Spike Xavier
Using PowerShell to create wildcard Managed Paths in SharePoint 2010
Managed Paths allow us to extend Web Applications to hundreds of thousands of site collections without having to bother the I.T. Administration staff with a bunch of DNS entry requests. It's easy enough to go into Central Administration as a … Continue Reading
Change List or Library Title and Url at Same Time SharePoint 2010
Every once in a while you might want to change not just the title of a list or library of a collaboration (non publishing featured) but it's url path as well. This can be done via SharePoint Designer 2010 if … Continue Reading
Create a Team Site in SharePoint 2010 with PowerShell including Default Security Groups
Many times when testing, or teaching SharePoint 2010 I need to spin up a quick site collection. Of course the fastest way to do this is through PowerShell using the New-SPSite commandlet and passing in a couple of parameters. Recently … Continue Reading
XML Data Source Weirdness in SharePoint Designer 2010
Using the XML File Data source is SharePoint Designer 2010 is a very handy thing indeed. In my experience it can be a bit buggy to get it to work. Sometimes it just works and many times I find myself … Continue Reading
How to Create a New Content Page in SharePoint Designer 2010
In this blog I'll go through the process of adding a new .aspx page to the site pages library of a SharePoint 2010 Team Site. I created a new site collection with a team site as the top level site … Continue Reading
How to use Best Bets SharePoint 2010 Search
In this blog, I will set up a Best Bet and keyword in SharePoint 2010. Best Bets are a great way for Site Collection Administrators to help guide users to the content they are looking for as well as promoting some … Continue Reading
Configuring Content Deployment for a Team Site in SharePoint 2010
I am often asked about deploying content from a testing or development environment into production in SharePoint 2010. There are several ways to do this and depending on the situation one might be a better choice than another. For example … Continue Reading
PowerShell Cmdlets with FeatureDependencyId are not registered in SharePoint 2010
I’ve been doing a lot of development on one of my SharePoint 2010 Windows 7 machines lately and I deleted a bunch of site collections and generally cleaned things up to get ready for a new round of projects. I … Continue Reading
Some Awesome SharePoint 2010 Books
I love computer books. I’ve always thought it amazing that I can sit down with a great computer book and a machine and learn.There are so many options for learning about technology today. Most universities offer at least a portion of their … Continue Reading
Deleting SharePoint Web Parts Running in the background
Occasionally, we run into scenarios where Web Parts have been closed but are still running in the background. SharePoint 2010 has a built in way to get to these Web Parts and allows us to delete them so they’re no … Continue Reading
How to add a Web Part Connection using SharePoint Designer 2010
Many times it is helpful to create what we call a master details type of view on some data. For example, I have a list of SharePoint Courses and I find it easier to keep all of the data about … Continue Reading
Publish a Form with InfoPath Forms Services for SharePoint 2010
In this blog I will go through the process of creating and then publishing a simple form to be used as a template in SharePoint 2010 using Forms Services. This feature is only available in the Enterprise Version of SharePoint … Continue Reading
Configuring Auditing in SharePoint 2010
Auditing comes out of the box in SharePoint 2010. Although there is nothing to prevent you from doing so, auditing is not the tool to use to track what users are doing to satisfy curiosity. Auditing is something you do … Continue Reading
