SharePoint 2010: How to add a webpart to Pages

Web parts are an important factor in determining how information is presented to SharePoint users.These reusable components can be placed on pages and configured to present SharePoint content in themost beneficial way for your site.

Web parts are not limited to displaying SharePoint information. They can also provide you with the ability to search and manage data in external databases and file systems. Custom web parts can bedeveloped to provide much of the functionality found in other applications, thereby integrating your SharePoint environment with your other existing systems.

Once you have created a site or have added either a Web Part page, Publishing page, or general content page to an existing site, you will want to customize the display of the page by adding web parts. This is accomplished directly on the page using ribbon commands.

For Web Part pages and some Publishing page layouts, web part zones are provided to manage where web parts are placed within the page. Add a web part to a web part page in a collaboration siteusing the following steps:

1. On the page, click the Edit Page link in the Site Actions menu.

2. On the web part page, click the Add a Web Part link in the web part zone where you want the new web part placed.

3. In the Categories section of the Web Parts bar, select the category that most closely corresponds to the type of functionality you are looking for in a web part.

4. In the Web Parts section, select the web part you want to place on the page.

5. In the About The Web Part section, select the desired web part zone in the Add The Web Part To selection box.

6. Click the Add button.

7. Select the Stop Editing command from the Edit group on the Page ribbon.

Done !! The webpart has been successfully placed on your page..

If you have any queries/doubts regarding the above mentioned procedure then please let me know,Thanks..

Dataview does not work work in SP 2010

Hey Guys, 

This is another post based on Office 2010 issue in combination with SharePoint.

Error Message:
The list cannot be displayed in Datasheet view for one or more of the following reasons:
-A datasheet component compatible with Microsoft SharePoint Foundation is not installed.
-Your Web browser does not support ActiveX controls.
-A component is not properly configured for 32-bit or 64-bit support.
What happens exactly:
I have Office 2010 installed but when I tried to open a list in Sharepoint Server 2010 in dataview I get the "datasheet component combatible with SharePoint Foundation is not installed" error.
Resolution:

after lots of research n troubleshooting, i found out this great article which is published from Microsoft:

If your business needs justify using the 64-bit version of Office 2010, you can install the 2007 Office System Driver: Data Connectivity Components to enable the Datasheet component. These components are available from the 

Microsoft download center:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7554F536-8C28-4598-9B72-EF94E038C891&displaylang=en

Office 2007: Microsoft Office Diagnostics

This is one of the vital feature which is enclosed by Microsoft in Office 2007.

Microsoft Office Diagnostics in the 2007 Microsoft Office system is a series of diagnostic tests that can help you discover why your computer is crashing (closing abnormally). The diagnostic tests can inform you about problems and might identify ways that you can solve other problems.
When Office Diagnostics determines that the data might help diagnose and fix a problem.

The Office Diagnostics are:

Setup Diagnostic:
This test checks for corruption in the files and registry settings in your 2007 Microsoft Office system installation. Files and settings can be corrupted by malicious viruses or by hardware that is faulty or incorrectly configured.

Disk Diagnostic:
This test looks for evidence of problems with your hard disk. Specifically this test checks for errors logged by the following:

-The Windows system event log.

-The Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) feature of your hard disk. SMART is a feature that some disk drive manufacturers provide to give users advance notice of potential hard disk failure.

Memory Diagnostic:
This test verifies the integrity of your computer's random access memory (RAM).

Check for known solutions:
This test reviews the data on crashes of the 2007 Office release that have recently occurred on your system. The test then connects to a server to look for any solutions that might be available for the problems that caused these crashes.

How to run Office Diagnostics:

Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Excel Options.
Click Resources.
Click Diagnose, click Continue, and then click Start Diagnostics.

If you face any issues/queries regarding the above information then please let me know,Thanks.

Change the Site Logo in SharePoint 2010

One of the most important section of SharePoint site is a LOGO (A name, symbol, or trademark designed for easy and definite recognition)

Please refer the following steps as How to change the site logo on your SharePoint site:

One of the most vital thing is logo location.URL location- Upload a logo to a document library/“14 hive” (C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\IMAGES).

1. Click on Site Actions from the top left of the site and select Site Settings.

2. Click “Title, description, and icon” under the Look and Feel section on the Site Settings page.

3.Enter your logo URL location and a description

For 12 hive image location: the URL location would be /_layouts/images/yourlogo.gif

4.Click Ok and Site logo has been successfully applied on your site...

If you face any issues regarding the above information then please let me know, Thanks..

SP 2010: Certification exam details for SharePoint 2010 published

SharePoint 2010 certifications are mainly classified into two main sections:

1. For IT Professionals: SharePoint 2010 drives productivity and offers a scalable unified infrastructure and flexible deployment.

2. For developers, SharePoint 2010 provides a business collaboration platform you can use to rapidly build solutions for your business needs.



For the IT Pros

New on for IT Pros are 2 certifications. MCTS SharePoint 2010 Configuring and MCITP SharePoint 2010.

•70-667 TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring
Microsoft Official Curriculum: Will cover configuration of SharePoint 2010 including deployment, upgrade, management, and operation on a server farm.

•70-668 PRO: SharePoint 2010, Administrator
Microsoft Official Curriculum: Will cover advanced SharePoint 2010 topics including capacity planning, topology designing, and performance tuning.

For developers

Also for developers there will be 2 new certifications. MCTS SharePoint 2010 Application Development and MCPD SharePoint 2010.

•70-573 TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Application Development
Microsoft Official Curriculum: Five-day instructor-led course designed for developers with six months or more of .NET development experience. Course covers what you need to know to be an effective member of a SharePoint development team using Visual Studio 2010.

•70-576 PRO: Designing and Developing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Applications
Microsoft Official Curriculum: Five-day instructor-led training course designed for development team leads who have already passed the Developing on SharePoint 2010 technical specialist exam. The course covers choosing technologies for and scoping a SharePoint project, best practices for SharePoint development, configuring a SharePoint development environment, advanced use of SharePoint developer features, and debugging of code in a SharePoint project.

For more information, Please refer this site:
https://partner.microsoft.com/40121316?msp_id=sharepoint2010ready

Please let me know in case of any doubts/queries, I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues,Thanks...