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A team of SharePoint authorities addresses the six most essential areas of SharePoint 2010

SharePoint enables Web sites to host shared workspaces and is a leading solution for Enterprise Content Management. This book serves as one-stop shopping for concise coverage on six key areas that you need to know in order to get up and running with SharePoint 2010 quickly. After an introduction to the new features of SharePoint 2010, the author team of SharePoint experts walk you through branding and customization, workflow, business connectivity services, social networking and tools, the search function, and development basics so you can get started using SharePoint immediately.

• SharePoint 2010 offers numerous exciting new features, including advancements in user interface customization, development improvements, the benefits of Business Connectivity Services, and much more
• Covers the primary functions of SharePoint, as well as enhancements and new features of the latest version
• Reviews the SharePoint platform, branding and customization, workflow, business connectivity services, social networking, tools, development basics, and more

SharePoint 2010 Six-in-One helps you conquer the six key areas of SharePoint 2010 so that you can successfully take advantage of the Microsoft SharePoint platform.

Why program Excel? For solving complex calculations and presenting results, Excel is amazingly complete with every imaginable feature already in place. But programming Excel isn't about adding new features as much as it's about combining existing features to solve particular problems. With a few modifications, you can transform Excel into a task-specific piece of software that will quickly and precisely serve your needs. In other words, Excel is an ideal platform for probably millions of small spreadsheet-based software solutions.

The best part is, you can program Excel with no additional tools. A variant of the Visual Basic programming language, VB for Applications (VBA) is built into Excel to facilitate its use as a platform. With VBA, you can create macros and templates, manipulate user interface features such as menus and toolbars, and work with custom user forms or dialog boxes. VBA is relatively easy to use, but if you've never programmed before, Programming Excel with VBA and .NET is a great way to learn a lot very quickly. If you're an experienced Excel user or a Visual Basic programmer, you'll pick up a lot of valuable new tricks. Developers looking forward to .NET development will also find discussion of how the Excel object model works with .NET tools, including Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO).

This book teaches you how to use Excel VBA by explaining concepts clearly and concisely in plain English, and provides plenty of downloadable samples so you can learn by doing. You'll be exposed to a wide range of tasks most commonly performed with Excel, arranged into chapters according to subject, with those subjects corresponding to one or more Excel objects. With both the samples and important reference information for each object included right in the chapters, instead of tucked away in separate sections, Programming Excel with VBA and .NET covers the entire Excel object library. For those just starting out, it also lays down the basic rules common to all programming languages.

With this single-source reference and how-to guide, you'll learn to use the complete range of Excel programming tasks to solve problems, no matter what you're experience level.

Here s the eminently practical, pocket-sized reference for IT and Web professionals working with IIS 7.0. Designed for quick referencing and compulsively readable, this portable guide covers all the basics needed for Web administration fundamentals, Web server administration, essential services administration, and performance, optimization, and maintenance. It s the fast-answers guide that helps users consistently save time and energy as they administer IIS 7.0. Written by an award-winning author of more than two dozen computer books, this guide puts expert administration and troubleshooting advice right at your fingertips. Featuring quick-reference tables, concise lists, and step-by-step instructions, this handy, one-stop guide provides fast, accurate answers on the spot whether you re at your desk or in the field.

Delivers must-know details and procedures for administering, supporting and troubleshooting IIS 7.0, including information for performance optimization

Features concise tables, easy-to-scan lists, and step-by-step instructions for the answers you need, wherever you need them

Get a jump on using the new framework for developing AJAX-enabled ASP.NET applications—with insights from a noted authority on ASP.NET. This reference covers the February 2007 release of ASP.NET AJAX Extensions 1.0. It delivers practical instruction and extensive code samples to help you create state-of-the-art applications with the latest Web development tools.

Discover how to:

• Understand the “AJAX lifestyle” fundamentals for creating interactive, responsive applications
• Use the Microsoft AJAX Library to support object-oriented JavaScript programming
• Access rich, sophisticated controls from the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit
• Apply extenders to add new client-side behavior to existing ASP.NET controls
• Implement partial page rendering without client-side programming
• Use ASP.NET built-in authentication and profile services from JavaScript
  
• Create server-side services that can be invoked from JavaScript

Companion Web site includes:

• Microsoft Visual C# and JavaScript code samples
• Book updates covering the latest ASP.NET AJAX releases

As the first technical book of its kind, this unique resource walks you through the process of building a real-world application using Domain-Driven Design implemented in C#. Based on a real application for an existing company, each chapter is broken down into specific modules so that you can identify the problem, decide what solution will provide the best results, and then execute that design to solve the problem. With each chapter, you'll build a complete project from beginning to end.

As the Internet user experience (UX) progresses, more users are demanding and expecting their custom-built business applications to provide the same UX that they see on the Internet every day. ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed empowers ASP.NET developers to easily provide this type of experience with minimal code. Author Rob Foster has built AJAX-enabled web applications for a number of major corporations and uses the experience he has gained there to explain concisely, clearly, and completely what ASP.NET developers need to learn to start taking advantage of the rich opportunities made possible by ASP.NET AJAX.

• Learn ASP.NET AJAX by working with real-world examples
• Use the ScriptManager and ScriptManagerProxy controls in your ASP.NET AJAX-enabled applications
• Leverage the ASP.NET AJAX client-side API to maximize the flexibility of ASP.NET AJAX
• Build applications that use the UpdatePanel and Timer controls
• Use the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit to provide rich AJAX functionality to your web applications
• Build ASP.NET AJAX-enabled extender controls
• Integrate ASP.NET AJAX and .NET 3.5 with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
• Create ASP.NET AJAX-enabled Windows Vista Gadgets
• Learn advanced AJAX concepts such as JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and WCF Web services

Introduction 1

Part I Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction to AJAX Technologies 5

AJAX and Web 2.0 6

Why Use AJAX? 7

AJAX Rationale 7

AJAX: An Example 8

The XMLHttpRequest Object 8

A Simple AJAX Library 10

Using the AJAX Library 14

Summary 20

Chapter 2 Introduction to ASP.NET AJAX 21

Introducing the Visual Studio Controls 22

ScriptManager 22

ScriptManagerProxy 23

Timer 23

UpdatePanel 23

UpdateProgress 23

Introducing the Visual Studio Projects and Web Site Items 24

Projects 24

Web Site Items 25

Introducing the AJAX Control Toolkit 26

Summary 27

Part II Working with ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX

Chapter 3 The ScriptManager and ScriptManagerProxy Controls 31

About the ScriptManager Control. 31

ScriptManager Properties, Methods, and Events 34

JavaScript Proxy Classes for Web Services 37

Partial-Page Rendering 43

Summary 47

Chapter 4 The ASP.NET AJAX Client API 49

The Namespaces 49

Global 49

Sys 52

Sys.Net 53

Sys.Serialization 54

Sys.Services 62

Sys.UI 66

Sys.WebForms 68

Summary 71

Chapter 5 The UpdatePanel and Timer Controls 73

About the UpdatePanel Control 73

Using the UpdatePanel Control 74

Advanced Features of the UpdatePanel Control 78

Triggers 78

Multiple UpdatePanel Controls on a Single Page 81

The Timer Control 89

Using the Timer Control with Partial-Page Rendering 90

Summary 92

Chapter 6 Advanced Techniques with the ASP.NET AJAX PageRequestManager Object 93

Using the PageRequestManager Object 93

A Practical Example of the PageRequestManager Object 95

Summary 100

Chapter 7 Using the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit 101

ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit: The Controls 102

Using Controls in the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit 105

Configuring Visual Studio to Use the Toolkit 105

The Accordion and AccordionPane Controls 106

The CalendarExtender Control 110

The CollapsiblePanelExtender Control 112

The ConfirmButtonExtender Control 118

The DragPanelExtender Control 120

The DropDownExtender Control 122

The FilteredTextBoxExtender Control 125

The HoverMenuExtender Control 127

The TextBoxWatermarkExtender Control 130

ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit: A Practical Example 134

Using the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit with Microsoft Expression Web 145

Configuring Expression Web for the ASP.NET AJAX

Control Toolkit 145

Summary 150

Chapter 8 Building an ASP.NET AJAX Extender Control 151

Add ASP.NET Controls 151

How to Build an Extender Control 154

Server-Side Code 156

Client-Side Code 159

Summary 163

Chapter 9 ASP.NET AJAX and SharePoint 2007 165

SharePoint and AJAX 165

Modifying Web.Config 166

Developing an AJAX-Based SharePoint Web Part 171

Summary 177

Chapter 10 Creating ASP.NET AJAX-Enabled Vista Sidebar Gadgets 179

Vista Sidebar Gadgets 179

Creating the Gadget 181

Create the Web Service 181

Generate the JavaScript Proxy 183

Create the Vista Gadget 186

Test the Gadget 187

Summary 188

Part III Appendices

Appendix A Microsoft Expression Web 191

An Introduction to the Expression Web Interface 191

Creating Web Pages and Web Sites 191

Customizable Interface 194

Creating Standards-Based Web Sites 198...

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Power User Cookbook By Adrian Colquhoun

Content management, or CM, is the set of processes and technologies that support the collection, managing, and publishing of information in any form or medium. In recent times this information is typically referred to as content or, to be precise, digital content. Digital content may take the form of text, such as documents, multimedia files, such as audio or video files, or any other file type which follows a content lifecycle which requires management.

This book is your ultimate resource for Content Management. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Content Management right away, covering: Content management, List of content management systems, Content management system, Data proliferation, Information Lifecycle Management, Information repository, List of content management frameworks, Storage virtualization, Accrisoft Freedom, AdaptCMS, Advanced Processing & Imaging, Aiki Framework, Amilia, ArcaCMF, Ariadne (software), Avactis, AxCMS.net, Backbase, Base Feeder, BEdita, Beyondoc, Big Medium, BuddyPress, Calenco, Campsite (software), Campus medicus, Cascade Server, CBKSoft, CcHost, Chamilo, CityDesk, CivicSpace, Cognidox, ColumbiaSoft, Component content management system, Composite C1, Computer Output to Laser Disc, ConcourseConnect, Conference management system, Contegro, Content delivery platform, Content inventory, Content Management Interoperability Services, Content Management Website, Content repository, Content repository API for Java, Content slammer, CoreMedia CMS, Covide, CreoType, Croogo, Daisy (software), Dashboard (Web administration), Day Software, Django-cms, DocPoint, Documentum, Docuverse, DotCMS, Doxia, Drupal, DynPG, EchoSign, Edicy, Elcom CMS, CDiscovery, Electronic Document and Records Management System, EllisLab, Enprovia, ENQUIRE, Enterprise Content Integration, Enterprise content management, Ever Team, Executive Technologies, EXo Platform, Exponent CMS, Exsite Webware (software), FileDirector, Flagship Docs, Flash CMS, Folio Corporation, Gamboo Web Suite, Geeklog, Geospatial Content Management System, Globalization management system, GNU Enterprise, GX WebManager Community Edition, Habari, Habitat (software), Helixo CMS, HP TRIM Records Management System, Hylos, IGrafx, Infopark, IonPanel, ISIS Papyrus, Jadu, JCore, Jive SBS, Joint Staff Information Management Division (United States), Journalness, Jumper 2.0, Kentico CMS, Knowledge Plaza, KnowledgeTree, KnowledgeView, LaunchPadCMS, LiteDiary, M-Files, Magnolia (CMS), Mediasurface, MES Hybrid Document Systems, Microsoft Content Management Server, Microsoft SharePoint, Mixedink, MMBase, Mobile content management system, Movable Type, Moxietype, MyCMS, Newscoop, Nuvvo, Opasnet, Open Text Corporation, OPIDIS, Orchard Project, Organice, OsCMax, OsCommerce, Owis, PDF/UA, Pennd, PENS (software), Perceptive Software, PG Real Estate Solution, Phire CMS, PHP content management system, PHP-Fusion, PHP-Nuke, PHPSlash, PhpWarmSky, Phpweblog, PhpWebSite, Pixie (CMS), Plateau Talent Management Suite, Platformic, Pluck (software), PrestaShop, Project Xanadu, ProjectWise, Pushit, Qiqqa, RavenNuke, Records management, RedDot, Redmap, Refinery CMS, RenovatioCMS, Report2Web, Saepio, Saperion, Satchmo (online store), SDL Tridion, Serendipity (software), Silex Flash CMS, Sitecore, Sitefinity, Sitekit, SOBI2, SoftSolutions, Sorce intranet, Spider (portal), Squiz, StoryServer, Subtext (software), TangoCMS, TeamSite, Telligent Community, TerminalFour, ThoughtFarmer, Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware, Tinderbox..and much more.

This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Content Management. It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Content Management with the objectivity of experienced professionals.

This is the most comprehensive, practical guide to building enterpriseclass applications with SharePoint 2007, ASP.NET 2.0, Visual C# 2005, and the Microsoft Office 2007 system. Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed is designed for every working .NET developer: both those with SharePoint experience and those new to SharePoint. The authors thoroughly introduce SharePoint 2007 as a development platform and offer in-depth, example-rich coverage of every significant tool for programmers--from “Features and Solutions” to list events, from user profiles to Web Parts. You’ll walk step-by-step through building each major type of SharePoint application. You’ll also find in-depth coverage of SharePoint 2007’s rich collection of built-in Web services, including services for building document workspaces, centralizing the management of Excel spreadsheets, ensuring security, and much more.

Detailed information on how to…

• Use CAML, SharePoint’s XML-based language for defining content, manipulating searches, and more
• Work with the SharePoint Object Model
• Build reusable packages for easy deployment to SharePoint server farms
• Program SharePoint webs, sites, document libraries, and files
• Leverage SharePoint 2007’s improved lists and new list events
• Manipulate and query meetings and Meeting Workspaces
• Integrate external business data into SharePoint applications
• Construct business workflows for enterprise content management and other applications
• Program ASP.NET-based SharePoint Web Parts, from the basics to state-of-the-art techniques
• Create Web Parts that can provide and consume data through connections
• Use SharePoint 2007’s built-in Web services for managing document and Meeting Workspaces, imaging, and lists
• Centralize spreadsheet storage and management with Excel Services
• Manage user profiles and enhance application security
• Debug and deploy SharePoint 2007 applications
• Work with Records Repositories and metadata

Introduction 1

1 Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) Primer 5

Part I Programming with the SharePoint Object Model

2 Introduction to the SharePoint Object Model 15

3 Programming with Features and Solutions 25

4 Working with Sites and Webs 35

5 Managing SharePoint Lists 47

6 Advanced List Management 59

7 Handling List Events 69

8 Working with Document Libraries and Files 83

9 Working with Meetings 97

Part II Enterprise Content Management

10 Integrating Business Data 109

11 Creating Business Data Applications 121

12 Working with User Profiles 135

13 Building Workflows 147

Part III Programming SharePoint Web Parts

14 ASP.NET Server Control Primer 163

15 Introduction to Web Parts 173

16 Developing Full-Featured Web Parts 191

17 Building Web Parts for Maintaining SharePoint 2007 Lists 205

18 Building Connected Web Parts 217

19 Debugging and Deploying Web Parts 229

Part IV Programming the SharePoint 2007 Web Services

20 Using the Document Workspace Web Service 241

21 Using the Imaging Web Service 255

22 Using the Lists Web Service 273

23 Using the Meeting Workspace Web Service 291

24 Working with User Profiles and Security 307

25 Using Excel Services 321

26 Working with the Web Part Pages Web Service 337

27 Using the Business Data Catalog Web Services 347

28 Using the Workflow Web Service 359

29 Working with Records Repositories 369

30 Additional Web Services 377

Index 387

Get field-tested best practices and proven techniques for designing, deploying, operating, and optimizing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Part of the new Best Practices series for IT professionals from Microsoft Press®, this guide is written by leading SharePoint MVPs and Microsoft SharePoint team members who ve worked extensively with real-world deployments and customers. You ll find out how to deploy the software, design your environment, manage content, analyze and view data, perform disaster recovery, monitor performance, and more. You'll learn how to create SharePoint sites that help your organization collaborate, take advantage of business insights, and improve productivity with practical insights from the experts.

Key Book Benefits:

Delivers authoritative, field-tested best practices for working with Microsoft SharePoint solutions Covers the full IT lifecycle, from planning, design, and deployment through operations and support Includes a CD with job aids, utilities, and a fully searchable eBook