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Best Practices - Azure App Service and Java Application
Recently we migrated an application used by 170 thousand users to Azure PaaS. This application has 3...
Date: 08/22/2016
How to use Azure Redis Cache with Java using Lettuce
I was looking for an option of using Azure Redis cache with Java. I found the...
Date: 04/14/2016
Sizing Elasticsearch on Azure IaaS
Are you an architect? Does your work involve Azure IaaS and PaaS? Then sooner or later you will find...
Date: 12/23/2015
SQL Server 2012 MDS and SharePoint 2013 Integration
Recently I worked in a demo preparation with my Colleagues who are SQL/BI experts. They were...
Date: 09/05/2013
Tools and Mechanisms available for Unit Test on ASP.Net MVC (Razor) Application
One of the great things about ASP.Net MVC is easy implementation of Unit Tests. In fact while you...
Date: 02/26/2013
Issue with SharePoint Workspace and Outlook calendar delegation
Scenario:Let’s say we have a user called User-A. User-A delegated his/her calendar to User-B....
Date: 03/26/2012
SharePoint 2010: Import User Profile photos from file system
So, you have successfully deployed User Profile Service and Mysite with SharePoint 2010. Now, the...
Date: 08/26/2011
SharePoint 2010: Custom Claims Provider for users authenticated from different sources
One of the special features SharePoint 2010 introduced is an option to implement multiple...
Date: 06/26/2011
Live Series by Partner Technical Services
Partner Technical Services is pleased to present the following live series events. Each event...
Date: 01/07/2011
Virtual Partner Day - Collaboration and Unified Communications (for EMEA Partners)
Tuesday 23rd - Wednesday 24th November 2010: Virtual Partner Day - Collaboration and Unified...
Date: 11/05/2010
OCS/UC - How to get user presence information (userstate and machinestate)
Recently I received a request to prepare a sample code that can produce user presence from OCS...
Date: 07/29/2010
How to create custom login page for SharePoint 2010 form based authentication (FBA)
I went through Steve Peschka’s blog explaining how to set up FBA with LDAP provider in...
Date: 07/26/2010
How to get an incoming PSTN phone no. from communicator window (UC/OCS)
Unified Communication gives you option to configure your PBAX with OCS Server and Communicator. This...
Date: 06/23/2010
Find all SharePoint groups an AD user is member of
It’s quite easy to find the SharePoint groups each user is member of by object model. SPUser.Groups...
Date: 04/21/2010
Custom WCF Service for SharePoint 2010
Its easier to implement a custom WCF service application for SharePoint 2010. At least its no longer...
Date: 03/05/2010
MOSS 2007 – backup and restore keywords and best bets
If you are using standard stsadm backup and restore process, you must have seen keywords and best...
Date: 03/01/2010
How to map Live ID with Domain (Active Directoy/AD) User Credential
Have you ever tried implementing Live ID Authentication into your asp.net web application? Well, it...
Date: 08/31/2009
How to publish MS Excel cell values in Metadata columns as in QuickParts for MS Word
We can achieve this by creating an ItemAdded event receiver. To extract the metadata values from...
Date: 05/14/2009
MOSS 2007 – create your own customized usage report solution step by step
Usage report in MOSS 2007 gives you somewhat fare information about site usage. But if you need...
Date: 05/13/2009
SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) - Adding header and footer in Word Document (.docx) with ItemAdded Event Receiver using OpenXML
I used OpenXML to add the two metadata column values - document name as the header and modified date...
Date: 12/18/2008
SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) - Custom CAPTCHA (Antispam) Field
I saw a nice post in CodeProject (https://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/CaptchaImage.aspx) regarding...
Date: 12/09/2008
SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) - how to remove "Download a Copy" context menu from a Document Library
One of my friend and colleague asked me this question. I found it tricky and a good post for my...
Date: 12/05/2008
SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) using Lists.asmx - GetListItems
Requirement: I have a custom desktop application and I have created an installer for it. During...
Date: 11/24/2008
Convert Office Documents (.docx, .pptx, .pub) into PDF Programmatically
Office 2007 has an option to convert different types of Documents into PDF or XPS. You can download...
Date: 09/24/2008
SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) – How to add a new column (Custom BDC Column) in Discussion Board (Part2) – Step by Step
Requirement: This is an enhancement of the List Definition project we have created in previous post...
Date: 08/12/2008
SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) – How to add a new column in Discussion Board showing the Latest Thread for each Discussion – Step by Step
Step 1: Start VS 2008 and select Visual C# > SharePoint. Select List Definition as the project...
Date: 08/08/2008
Part 2 - Adding user control to SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) Web Part and handling events in there - Step by Step with task pane properties
Since my post “Adding user control to SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) Web Part and handling events in...
Date: 07/17/2008
SharePoint 2007 - Step by Step Creating Custom List Definition and Custom Content Type using VS 2008 (VSeWSS 1.2)
Project Requirement: Contoso Inc. is a BPO organization working on Medical Transcription....
Date: 07/15/2008
Removing OLE Header from images stored in MS Access DB as OLE Object
This is the first non-SharePoint blog post I am writingJ. I am writing because this is interesting...
Date: 07/15/2008
Step by Step - Creating Connected SharePoint Web Parts using IWebPartField interface and using Editor Part and User Controls
I was eagerly waiting for the release of VSeWSS version 1.2 for VS 2008. Without it developing...
Date: 07/02/2008
MOSS 2007 - Migrating content from 3rd party content management solution to MOSS Publishing/Collaboration Portal
Requirement: I have an existing content management solution where I store the content of the user...
Date: 05/20/2008
SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) - Programmatically modifying the incoming email setting for Document Libraries
Requirement: I want to access and modify all the options given in Incoming Email setting page of...
Date: 03/31/2008
SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) – Creating an ItemUpdating Event Handler as a feature and Packaging it in .wsp
Requirement: I have a Doc Lib where I have some Metadata fields. There is one field called “My...
Date: 02/28/2008
How to set Item Level Permission for SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) List/Document Library Programmatically (Part 2)
Requirement: I have a list and have made settings wherein the user can edit only the items created...
Date: 02/14/2008
SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) FBA and RSA - Unanswered Questions
Since my last post Using HTTP Module for SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) site using FBA And RSA, I...
Date: 02/07/2008
SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) Issue with lookup column to Doc Lib Name Field
Requirement: You have created a document library and you have created another list where you wanted...
Date: 01/08/2008
Using HTTP Module for SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) site using FBA And RSA
Requirement: I am using WSS site with Form Based Authentication (FBA) with a custom login page which...
Date: 12/13/2007
Adding user control to SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) Web Part and handling events in there
View the updated one: Part 2 - Adding user control to SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) Web Part and...
Date: 11/30/2007
Issue with XMLFormView.Uri Property in Browser based InfoPath Forms and Work-around
XMLFormView.Uri property of a InfoPath Form should return the URL of the Form itself. But it works...
Date: 11/27/2007
SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) how to change the template link within a InfoPath Form under a Form Library to point it to a New Form Template - Part 2 (few findings)
If you keep the fields (text field, drop down list etc) in separate sections within the Form...
Date: 11/27/2007
SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) Custom BDC Web Part Example
Here is an example of a simple Custom Business Data Catalog (BDC) Web Part. I have used a BDC...
Date: 11/06/2007
SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) how to change the template link within a InfoPath Form under a Form Library to point it to a New Form Template
Requirement: You have designed an InfoPath Form Template and published it as a Content Type. You...
Date: 09/27/2007
A SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) WebPart showing the list of users of a site with a link to corresponding MySite
Add a reference of Microsoft.Office.Server.dll. Here is the Code: using System; using...
Date: 09/14/2007
Complete Code of SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) Connected Web Parts using IWebPartField Interface
Here is an example of connectable Webparts using IWebPartField interface. In the Provider Web Part,...
Date: 08/27/2007
How to Add a Task in a SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) Site Programmatically
Here is a piece of code (a function) to add a task. You can use it as a Web Method in a custom Web...
Date: 07/25/2007
A SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) WebPart to show up all subsites under a site
Here is the code for the WebPart: using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using...
Date: 07/18/2007
How to implement debug option in SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) Application within VS 2005 with complete call stack instead of custom error page
Here are the steps to implement debug option in your SharePoint Application: 1. Browse to the set of...
Date: 07/04/2007