SharePoint have services that require access to servers in network, it needs a few accounts to use as identity of several its services. For SharePoint Server Farm installation you need a specially configured SETUP account. THE SETUP ACCOUNT Setup Account is used to run SharePoint installation and configuration , which it uses to create configuration database, assign the farm account right to own...
SharePoint Sites and Databases
This post describes the sites and databases that SharePoint create during installation. SharePoint creates at least creates three IIS Web Sites, one site is for SharePoint Central Administration, another site is to use SharePoint’s lists, Sub Sites and libraries and third website is to support webservices, such as Business Data Connectivity, Security Token Service and Topology. You will...
Using PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010
PowerPivot applications are created using Excel 2010 using PowerPivot add-in, You can read my post on configuring PowerPivot in SharePoint 2010 here. After creating a PowerPivot application then you need to upload it to SharePoint 2010 PowerPivot gallery so that it can share across organization. You should be able to preview the PowerPivot applications once you upload them to PowerPivot...
Extending the Ribbon in SharePoint 2010
Presentation Layer point of view Ribbon is a big change in SharePoint 2010, which provides the consistent user experience between SharePoint and Microsoft Office products. Ribbon is defined in the form of XML and Javascript is used to provide client side functionality. The client side script is located in the following path %SharePointRootpath%\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\CUI.js Configuration of...
Ghosting and Unghosting in SharePoint 2010
Two main page types in SharePoint are Application Pages and Content Pages. Application Pages are rendered from the file system and Content Pages are usually rendered from content database. Site Pages are often loaded from content database. Master Pages or Page Templates are actually being loaded from the local file system. Pages that are loaded from the file system are known as Ghosted...
SharePoint 2010 Server Object Model
This post explains the new object model hierarchy in SharePoint 2010, which describes about each object in below diagram. Create a console project in Visual Studio and write a code snippet for each object to better understand the purpose. The classes in above diagram used for administration and configuration purpose and these are used for implementing service applications. SPFarm SPFarm...