Microsoft SharePoint Developer Documentation Team Blog
Official Blog of the SharePoint Developer Documentation Team
We’ve Moved to the SharePoint Development Team Blog
Over the past few years, a number of MSDN blogs have been created that deal, at least in part, with...
Date: 12/03/2010
New Visual Upgrade Article
Those of you who are interested in learning more about how to use Visual Upgrade in SharePoint 2010...
Date: 11/30/2010
SharePoint Client Object Model Redistributable Released
Microsoft has released the SharePoint Foundation 2010 Client Object Model Redistributable. The...
Date: 11/18/2010
Activity Event Sample on Code Gallery: How to Publish Events with a Timer Job
The SharePoint Server 2010 social data object model enables you to create your own activity types...
Date: 11/12/2010
Introducing the Published Intranet Solution Center
The SharePoint 2010 Published Intranet Solution Center has just launched on Technet. A Technet...
Date: 11/08/2010
Quick Tip: Find the Four-Part Name for an Assembly
When developing for SharePoint, you sometimes need to find the four-part name for an assembly. You...
Date: 11/05/2010
New Visual "How to" about Creating Custom Field Types
Ted Pattison has produced a new video showing how to create a custom field type in SharePoint. For a...
Date: 10/28/2010
New Visual "How to" about Creating Multicolumn Field Types
Ted Pattison has produced a new visual showing how to create a multicolumn field type in SharePoint....
Date: 10/28/2010
New Visual "How to" about Extending the SharePoint Tools in Visual Studio
Ted Pattison has produced a visual "How to" about how to extend the SharePoint tools in Visual...
Date: 10/28/2010
How to install Sandboxed Solution with Powershell (SharePoint Management Shell)
Farm solutions can be installed with SharePoint Management Shell (PowerShell), but did you know that...
Date: 10/28/2010
Overview of SharePoint Online Development Now Live
So, last week we published the SharePoint Online Developer Resource Center, to serve as a one-stop...
Date: 10/27/2010
SharePoint Online Developer Resource Center Now Live
As you’ve not doubt heard by now, today Microsoft announced Microsoft Office 365, our next...
Date: 10/19/2010
Where are Assemblies in Sandboxed Solutions Deployed?
Because sandboxed solutions cannot deploy files to a server's file system, there is some puzzlement...
Date: 10/06/2010
Getting Started with the SharePoint Developers Tools in Visual Studio 2010
You can use many resources to get started developing SharePoint solutions. In addition to the MSDN...
Date: 10/06/2010
Check out SharePoint in Pictures
We’ve launched a new blog called SharePoint in Pictures. It is a blog that will feature diagrams of...
Date: 10/05/2010
Updated SharePoint 2010 SDK Now Available for Download
(Cross-posted from Randall's blog.) The SharePoint 2010 Software Development Kit (SDK) has been...
Date: 09/09/2010
SharePoint 2010 MSDN Developer Center Launch!
(Cross-posted from Randall's blog.) Hello SharePoint Developers! I am thrilled to announce the...
Date: 05/12/2010
How to Create a Web Part with a Contextual Tab
This post will cover how to create a Web Part that opens a contextual tab on the Server ribbon in...
Date: 01/28/2010
How to Add a Tab to the Ribbon in SharePoint Foundation
(Before he left for a week of laying on various tropical beaches with drinks in his hand, Dallas...
Date: 12/07/2009
SharePoint 2010 Beta Release Known Issues
This post lists and addresses known issues that developers have been frequently encountering while...
Date: 11/20/2009
SharePoint 2010 SDK Code Samples Posted to Code Gallery
For the SharePoint 2010 release, we’re trying something a little different with our sample code...
Date: 10/23/2009
Got Code?
Contribute a Code Sample and Get Your Name in the SharePoint 2010 SDK We’re looking for experienced...
Date: 10/20/2009
First Look: SharePoint 2010 Developer Documentation Now Live on MSDN!
By now you’ve probably been hearing some of the big news coming out of the SharePoint Developer...
Date: 10/19/2009
How Should C# Property Syntax Signatures Appear in Office SDKs?
This post is to solicit your opinion about whether and how Microsoft should change the presentation...
Date: 04/23/2009
Download: Workflow Development Resources Interactive Map
(Cross-posted from my individual work blog.) For the last several weeks, I’ve been experimenting...
Date: 02/04/2009
How We Address Developer Documentation Comments
One of the things I've wanted to do on this blog is give people a clearer view into how we actually...
Date: 06/09/2008
Add Virtual Earth Interactive Maps to your Search Server Site
(cross-posted from Enterprise Search Blog) Are you trying to think of ways to make your Search...
Date: 04/01/2008
How to: Create a Content Class That Can Be Backed Up and Restored
Introduction If you have a custom content component that you want to be included in Windows...
Date: 02/07/2008
How to: Programmatically Back Up and Restore a Single Site Collection
Introduction This post describes how to back up and restore individual site collections...
Date: 02/07/2008
How to: Programmatically Restore Content
Introduction This post explains how to create an application that restores from a backup a content...
Date: 02/07/2008
How to: Programmatically Back Up Content
Introduction This post explains how to program a backup of a content component, including custom...
Date: 02/07/2008
Programming with the Windows SharePoint Services Backup/Restore Object Model
Introduction This post describes the architecture of the backup and restore object model in Windows...
Date: 02/07/2008
Extending the Connect To menu item
Introduction In my last two posts I discussed how third party clients can most efficiently...
Date: 02/01/2008
Overview of Backing Up and Restoring Data in Windows SharePoint Services
Introduction This post provides some basic facts about backing up and restoring data in Windows...
Date: 01/23/2008
Synchronizing with Windows SharePoint Services, Part 2
Introduction In my last blog post I introduced GetListItemChangesSinceToken and discussed how using...
Date: 01/22/2008
Synchronizing with Windows SharePoint Services, Part 1
Introduction There may be occasions where you will need to synchronize third party programs with...
Date: 01/21/2008
How To: Customizing alert emails using IAlertNotifyHandler
In my post last week I talked about customizing alert notifications and alert templates. Sometimes...
Date: 12/14/2007
SharePoint SDKs (and Other Documentation Resources) Now Updated for SP1
By now you’ve no doubt heard that SP1 for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Office SharePoint Server...
Date: 12/11/2007
Customizing Alert Notifications and Alert Templates in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Hello. My name is Albert Meerscheidt and I’m one of the Programming Writers on the Windows...
Date: 12/07/2007
Content Migration in SharePoint (Post 2):
Key Concepts in Selective Migration Picking up where the first post left off, today's foray explores...
Date: 12/05/2007
Content Migration in SharePoint
Around the time work started on a long whitepaper about migrating content files from SharePoint...
Date: 11/30/2007
Creating new .ACTIONS files for code-free workflow editors
.ACTIONS files are used by Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to compile a list of code-free workflow...
Date: 11/30/2007
SharePoint SDKs Machine Translation Pilot
Erika Ehrli has the scoop on Office’s participation in the MSDN machine translation pilot project....
Date: 11/27/2007
SharePoint Resource Center Pages Now Live
Last week we added five new Resource Center pages to the Windows SharePoint Services developer...
Date: 11/27/2007
Extending Workflow Actions for SharePoint Designer
Extending Workflow Actions for SharePoint Designer Hi there. My name is Rodney Farris and I’m one of...
Date: 11/14/2007
Welcome
Welcome to the official blog of the SharePoint Products and Technologies developer documentation...
Date: 11/08/2007