Content Type Publishing from the Content Type Hub

  The content type hub is a great feature that allows you to publish and SharePoint content types across the farm, breaking out of the old site collection boundary. Configuring this functionality requires you to create a site collection dedicated to creating and then publishing content types. However, there are a few pitfalls to its …

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Useful Resources for Learning SharePoint 2010 Development

For developers wanting to learn how to develop in SharePoint 2010 there is a wealth of free online resources available. I've collected a list of the ones that I think are most useful below. Beyond that, I can strongly recommend the Critical Path Great SharePoint Adventure course. If you're based in Australia we would be …

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Using SharePoint 2010 as a Quality Management System – Some initial thoughts

SharePoint 2010 Quality Management System I’ve been musing today on the best approaches for using SharePoint 2010 as a Quality Management System. I’ve captured some initial ideas in a mind map (attached above). I’ll develop these ideas and show how to implement them in this blog over the coming months – Feedback welcome.

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Content Type Hubs – FAQ’s and limitations

Content type hubs are a great concept introduced in SharePoint 2010. However, like all “version 1″ features in SharePoint they suffer from some limitations. I found a great blog post on their FAQ’s and workarounds here http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chaks/archive/2011/02/09/content-type-hub-limitations.aspx . Publishing workflow associations is one notable PIA. I’ve also found some issues with managed metadata columns and …

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Doing Something Useful with SharePoint 2010

I’ve been pondering my next foray into SharePoint writing recently. Through my day to day work as a trainer and consultant I am repeadtly asked how to create the following applications in SharePoint:   Quality Management System (ISO 9001 or similar) Lightweight CRM system Lightweight Project Management System HR System Timesheet & Expenses   This …

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Content Type Publishing from the Content Type Hub

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The content type hub is a great feature that allows you to publish and SharePoint content types across the farm, breaking out of the old site collection boundary. Configuring this functionality requires you to create a site collection dedicated to creating and then publishing content types. However, there are a few pitfalls to its configuration that you may miss:

 

  • Don’t use a blank site for the content type hub – it has some hidden features missing that you need
  • Remember to activate the content type hub feature in the Syndication Hub feature in the source site collection
  • Add the URL of the content type hub to the managed metadata server (via the Properties dialog)
  • Set the “Consumes content types from ..” and “Push down content type publishing updates from ..” checkboxes to on the managed metadata service proxy properties
  • Create and publish some content types!

     

Content type hub syndication is achieved via timer jobs. When you publish a content type from the hub it is pushed out by the content type hub syndication job (running every 15 minutes by default) and then picked up by the subscriber job for you web application. So you may have to wait a while for you changes to show up. You can go make a cup of tea or jump into Central administration and run the jobs manually.

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Mar
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Useful Resources for Learning SharePoint 2010 Development

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For developers wanting to learn how to develop in SharePoint 2010 there is a wealth of free online resources available. I've collected a list of the ones that I think are most useful below. Beyond that, I can strongly recommend the Critical Path Great SharePoint Adventure course. If you're based in Australia we would be delighted to deliver this to you.

My best advice to all wanna be developers is to learn to be a Power User and no code developer first. Don't assume that SharePoint development is like classic web development or you will risk not doing things the SharePoint way and reinventing the wheel in many cases. Also, be prepared for the frustration that comes from seemingly simple things turning out to be incredibly hard in SharePoint – that's just the way it is until you become proficient.

If you want to buy a book on SharePoint 2010, I reckon Inside SharePoint 2010 by Ted Pattison, Andrew Connell and Scott Hillier is the best. You can read selected chapters online for free at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff742318.aspx

Online Courses & Labs

Title Link Notes
Getting Started Developing on SharePoint 2010 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513147.aspx Online course with 10 modules covering the basics of SharePoint 2010 development
SharePoint 2010 Advanced Developer Training http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff420377.aspx Online course with 10 Modules
SharePoint 2010 Visual How tos http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/gg577580.aspx Short videos covering specific SharePoint 2010 development topics
SharePoint Server 2010 Virtual Labs http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/cc707678 Hands on labs to help to learn SharePoint 2010 administration and development
Crtical Path – Free Online webinars http://www.criticalpathtraining.com/
Schedule/Webcasts/Pages/default.aspx		 Various online development videos from the experts at Critical Path Training

Websites

Title Link URL
SharePoint 2010 Developers Centre http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/
sharepoint/default 		Homepage for SharePoint 2010 development on msdn
101 Code Samples for SharePoint 2010 http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/site/
search?f%5B0%5D.Type=Topic&
f%5B0%5D.Value=Sharepoint
%202010%20101%20code%20samples 		Loads of useful SharePoint 2010 code samples from the msdn gallery.
SharePoint Product Site http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/Pages/default.aspx Try, buy and cry

Useful Tools

Information Worker Virtual Machine http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/
details.aspx?id=27417		 Prebuilt virtual machine to get you started – assuming your local server has enough umph to run it
SharePoint Manager http://spm.codeplex.com/ View the farm in a windows explorer app
SharePoint Designer http://www.microsoft.com/download/
en/details.aspx?id=16573 		Don't think that because you are a developer this isn't for you!

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Mar
11

Using SharePoint 2010 as a Quality Management System – Some initial thoughts

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SharePoint 2010 Quality Management System

I’ve been musing today on the best approaches for using SharePoint 2010 as a Quality Management System. I’ve captured some initial ideas in a mind map (attached above). I’ll develop these ideas and show how to implement them in this blog over the coming months – Feedback welcome.

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Mar
11

Content Type Hubs – FAQ’s and limitations

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Content type hubs are a great concept introduced in SharePoint 2010. However, like all “version 1″ features in SharePoint they suffer from some limitations. I found a great blog post on their FAQ’s and workarounds here http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chaks/archive/2011/02/09/content-type-hub-limitations.aspx . Publishing workflow associations is one notable PIA. I’ve also found some issues with managed metadata columns and enterprise keywords published in enterprise content types. The best advice I can give is prototype early and test the functionality that you want to use rather than just assuming that it will all work out of the box.

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Doing Something Useful with SharePoint 2010

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I’ve been pondering my next foray into SharePoint writing recently. Through my day to day work as a trainer and consultant I am repeadtly asked how to create the following applications in SharePoint:

 

  • Quality Management System (ISO 9001 or similar)
  • Lightweight CRM system
  • Lightweight Project Management System
  • HR System
  • Timesheet & Expenses

 

This list represents the top 5 things that organisations new to SharePoint believe they will be able to do out of the box. It often comes and a surprise (and a disappointment) to learn that while you “can do” all these things in SharePoint, you will still have to know how to combine the various SharePoint 2010 building blocks to engineer these solutions yourself. I touched on how to go about this in the Composite Applications Chapter of my recent SharePoint 2010 Power User Cookbook. However, I think that these subjects really require much more in depth consideration.

With that in mind, I’m considering documenting an approach and instructions to go about this in my next book. To help me with this, I’d love to hear peoples feedback and experiences with creating (or not) these applications so far. As it won’t be an easy book to write so some idea of the likely demand would serve as much needed inspiration! As my ideas progress I’ll share them on the blog first. I’d also like to hear from anyone using third party products to get this done, or from solution vendors who have (or plan) an offering in this space.

Thanks

Adrian

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