The App Part in SharePoint 2013 and above is actually a Web Part version of an App. Like Web Parts in 2010 they reside in a small frame on the page. For the old Web Part this was some rendered ASPX, for an App Part this is an HTML-page in…
How to Upgrade for SharePoint 2013 From SharePoint 2010
Contents of this article 1.Step 1 – Finding and moving the content databases 2.Step 2 – Creating the default application 3.Step 3 – Testing and mounting the content database 4.Step 4 – Clean up and initialize 5.Summary Step 1 – Finding and moving the content databases The easiest way to…
What are SharePoint Ports, Proxies and Protocols – An Overview of Farm Communications
While the fundamentals remain the same, there were changes in the product over time that have affected the inter and extra-server communications paths. SharePoint 2010 introduced the Service Application model with Windows Communication Foundation proxies and endpoints. SharePoint 2013 brings additional core-building blocks to the product such as Distributed Cache…
How to measure SharePoint site performance and usage
If you are responsible for managing a site, you are probably asked some common questions about the site, including: How many people visit my site? How has site traffic changed over time? Who are the top users on my site? Where does the traffic come from on my site? What…
How to check the SharePoint Installation Type on Machine – Standalone or Farm
The solution is to launch the Registry Editor (regedit.exe) and check for the Server Role at the following location depending on the SharePoint version: SharePoint 2007: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\WSS\ServerRole SharePoint 2010: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\14.0\WSS\ServerRole SharePoint 2013: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\15.0\WSS\ServerRole The possible values are as follows: SINGLESERVER –…
How does SharePoint authentication work?
Overview of SharePoint Authentication In Office SharePoint Server 2007, there were two authentication types: Windows authentication, which relied upon authentication information being transmitted via HTTP headers, and forms-based authentication. Forms-based authentication used the Microsoft ASP.NET membership and roles engines for managing users and roles (or groups). This was a great…
How to Encrypt Your Web or Application Configuration File Data in .NET
Web Farm Scenario You can use RSA encryption in Web Farms because you can export RSA keys. You need to do this if you encrypt data in a Web.config file prior to deploying it to other servers in a Web Farm. In this case, the private key required to decrypt…
Short Story – Change yourself before changing the world
Short Story, Once there was a saint. He was very popular for his spirituality and kindness. People around the world used to come and used to receive consultation. How to Write a best resume in Word One day, a mother along with her kid came with a problem. She was…
How to Localize a SharePoint Web Part
This walkthrough shows you how to localize a Web Part for deployment on Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010. The techniques used in the walkthrough are specific to SharePoint Foundation 2010. They do not work for a Web Part that is deployed on Microsoft ASP.NET. In the walkthrough, you create a simple Web…
How to Consume SharePoint XML web service in .NET Visual Studio Projects
There are two ways to get the reference of XML web service in .NET Visual Studio project: Add web reference to the project or Create proxy class using WSDL.exe and include it in Visual Studio project I am following step 2 here. To make proxy class generic add a constructor in proxy…