What is a Data Connection Library in SharePoint Server 2010?A Data Connection Library in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 is a library that can contain two kinds of data connections: an Office Data Connection (ODC) file or a Universal Data Connection (UDC) file. Microsoft InfoPath 2010 uses data connections that comply with the Universal Data Connection (UDC) file schema and typically have either a *.udcx or *.xml file name extension. Data...more
You have a portal? Want to integrate some external data into your portal in a meaningful way? Nothing to worry! Here's Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007's Business Data Catalog (BDC) to facilitate this exact scenario. Microsoft's business data catalog makes it easy to surface external data inside a portal experience. For instance, you can create an XML definition file that defines the mapping between SharePoint and your external data so...more
Another SharePoint Server 2010 feature which cannot go unnoticed is the Access Services. Access Services is a service in SharePoint Server 2010 that allows administrators to view, edit, and configure a Microsoft access application within a Web Browser. Access Services settings support backup and recovery, regardless of whether there is a UI setting in Central Administration. However, backup and recovery only apply to service-level and administrative-level settings; end-user content from the Access application is not backed up as part of this process. Access Services has Windows PowerShell functionality that can be used to provide the service that uses settings from a previous backup; configure and manage macro and query setting; manage and configure session management; and configure all the global settings of the service.Key Benefits of SharePoint Server Access ServicesEasier Access to right tools: The enhanced, customizable Ribbon in Access 2010 makes it easy to uncover more commands so you can focus on the end product. The new Microsoft Office Backstage view is yet another feature that can help you easily analyze and document your database, share, publish, and customize your...more
SharePoint Server 2010, without doubt, is a bunch of exciting features and options, some of which were not available in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007. And one of the features that really enthuses me in SharePoint 2010 is the Logging Database feature. Logging Database, named as WSS_Logging, helps aggregate logging data or information from the...more
Remember how difficult it was in those early days when in office we had to preserve and work on huge piles of papers? Wasn't it difficult? Yes it was. But today with developing technologies, things have become easier and faster. Now days, content management, be it in the form of documents, videos, etc., have become hassle-freethanks to SharePoint...more
SharePoint Server 2010 is the trending topic these days. And when talking about SharePoint 2010, how can I miss to mention one of the most valuable interface changes provided in it, i.e., the new Ribbon Menu. SharePoint Ribbon Menu is a contextual interface that allows users to execute any action related to ribbon controls depending upon the context the user is currently dealing with. Simply put, Ribbon Menu helps to add or replace buttons, groups, tabs or even the whole ribbon. You also remove the custom button from the ribbon. However¸ the designers and web developers, who until now were quite comfortable with designing master pages for SharePoint Server, are somewhat puzzled now with this thing called Ribbon Menu in the middle of their page. But there's nothing to get confused about because the SharePoint 2010 API allows developers to extend and customize the ribbon using SharePoint features on site/site collection level.There are several types of controls which can be deployed to SharePoint Ribbon, which are as follows:- Button- CheckBox- DropDown- FlyoutAnchor- ToggleButtonThe above given controls can be collected for usability purposes to containers such as Group and Tab....more
A SharePoint Server 2010 quota template consists of storage limit values that specify the maximum amount of data that can be stored in a site collection. When the storage limit is reached, a quota template can also trigger an e-mail alert to the site...more
Want to make your business intelligence assets, such as, SQL Server Reporting Services RDL files, Power Pivot files, and Excel files easily discoverable or searchable? Then here is a new add-on feature by Microsoft for the SharePoint Server 2010....more
What is PerformancePoint Services?Most of the time it happens that the metrics that make up your key performance indicators are not simple values from a data source. In SharePoint Server 2007 PerformancePoint Services, you could create two kinds of...more
What is a SharePoint Server 2010 Remote BLOB Storage?Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) is an add-on feature pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2008. Remote BLOB Storage in SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010 moves the storage of binary large...more
Multi-lingual User Interfacethe name says it all! Isn't it? Yes, SharePoint Server 2010 has introduced the Multi-lingual User Interface (MUI), which is available with every type of siteeven the SharePoint Server Central Administration site. The...more
Want to quickly find and fix potential problems across all of the servers in your farm? Then don't forget to take a look at SharePoint Health Analyzer. SharePoint Health Analyzer is a feature in SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010...more