Category: SharePoint

Yes, you can have security and performance! Microsoft has long used the same “object oriented” approach to security within its various “object namespaces”. SharePoint is no different. And Microsoft does have some SharePoint Security Best Practices you may want to consider. Objects and Security Ah… what is an “object namespace” you ask? The Microsoft platform […]

SharePoint 2016 Release Candidate has just been released and there is going to be a lot of talk about new features and functionality that SharePoint 2016 will offer and we’ll definitely be part of that discussion. In the meantime, I thought I would get back to basics of SharePoint and discuss core functionality which, is […]

Frequently when building solutions using SharePoint you need to make use of reference data. This will be presented as look up type columns in the main list for your solution. Internal Data Internal data that is data stored within SharePoint can be stored within existing and new lists. List organisation The user doesn’t need to […]

At our Introductory SharePoint courses for SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 I often meet attendees who are completely new to SharePoint. I like to ask the class what they know already, what they have heard and what is of most concern to them. Many will be expected to carry out some newly learnt tasks as […]

The scenario was as follows: As part of a SharePoint project a custom event handler was needed that looked across two libraries to assign some metadata automatically. This required a farm level solution created in Visual Studio. (Such development is covered by our course, Programming SharePoint® 2010 Applications with .NET.) I don’t have administrative access […]