Just released the SharePoint Toggle UI project to Codeplex: http://sptoggleui.codeplex.com/   If you are one of those users who is still getting used to the new SharePoint 2010 user interface, you can now switch between the familiar SharePoint 2007 user interface and the new SharePoint 2010 u... [More]

Now that you have configured BCS, you can create external content types and external lists. You can refer to my blog post – SharPoint 2010: BCS Walkthrough – to quickly learn how to create an external content type and an external list.   BDC Access Denied Error Now that your external list is... [More]

There has been a lot of blog posts floating around (including in this blog) on how to consume external data into SharePoint 2010 using the new Business Connectivity Services(BCS) feature set built using the new Business Data Connectivity(BDC) service application. But less has been told on how to con... [More]

You might ask what is new with Event Receivers in SharePoint 2010 and you are sure to get an answer that it is now possible to have event receivers for: List Workflows Synchronous and Asynchronous Event Receivers Now in SP2010, you can configure event receivers to be: Synchronous ... [More]

Note: Only supported in SharePoint 2010 and higher versions Something every SharePoint developer asks for and here it is how you log to ULS from your code in SharePoint 2010. Below is a console app: You need to add reference to Microsoft.SharePoint.dll. Very simple! And here is our log from UL... [More]

After the massive success of Microsoft’s SharePoint Conference 2009, where SharePoint 2010 was introduced, SharePoint Technology Conference (SPTechCon) held last week at San Francisco was a blast! With more than 700 attendees and 37 speakers, the conference had over 80 sessions which included ... [More]

Earlier, I wrote a post on Column Validation and List Validation settings in SharePoint 2010. If you are wondering where to get help for the currently supported formulas for SharePoint 2010 beta 2, then here is the ‘precious’ link for you - http://bit.ly/sp2010-formulas   If you... [More]

Update: SharePoint 2010 VHD is available now for all to download. Download here - http://bit.ly/bUILD0   If you (or your company) is Microsoft SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SDPS) partner, then the SharePoint 2010 Beta 2 virtual machine is finally available for you to download and... [More]

** Note: The problem and solution discussed below applies for SharePoint 2010 public beta. Future versions may avoid the need to copy this DLL from SharePoint Server. **   One of the cool things about SharePoint Foundation 2010 (the ‘free’ version) is that it supports Business Con... [More]

If you are planning to use Forms Based Authentication(FBA) for your SharePoint 2010 site, here is an excellent step-by-step procedure to configure so: HOW TO:Forms Based Authentication (FBA) on SharePoint 2010 The above link covers setting up FBA using Classic Mode Authentication. If you are looki... [More]