Posted by Shantha Kumar on 21st November 2009

SharePoint 2010 now supports the client side programming using Client API Classes and namespaces. Using those class references, we can see how to retrieve the list of Site collection groups.
Before start the code, add the two namespaces Microsoft.SharePoint.Client and Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime as references to the project.
The above mentioned two DLL’s are available under " SharePoint Root [...]

Posted by Shantha Kumar on 18th November 2009

Now, SharePoint 2010 coming with a new gallery for themes. We can view that theme gallery on the following url, http://server/_catalogs/theme/Forms/AllItems.aspx
Now we can upload and store the themes to Themes gallery. The themes in this gallery can be used by this site or any of its sub sites.
To apply the theme for SharePoint site, follow [...]

Posted by Shantha Kumar on 17th November 2009

When we compared to the SharePoint hive folder with previous editions, some additional folders are available.
In SharePoint 2010, the physical path leads to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14 instead of folder 12.

New folders available in SharePoint Hive folder are,

Policy
UserCode
WebClients
WebServices

Posted by Shantha Kumar on 7th November 2009

Another interesting SharePoint new feature. SharePoint 2010 now coming with a new management console called, “SharePoint Management Shell”. Which contains the Powershell cmdlets for SharePoint, by using this we control and manage the SharePoint operations like we done in STSADM command.
To know more information on SharePoint Management Console and basic cmdlet operation, Zach Rosenfield blog [...]