SharePoint is widely used for storing and maintaining content. Different groups of users access SharePoint, but what if an organization wants to provide granular customized access rights like read, write or delete for different users? In this tip, we cover how this can be accomplished.

After migrating your SharePoint 2007 content database to your new x64 SharePoint 2010 farm you receive errors when trying to use or activate the SharePoint Publishing feature.

In this tip we cover how to organize content using different types of libraries and also how a library is used in SharePoint.

Sometimes there are requirements in a Variated Multi-Lingual SharePoint portal which require having a unified single source document library/list with its folder structure to be displayed across all webs (Sub Sites : ex: English, Arabic, French, etc...) but achieving this we will face two serious problems. We'll discuss them in detail through this two part article series.

Sometimes there are requirements in a Variated Multi-Lingual SharePoint portal which require having a unified single source document library/list with its folder structure to be displayed across all webs (Sub Sites : ex: English, Arabic, French, etc...) but achieving this we will face two serious problems. We'll discuss them in detail through this two part article series.

In a recent tip, I discussed installing the Windows SharePoint Service and SharePoint Foundation 2010. Once you have completed the installation, you need to understand how to create a web application, site collections and sites. In this tip we will look at each of these components.

By default, SharePoint document libraries display graphical icons representing various Microsoft Office Applications (i.e. Excel, Word, etc.). All non-Microsoft documents are represented with a plain white square. How do I display a special icon for other document types?

In SharePoint List, sometimes you need to display information in groups and perform mathematical operations like sum, averages and others. For instance, what if you want to see total monthly salary paid to employees for individual department?

SharePoint provides "Lists" to store information which is basically used in row/column formats in a tabular structure. SharePoint facilitates this with a feature known as "List Views" which allows you to target, process and display different sets of information without changing the original data stored in the list. Sometimes, you need to process operations like sorting and filtering before displaying the information to the users. For instance, you want to display employee information of specific department sorted by their ages.

SharePoint provides "Lists" to store information. These are basically used in tabular structure (rows and columns). In certain circumstances, you need to display different data to different sets of users. For instance in a business firm, sometimes you need to display different sets of employee information to immediate supervisors, managers and others. In addition, you also need perform basic operations like sorting, filtering and grouping.