Working with SharePoint 2010 search web service

In this article we will discuss how to user search web service in SharePoint 2010. We will search by using SharePoint search web service. Also you can check about FAST search here. SharePoint 2010 search is very useful and advanced in SharePoint 2010.

There are different search web services available for SharePoint search and SharePoint Enterprise Search. The service url for sharepoint search is:

http://[URL]/_vti_bin/spsearch.asmx

The web service url for sharepoint enterprise search is:

Modify Zone of an alternate access mapping SharePoint 2010

In this article we will discuss how to change the zone of an alternate access mapping in sharepoint 2010 using Powershell. You can also check my last article on how to retrieve current zone in SharePoint 2010 using sharepoint 2010 object model.

There are 5 different types of zones available in sharepoint 2010 and they are:

Default
Intranet

Google map in SharePoint 2010 site

In this article we will discuss about how to show google map in a SharePoint 2010 site. Also you can check my last article on how to add JavaScript in Content Editor WebPart in SharePoint 2010.

First go to http://maps.google.co.in/maps

From the home page click on the link and copy the html code.

Save this code in the below location:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\STYLES

You can also chose your own location. I save the file with the name as GoogleMap.txt

Now edit the SharePoint page where you want the google map should appear.
Then click on Insert -> Web Part

This will open the web part gallary page. from there select Media and Conent and then select Content Editor web part and click on Add as shown in the figure below:

Then click on Edit Webpart as shown in the figure below:

Then from the content editor properties window in the content link give the url as below:

http://bsahoo3:2500/_layouts/styles/GoogleMap.txt

then click on OK as shown in the figure below:

Then the google map will appear in the page like below:

Also you can directly put the code to the Html source of the web part.

SharePoint Designer 2010 Best Practices

In this article we will discuss about what are the best practices we need to follow while working with SharePoint designer 2010. Also you can check a very good article on SharePoint 2010 Best Practices.

SharePoint designer 2010 is a very good tool to customize SharePoint 2010.

Here are some best practices we should follow while working in SharePoint designer.

- Never customize out of box master pages like v4.master. It is good to create custom master pages and use

Ghosting Unghosting in SharePoint

In this article we will discuss about Ghosting Unghosting concept in SharePoint. You can also check my last article on Site Pages and Application pages here.

Site pages that are loaded from the file system are known as ghosted pages. And when these pages have been customized they are known as unghosted pages. Because once you customize files using SharePoint designer then the changed page content are stored in content database rather in the file system. And after that

How to Check if your SharePoint 2010 Web Application Uses Claims Authentication?

In this small article we will discuss how we can check if a SharePoint 2010 web application is using claims authentication or not. Also you can check my last article on How to Configure Claim Based Authentication in SharePoint 2010 here and also you can check How to Switch from Classic to Claims Authentication in SharePoint 2010 here.

To check if a SharePoint 2010 web application is using claims authentication or not we can use PowerShell command. This command will return True if the web application uses claims authentication and returns False if it does not use claims authentication. Below is the PoweShell command.

$web = Get-SPWebApplication “<URL for Application>”
$web.UseClaimsAuthentication

Refer the figure below for the above command.

Also you can check out:

- Get icon for different file types in SharePoint 2010

- How to Configure SSRS for SharePoint Integration Mode in SharePoint 2010?

- Different authentication types supported in SharePoint 2013

Switch from Classic to Claims Authentication in SharePoint 2010

In this article we will discuss how to switch from Classic Mode Authentication to Claims Authentication. You can also check my last article on Configure Claim Based Authentication in SharePoint 2010.

Through central administration there is no direct way to switch, but through PowerShell we can do that. Below is the PowerShell command to switch from Classic to Claims Authentication in SharePoint 2010.

Configure Claim Based Authentication in SharePoint 2010

Introduction:
In this article we will discuss about how to configure claim based authentication in SharePoint 2010. You can also check my last article on Full trust and Code Access Security (CAS) in SharePoint 2010 here.

Details:
To configure claim based authentication in SharePoint 2010 we have to do the below steps:

1. Create the AspNet DB:

In this step we will create the ASPNETDB in SQL Server with the help of  aspnet_regsql.exe.
For this go to C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727 and click on aspnet_regsql.exe

Hardware and software requirements for SharePoint 2013 Preview

In this article we will discuss about the Hardware and Software requirements for SharePoint 2013 preview. Also you can check my other article on SharePoint 2010 Hardware and Software requirements. You can see some SharePoint 2013 important links to download from here.

SharePoint 2013 Preview can be installed in different scenarios like single server with built-in database installations, single-server farm installations, and multiple-server farm installations.