Corey Roth

Visual Studio 11 adds a new feature that makes working with Silverlight in SharePoint 2010 a bit easier.  The new Silverlight Web Part feature automates deploying your Silverlight applications to SharePoint and can really save you a bit of time.  We took a look at how the Visual Web Part works in VS11 a while back.  Now, let’s see what happens when we use Silverlight.  To work with Silverlight,you can either create a new project or simply add a new item to an existing project.  I’ll start by creating a new project by choosing the item SharePoint 2010 Silverlight Web Part.  Remember the number of project types has been reduced in VS11. After you provide the usual SharePoint specific information, a new screen will prompt you for information on your Silverlight application.  You can use an existing application or let it create a new project for you. You have a choic... (more)

Query People Search in SharePoint Online

At my Search talk at SPC11, I demoed how to build a Silverlight application that could query search in SharePoint Online.  I also built a separate application that could query people search, but I haven’t posted on it yet until today.  To query people search, we have to know a few things about how SharePoint operates.  It all starts with understanding the scopes involved.  If you take a look at your Search Scopes link in your site collection settings, you’ll see a similar list to the one below. What’s funny here is that SPO actually returns item counts for the entire (non-parti... (more)

Back to Basics: Setting up a Windows File Share

Sometimes, it is good to get back to the basics.  This may seem like a simple task for many of you, but there are many who don’t fully understand what is behind setting up a file share and the required permissions.  Years ago, I always thought I understood how this worked.  However, after taking some formal Windows Server training about 10 years ago, I discovered there was more to it than I thought. You probably already know how to get started when it comes to folder sharing.  You right click on the folder and go to properties.  You can also start by clicking on Share with.  Whe... (more)

Configuring Site Collection Search Settings with PowerShell

I’m always looking for a way to automate things and configuring the search settings of a site collection is no exception.  I’ve talked about the Search Settings page before and how important it is for configuring contextual search and the scope drop down on your master page.  Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to automate these changes instead of having to manually set it on every site collection? To configure these settings, we first must understand where they are.  It turns out that they can be found in the AllProperties collection of the root SPWeb object in a site collection.  O... (more)

SharePoint PowerShell Error: The local farm is not accessible. Cmdlets with FeatureDependencyId are not registered.

Sometimes when you try to run a SharePoint 2010 Management Shell (PowerShell), you might encounter the error below. The local farm is not accessible. Cmdlets with FeatureDependencyId are not registered. Although, the answer is not obvious given the error message, the answer is quite simple.  You tried to run PowerShell with a user account that is not an administrator in SharePoint.  In this case, I had ran it with my personal account which is not an admin and does not have access to the underlying SharePoint databases.  Hopefully, you used a “setup” account when you created Sh... (more)