SharePoint 2010 Site Templates

Site templates are a great feature in SharePoint that allow us to build a Web Site, customise it then save it as a template so that you can use the same template for other Sites. It is continued in this new feature also i.e. SP2010 but little bit in different manner !!

There are still Site Template in SharePoint 2010, but they're no longer .STP files. Instead, they're bundeled in the form of .WSP files just like web parts and features.

To create a Site Template, browse to the Site you want to create from.
->Go to Site Actions
–>Site Settings
–>Save site as template (under the Site Actions heading).
->Give your template a name, and don't forget to check the "Include Content" box if you want to include library and list content in the template.

This will create a new site template in your Solutions Gallery, which you can then use when creating new sites. You can also download directly from the Solutions Gallery to a .WSP file.

To upload a Site Template to the Solutions Gallery,
->go to Site Actions
–>Site Settings
–>Solutions Gallery (under the Galleries heading).
->On the Solutions tab of the ribbon, click "Upload Solution".
Before you close that dialog, you'll need to click "Activate" to activate it if you want your Site Template to appear in the "New Site" dialog later.

To use the Site Template, go to Site Actions –> New Site. You'll find your Site Template in the list of Installed Items, in the All Categories or Blank & Custom filters.

I hope the above the information will helps you to clear your doubts between the templates present in SP2007 & SP2010.
Please let me know in case of any queries,Thanks !!

SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard Errors

While running the SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard you may experience the errors:

Error 1: An exception of type Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileException was thrown. Additional exception information: Unrecognized attribute 'allowInsecureTransport'. Note that attribute names are case-sensitive. (C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\WebClients\Profile\client.config line 56).

To resolve the issue you can perform the following steps:

Download and install KB976462 from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976462 for Windows Server 2008 R2 or

KB971831 from http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=KB971831&DownloadId=7285 for Windows Server 2008

Now,Run the SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard and your issue will be resolved !! Thanks !!

Error 2:Failed to register SharePoint services.
An exception of type System.ServiceProcess.TimeoutException was thrown. Additional exception information: Time out has expired and the operation has not been completed.

System.ServiceProcess.TimeoutException: Time out has expired and the operation has not been completed.
at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus desiredStatus, TimeSpan timeout)

Run Setup.exe when the steps above have been completed.

To resolve the issue you can perform the following steps:

Download and install KB976462 from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976462 for Windows Server 2008 R2 or KB971831 from http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=KB971831&DownloadId=7285 for Windows Server 2008

Now,Run the SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard and your issue will be resolved !!

Please let me know in case of any issues,Thanks !!

Installing SharePoint 2010 Beta on Windows Server 2008

Hey Guys, finally i have installed the most awaited Microsoft product which is more powerfull from Office SharePoint Server 2007 i.e. SharePoint server 2010 beta

I will try best to supply a step by step tutorial as detailed as possible which demonstrates how to install 2010 SharePoint Bêta on Windows server 2008 R2.

You can download SharePoint Server 2010 beta from this link:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee391660.aspx

List of Prerequisites Software
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1.Windows server 2008 with SP 2 / Windows 7 / Vista (All OS must be 64bit)
2.Windows 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 KB971831
3.WCF Fix article for Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7 KB976462
4.Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client
5.Microsoft "Geneva" Framework Runtime
6.Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 (x64)
7.Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
8.Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services ADOMD.NET
9.PowerShell V2 RTM
10.SQL Server 2008 SP1
11..NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (Full Package) KB959209 KB967190

Run > SharePoint Server 2010 Application file, system will extract files and show the above screen, under Install > click Install Software prerequisites…

System will run for few moments and display a following error message as mentioned below:

Install the pre-requisites that you have downloaded one by one

Once you get the above screen then the installation complete and click on the Install SharePoint Sever Link

1.SharePoint 2010 Installation screen prompts for Product Key get beta key
U can get the Beta Key from this link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee391660.aspx

2.Read your License terms and click I accept and start Installation:

3.Select Standalone option, if you are installing with SQL Express 2008 server. If you are installing SQL Server 2008 and SharePoint 2010 farm servers, then select Server Farm option.

4.System will start the Installation progress…

5.System would take several minutes to complete installation and prompt for Configuration Wizard.

6.Run your Configuration wizard and click next >

7. Configuration wizard click “Yes” to start IIS and SharePoint Admin, Timer service.

8. Configuration wizard continue 2 of 10 tasks and if everything is ok, the system will display the following screen. (Please note that it will take several minutes to complete. It's not as fast as SharePoint 2007 configuration wizard)

9. Congratulations… you successfully Installed SharePoint 2010.

Yee..Yeappy !! Office 14/SP2010 has been successfully installed !!

Please let me know in case of any queries,Thanks !!

Verfification error-An error occured during the signature verification.

Something to share about infopath forms functionality using digital signatures. Everybody knows as how to customized the infopath forms,using controlls on that as well as publishing forms on document libraries. The certificate works fine when I open the form in thick client and then sign it. If I try to digitally sign the browser enabled form (with same certificate), it fails with the following error message:

one or more digital signatures in this form could not be verified.To Modify parts of the form tat have been digitally signed, removed the associated signatures. click on a signature to view its details.
OR
There is a problem with this signature.
For the certificate to work with browser enabled forms, the certificate should have a trust chain. Without a chain of authority to tell the Operating System where this certificate came from, the computer will have no way to verify the authenticity of the certificate.

Please follow this steps to resolve this issue:

To Export the certificate (To be performed on the client machine where you have installed the certificate:

• On the machine where you have downloaded and installed the VeriSign Class 1 certificate go to StartàRun and type certmgr.msc and press OK button to launch Certificate Manger console.
• Expand the Personal store,, you would see on child node of Personal store called Certificates.
• Click on the Certificates node.
• On the right hand side pane, locate certificate with your name issued by VeriSign Class 1 Individual Subscriber CA - G2.
• Right Click the certificate and select Export from All Tasks option to Launch certificate export Wizard and Click Next button.
• In the Export Private Key prompt, select “Yes, export the private key”
• In the Export File Format , Under Personal Information Exchange - PKCS #12 (.PFX), check “Include all certificates in the certification path if possible” and click Next
• Enter the password and click on the Next
• Click on Browse button and select the location where you want to export the certificate.
• Click on Finish to complete the Wizard.
To Import the Certificate.(To be performed on the SharePoint server
Copy the *.pfx file on the machine where your SharePoint server is Installed.
• Right click your PFX file and select “Install PFX” option to launch Certificate Import Wizard, click next to continue.
• Verify the location of your PFX file in “File to Import Screen” and click on Next
• Enter your password and click on Next.
• In the “Certificate Store” prompt, select “Place all certificates in the following store” and click on browse button.
• In the “Select Certificate Store”, select “Trusted Root Certification Authorities” and Click on OK.
• Click Finish to Complete the wizard.

I hope the above steps will helps you to resolve your issue,thanks !!

The converter failed to save the file

Computer running office 2007 try to open an excel file from SharePoint site for edit. Error: (Save as) The converter failed to save the file. However, if user start the Excel program before opening the file from SharePoint, no problem at all, no error message and file saving fine. 

The fix is to do the following:

- Open Word
- Click the Office button (Top-left in the window)
- Click Word Options
- Click Resources
- Click the Diagnose button
- Click through the wizard until it’s finished
- Close all browser windows

I hope the above information will helps u to resolve the issue!!

In case of any queries/questions then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues. Thank you.