Category Archives: SharePoint 2010

Locating SharePoint Prerequisite Installer Log Files

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

Sometimes it’s important to see what happens under the cover especially if things fail or curious to learn while running installer programs. I have needed to perform exact same tasks during my recent SharePoint Prerequisite Installer run and check logs … Continue reading →

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Step by Step Case Study – No Code Policy Center for SharePoint 2010 On-Premises

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

Please note that this article applies to SharePoint 2010 On-premises. Architecture discussed in this article won’t supported in the SharePoint 2010 Online but it can be easily adapted in the SharePoint 2013 Online with new support for custom managed properties. … Continue reading →

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Step by Step – Configuring Managed Metadata Service and Content Type Hub in SharePoint 2010 On-Premises

Posted on February 17, 2013 by

Please note that this article applies to only SharePoint 2010 On-premises. Both managed metadata and content type hub are pre-configured in Office 365 and SharePoint Online tenants. This article was long due. May be couple years ago. There are hundreds … Continue reading →

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Step by Step – Configuring ADLDS User Profile Synchronization in SharePoint 2010

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

First of all, bad news – SharePoint 2010 doesn’t support importing user profiles from the ADLDS (Active Directory Light Directory Services) out of box. Even though ADLDS has been widely considered as best practices to host SharePoint 2010 extranet user … Continue reading →

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Configuring No-Code Spotlight Video Solution using Content Query Web part in SharePoint 2010

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

Please note that this solution works fine in both SharePoint 2010 Online and On-Prem environments. Recently I was working at one of our clients and they were looking for no-code video spotlight solution for their Intranet home page in SharePoint … Continue reading →

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What’s New in Visual Studio 2012 for SharePoint 2010 Development

Posted on September 2, 2012 by

With the Visual Studio 2012 getting released for public this week, it brings lots of great news & options for SharePoint 2010 developers. This article will highlight what’s new in Visual Studio 2012 for SharePoint 2010 development. Additionally, I will … Continue reading →

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SharePoint 2010 Data Querying Options – Server OM vs Client OM vs REST vs LINQ vs Search API

Posted on August 5, 2012 by

SharePoint 2010 allows various options to query SharePoint data within SharePoint and from outside of SharePoint. I have recently presented introductory SharePoint 2010 development session at the Chicago SharePoint Developer Group and promised attendees more detailed blog to summarize different … Continue reading →

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ChDevSPUG SP2010 Developer Introductory Presentation is available

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

First of all, thanks to everyone who has made to my SharePoint 2010 developer’s introductory session last week at the first ever Chicago SharePoint Developer User Group. I am personally really excited about this initiative. This is much needed in … Continue reading →

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Step by Step – Patching SharePoint 2010 RTM VM with latest Service Packs and CUs

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

I wanted to post this article for a while. This is mainly as my own self note. I have upgraded my SharePoint 2010 RTM VM to SharePoint 2010 SP1 and February 2012 CU last April. Since I have many VMs … Continue reading →

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Wiki Pages vs Web Part Pages vs Publishing Pages for SharePoint 2010 Intranet Content Pages

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

Recently I have been really busy working on major intranet initiative with Office 365 and SharePoint Online for one of our fortune 500 clients. As we were approaching architectural decisions for intranet content pages, my client asked me about different … Continue reading →

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