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Custom SharePoint lists are like tables in a traditional database; in some ways they're even better. But as organizations adopt this new data store, they introduce additional complexities in integrating new list-based solutions with existing database applications. This article shows you how to solve the data mismatch problem by using the Extract Transform and Load (ETL) capabilities of Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Microsoft's new Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML).

No matter how much content you provide or how good it is, if your customers can't find what they're looking for they'll go elsewhere. It's no wonder then that there are hundreds of search technology vendors. Which solution should you choose?

Windows Live Search crawls content on the Internet and also exposes search functionalities to developers through a Web service that allows the search to be scoped down to just your site. You can then render the results however you see fit.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is another good choice. It's a complete site-building and management solution that also provides robust search functionality...

WSS 3.0 introduces a new deployment mechanism that lets you move your development efforts into a staging or production environment.

SharePoint 2007 Flash Animation Web Part

The purpose of the integration is to create collaboration sites on SharePoint 2007 as new accounts or opportunities are created in Microsoft CRM.

A simple SharePoint 2007 web part to calculate two numbers which supports ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX 1.0

This article explains to Custom Activity Workflow for implementing Item Level Security in SharePoint Designer 2007

This article explains how to integrate SQL Reporting Services with Windows SharePoint Services 2.0.

The focus of this month’s Office Space column is to introduce the fundamental building blocks you’ll use to create business solutions with WSS (Windows SharePoint Services) and MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server). I explain what a WSS "feature" is and show you how to build one that automates the creation of new lists and document libraries within a site. Along the way I add a custom application page to the custom business solution. This contains the Visual Basic code needed to generate Word documents from data within SharePoint lists and save these documents within a SharePoint document library.

Visual Studio developers have enjoyed the speed and consistency of visual designers for controls since the pre-.NET days of Visual Studio. In the world of Microsoft Office Server 2007 Web Part development, developers have no visual designer available for the development of WebParts. This means dynamically loading controls or concatenating a large number of strings in order to render even the simplest controls. (One could also use XSLT, but that discussion is for another day). We are not quite ready to give up the intuitive and speedy development visual designers offer.

Visual Studio does offer the ability to design User Controls, including Web User Controls. But these controls cannot be used as SharePoint WebParts and personally, I want to do just that. This article will introduce the concept of creating distinct components (Web Particles) that together provide the full benefit of SharePoint WebParts while still allowing the use of the familiar and productive visual designers available to Web User Control developers. I refer to these components (tongue in cheek) as WebParticles since each one is just a portion of the functionality ultimately provided by the WebPart.