This article, by Mike Ferrara (CMSWiRE), gives us a first look at SharePoint 2010's improved "Social Networking" features.

Gathering data from different sources or parts of a web application in SharePoint can be tricky. Consider a scenario where one needs to gather data from the entire web application as well as from data sources outside the web application. In MOSS 2007, one of the ways to achieve this is by using a new feature named Data Views in Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007. In this article we will discuss how one could connect to another application and use it as a data source.

You are using a SharePoint blog and you want to speed up and improve the blogging experience. In a nutshell Microsoft Live Writer is a client application which allows you to create a blog entry with rich content. It is then able to post your entry directly to Windows Live, WordPress or even SharePoint!

Every enterprise has a set of commonly used links, which is required to be standardized. Here's how to add one to your SharePoint site.

When trying to upload numerous documents into a SharePoint library, a user does not see the "Upload Multiple Documents" link/selection that would allow them to upload more than one document at a time in a particular directory.

When a SharePoint list or library is added into a web part zone, whatever view I choose does not change when I update the view from the list or library settings.

Being new to SharePoint, the combinations of possibilities seem endless. There are site collections, sites, web parts, libraries, lists, content editor web pages, calendars, tasks, discussion boards, wikis...the list goes on and on. How does one put it all together in a way that makes sense?

At certain times, we want to hide the details in user input forms, but also at the same time we want to maintain the data in the backend. In SharePoint we could use the list to store data. The default forms provided in the list like NewForm, Editform and others contain all metadata (fields). Now the problem is if you want to remove fields from the forms, either you need to remove columns from the list or you need to create new forms to replace the default forms.

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.

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.

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?

The scope of this article is to explain, how to create SharePoint web parts with HTML text editing input controls. Here we will go through the creation of an email sending web part with the Message field enabled for HTML formatting.

Windows SharePoint Service is an add-on service of the Windows Server OS which provides collaborative development, content management, search features, etc., without any additional licensing. So how do we install this service, configure it and get started to leverage these powerful features?

Looking for documentation and software related to SharePoint 2010? Check out this compiled list of SharePoint 2010 related documents and software.

Microsoft Announces SharePoint 2010 Launch

(SearchWinIT.com) Bridget Botelho writes about new SharePoint features in 2010 for administrators.

Ryan McMinn does an online video demonstrating how to publish a Microsoft Access (2007) database to the web using SharePoint 2010 Access Services.

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.

SharePoint 2010 has many new features and in this tip I go over some of the new features in SharePoint 2010 that I think may be of interest.

I have not been able to find the details about SharePoint 2010 editions. I need to know what features are included in each edition.

Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI) Professionals are generally well versed with either of these technologies: SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS). But with Sharepoint Server continuously growing as a collaboration platform with it's increasing set of Business Intelligence features, MS BI Technology Stack considerably relies on Sharepoint for hosting and/or consuming SQL Server based BI deliverables. I find many SQL Server BI Professionals confused with the question of what are the Sharepoint based BI features one needs to have in vision to architect an end-to-end BI solution. In this article, we would look at an overview of Sharepoint BI feature

We are starting to use SharePoint calendars to manage projects, however we are running into conflicts with both unrelated project calendars and individual user calendar items in Outlook. Is there a way users can coordinate information between all these silos of information?

I've heard that Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 is a great administrator and designer tool for SharePoint. What are some of the compelling features, how do I get it and how much does it cost?

Many SharePoint portals implement and apply the MySite feature (the MySite feature is only available in MOSS 2007 and is not provided by WSS 3.0).  But how about branding the same look and feel of the parent site to MySite? Unfortunately Microsoft designed MySite to have a default format and does not allow custom branding to be effective for all private MySite users. In this tip we'll go through how to overcome this issue.

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.

I am looking to network with other SharePoint professionals in my geographic location. In this tip I list the first set of SharePoint user groups.

After publishing our 1st SharePoint User Group Roundup, many have responded with additional groups that are available.

The "Open with Windows Explorer" option on a SharePoint document library does not open Windows Explorer.

Users in my organization are confused about whether to continue using file servers or to begin using SharePoint document libraries. Some users continue using file servers, while others enjoy the visual aspect of using a web browser to accessing files. I am new at administering SharePoint technologies and I am not sure what the right answer is.

Many Multi-Lingual SharePoint portals may require having the same List structure in its webs (Sub-Sites) [i.e. having a list in a primary language site (ex: English) which has a set of predefined columns and the need to have this list structure in a secondary language variated site (ex: Arabic) where each template has its own language variated template]. Also, there may be the need to extend a certain List quota (i.e. list items size) instead of using the default quota. Rob Fisch wrote a tip about "Managing SharePoint File Size Limits" which applies to any file (item) size under an entire web application using SharePoint Central Administration. I will explain how to extend a List items size without effecting other files in the site using

Using the Sharepoint Content Editor Web Parts for free form style display of content.

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

I find it easier to analyze data using Excel. Is there a way to export my SharePoint List or Library metadata?

Window SharePoint Service (WSS) 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 both provide a platform for communication, collaborative development, content management, search capability etc. But how do they differ from each other, what benefits do each of them provide over other, in which scenario to use WSS and in which to use MOSS?

This blog provides a nice summary description of some of SharePoint 2010's " Business Connectivity Services", allowing users to connect to and update external resources (i.e. SQL databases), directly from SharePoint.

How to use the check out feature in SharePoint document libraries.

When creating business solutions with SharePoint lists, one of the field types is the 'choice' column. This is handy to offer users a static list of values. This can be important to help users not have to lookup categorical or other frequently used information. It can also help when building custom views to have consistently chosen (and correctly spelled) data. However, I continually get requests to modify the list of choices. Can I give a few select users the power to maintain their own choices without giving them control over the rest of the list structure?

How to receive email notifications when documents or items are added, changed or deleted.

There are many users collaborating on document creation with MOSS 2007 or WSS3. It is critical that some level of control or 'gatekeeping' exists. Is there are way to manage this so that everyone knows when a document has been finalized and approved?