The illustration depicts the flow of actions associated with synchronous and asynchronous before and after event handlers in SharePoint Foundation 2010. Handlers for synchronous events (all Before events are synchronous) are called in their sequential...

Another edition of weekend reading. This report shows the SharePoint Online and SharePoint 2010 developer content recently published on MSDN.   Technical Articles · Claims Tips 4: Learning About Claims-Based Authentication in SharePoint 2010 Provided...

Update, July 12, 2011: See the MSDN version of this article: Deciding Which SharePoint 2010 API to Use . Microsoft SharePoint 2010 provides three sets of APIs for developing extensions and custom solutions by using SharePoint capabilities: the server...

Two SharePoint workflow projects are available to you in Visual Studio: Sequential Workflow and State Machine Workflow. A sequential workflow represents a series of steps. The steps are performed one after another until the last activity is completed...

We are developing an example application in five steps.  We completed the first step in Part 1 , the second step in Part 2 , the third step in Part 3 , and the fourth step in Part 4 . Today we complete the final step, “Connect the Components.” Then...

We are developing an example application in five steps.  We completed the first step in Part 1 , the second step in Part 2 , and the third step in Part 3 . Today we complete step four, “Create a Web Part to Host the Form.” Here is the roadmap for...

We are developing an example application in five steps. We completed the first step in Part 1 and the second step in Part 2. Our task for today is step three, “Design the InfoPath Form.” Here is a roadmap for the entire development process: Create a Search...

We are developing an example application in five steps.  We completed step one in Part 1 . Today we move on to step two. Here is the roadmap for the entire development process: Create a Search Application Page .  In this step, we design the...

Many page activities in SharePoint 2010 open a modal dialog that allows you to complete a task without navigating away from the current page. When the dialog opens, the background darkens (the so-called lightbox effect ) indicating that the page is inactive...

This diagram shows the platforms on which SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation are built. The boxes with a blue fill represent independent platforms and each depends on the platforms below it. The empty boxes inside the larger boxes are selected...