.

Thats it!!.. Now you are ready to host SharePoint 2013 apps on your SharePoint 2013 Server.

With Office 365 Preview, Microsoft has also come out with additional subscriptions. Below are the names of the subscriptions

1. Office 365 Home Premium
2. Office 365 Small Business Premium
3. Office 365 Proplus
4. Office 365 Enterprise

In this blog we will look into Office 365 Home Premimum and Office 365 Small Business

Office 365 Home Premium :  Office 365 Home Premium, a single subscription for up to 5 users, will be available in both physical and online stores across 227 markets worldwide for $8.33 per month ($99.99 billed annually).  This subscription gives you only Office 2013 , Skydrive & Skype Services . Below are the details of the subscription

• All the Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access, and Publisher. (Publisher is currently only available for PC's).
• Ability to use Office on up to 5 PCs or Macs shared among all users in the home. Subscribers also have flexibility to change their 5 devices at any time, and full featured Office applications are available for temporary use on any PC.
• Nearly 3 times the amount of SkyDrive storage with an additional 20GB over the 7GB you get for free.
• 60 minutes of Skype^TM world calling per month to keep in touch with family anywhere. (Skype account required. Skype is available in selected countries only).
• Premium licenses that are always up-to-date with latest new features and services released regularly. With the new Office, new capabilities will be added multiple times per year.

This plan does not include Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Lync Online , Project Online and Visio. A free 30 day trial will also be available online

Office 365 Small Business Premium  : Office 365 Small Business Premium will be available for $12.50 per user per month ($149.99 billed annually).  A free 30 day trial will also be available online. The new Office 365 Small Business Premium is designed for organizations with 1-10 employees. Below are the details of this subscription

• All the Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access, and Publisher plus Lync.*
• Ability to use Office on up to 5 PCs or Macs for a single user. Users also have flexibility to change their 5 devices at any time, and full featured Office applications are available for temporary use on any PC.
• A 25 GB Outlook mailbox, shared calendar, contact manager, scheduling and task-list tools, and 10 GB professional-grade cloud storage for the organization plus 500 MB per user.
• Ability to host online meetings with audio and video using one-click screen sharing and HD video conferencing (HD video camera required)
• Set up, build, and maintain a public-facing website with no additional hosting fees.
• Premium licenses that are always up-to-date with latest new features and services released regularly. With the new Office, new capabilities will be added multiple times per year.

Also have a look at the attached feature comparison document.

Hope the information was helpful...

PlacematFS.docx

Lets start of by looking for Throughput first.

Throughput is the number of operations/requests that a server can handle per second. Throughput is measured in requests per second (RPS). RPS measurements can be converted to the total number of users by using a model based on typical user behavior. The user model for SharePoint 2010 has the following two variables :

• Concurrency—the percentage of users that are actively using the system.
• Request rate—the average number of requests per hour that an active user generates.

It is possible to calculate a rough throughput guideline for typical loads in the following way:

(Number of users X Percentage of users who are active) ÷ Request rate

Example : (700 users X 10% concurrent users)  / 30 request rate per hour =  70/30 = 2 RPS ( approx)

To estimate peak throughput, it is necessary to calculate the maximum number of pages per second that are likely to be requested in any given scenario. The following list provides key sizing metrics, along with typical values as a guideline:

A. Number of users: The total number of users that have access to SharePoint which is 700 in this case.

B. Percent of active users per day: The percentage of the users who might access SharePoint during the day. In this case its assumed to be 10% which is = 70 active users

C. Operations per user per day: Accesses to the home page, searches, browsing, document retrievals, media  viewing, and so on. Like in most organizations, the estimated operations for this per user per day = 30.

D. Hours per day: Hours in the business day = 8 hours.

E. Peak factor: A ratio of how much the peak usage exceeds the average usage. The system is generally sized for peak usage so that performance does not degrade during busy periods. A typical ratio is 5:1.

Given that there are 3600 seconds per hour, the following formula calculates the peak number of requests per second:

(A x B x C x E) ÷ (3600 x D)

(Number of users x Percent of active users per day x Number of operations per active user per day x Peak factor) ÷ (3600 x hours per day)

Applying this formula gives:

(700 x 10 x 30 x 5) ÷ (3600 x 8) = 37 RPS (which is Peak Throughput)

Two quick formulae to calcuate size of crawl database and property database in SharePoint 2010

• Crawl DB = 0.023 X ( sum of all content DB's)
• Property DB = 0.015 X (sum of all Content DB's)

Good Post on calculation of no. of WFE required : http://www.cjvandyk.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=100

Performance Analysis Template : Attached with this email ( Thanks to Sanjay for sharing this). More info. about the template, please look into http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sanjaynarang/archive/2012/06/05/performance-testing-analysis-template-for-sharepoint-server-2010.aspx

Hope the blog post was helpful!..

Performance Testing Analysis template for SharePoint 2010.xlsx