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SharePoint 2010: How to Launch Remote Desktop Client from SharePoint

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SharePoint 2010: How to Launch Remote Desktop Client from SharePoint

English: SharePoint document library has widely used to store Microsoft Office document such as MS Word, MS Excel or MS PowerPoint. It provides seamless integration with Microsoft Office client, in which it will launch appropriate client’s application. For example, if the user clicks *.doc file ; SharePoint client technology will detect and try to launch MS Word application. When the user try to edit document, it also try to launch MS Word application in edit mode.

SharePoint 2010: How to support IE6.0 to access MySite

English: Imagine that you are delivering a project using MySite functionality in SharePoint 2010. But most of your clients are still using IE6 on their computer, so that you have to provide IE6 compatibility support. Without IE6 compatibility, client will receive a warning to upgrade their browser, and ugly MySite page. So, how can we provide IE6 support to MySite? The answer is to downgrade MySite host and personal site to UIVersion = 3.

SharePoint 2010: RemoteStsAdm PowerShell Module is available via NuGet

English: Few month ago I have introduced RemoteStsAdm, a PowerShell module that enable you to execute StsAdm.exe remotely. StsAdm.exe is a command line administration tools for SharePoint. Unfortunately to run StsAdm, one must log-in to SharePoint server member – since the tool can not be executed remotely. RemoteStsAdm is to answer this problem, allowing admin to execute StsAdm remotely. You can download the source code from MSDN Galery here or read the original article in previous post here.

PowerShell: Introducing Import-PSModule

SharePoint 2010: RemoteStsAdm PowerShell Module is available via NuGet | Ideas For Free - Dec 0, 2011 […] PowerShell: Introducing Import-PSModule […] Steve B. - Apr 4, 2012 Very promising. I’m wondering if the nuget repository could be a file share, like it should be possible within VS… thx for your great job [cakriwut]( “cakriwut@gmail.com”) - Apr 5, 2012 Hello, Yes, it is possible to use file share for nuget repository.

PowerShell: Introducing Import-PSModule

You may already know PsGet by Chaliy or PsGet by Anurse for PowerShell module distribution. They have created PowerShell module distribution mechanism with different approach. Chaliy uses PowerShell script approach and customized module directory. Everytime you want to distribute your PowerShell module, you have to fork his github project to update Directory.xml content. Even tough the instruction in https://github.com/chaliy/psget/wiki/How-to-add-your-module-to-the-directory is very clear, however I think there is risk of incorrect Directory.

SharePoint: Writing Custom Web Service for SharePoint in Supported Mode (part-1)

English If you have read my comments on the Writing Custom Web Service for SharePont, Is it supported here (http://blog.libinuko.com/2011/02/16/sharepoint-writing-custom-web-service-for-sharepoint-is-it-supported/) ; you may have already created standard ASPNET web services. It is working, but with some limitation: You can not have path virtualization Virtualization is one of SharePoint’s technique provided by SPVirtualPath provider, that enable virtualization of your web service path. For example, list.asmx will be available for http://mysite.com/_vti_bin/lists.asmx , or http://mysite.

SharePoint 2010: Remote StsAdm using PowerShell

English In large network, issuing a command to remote server from current terminal is sometimes necessary. Some propose client-server mode; for example Remote StsAdm (http://netstsadm.codeplex.com/) and other propose to use PsExec (http://thingsthatshouldbeeasy.blogspot.com/2009/08/run-stsadm-commands-remotely.html). The client-server mode requires installation of 3rd party tools. This kind of installation sometimes (or most of the time) is forbidden by company security policy. Second option using PsExec from SysInternal (now part of Microsoft) doesn’t requires installation to SharePoint server and may be the correct approach.

Webcast : Microsoft Project 2010 Solution Starters series

English There are some webcast about Microsoft Project 2010 Solution Starters. It demonstrate the power and extensibility of SharePoint 2010 and Project 2010. Find out yourself on user experience series and code walkthrough here: User experience series: 1. Microsoft Project 2010 Solution Starters - User Experience #1 2. Microsoft Project 2010 Solution Starters - User Experience #2 Code walkthrough: 1. Microsoft Project 2010 Solution Starters Drilldown & Code Walkthrough #1

PowerShell : Compress files with Windows an improved version

English When I am looking for a way to compress file(s) into Zip, I find a blog from David Aiken here (Compress Files with Windows PowerShell then package a Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget) . I will just focus on Add-Zip function and nothing more. Here is the original code: function Add-Zip { param(\[string\]$zipfilename) if(-not (test-path($zipfilename))) { set-content $zipfilename ("PK" + \[char\]5 + \[char\]6 + ("$(\[char\]0)" \* 18)) (dir $zipfilename).IsReadOnly = $false } $shellApplication = new-object -com shell.