SharePoint – John Adali

Creating Custom Edit Forms with InfoPath in SharePoint 2010

Users have the ability to display and edit properties (known as metadata) for items in SharePoint document libraries and lists. This is standard functionality that comes with SharePoint, and SharePoint provides a standard form when displaying/edit an item.

SharePoint also provides the ability for power users or developers to customize these display/edit forms, using InfoPath. I am going to run through the steps to customize a SharePoint 2010 list, to create a custom display and edit form. I will be using InfoPath 2010 (along with Visual Studio 2010) to demonstrate how you can call a web service method from the custom InfoPath form.

How to Use BCS in SharePoint 2010

Introduction

Business Connectivity Services (BCS) in SharePoint 2010 is a robust and powerful technology that is part of SharePoint 2010. Microsoft has enhanced BCS with new features, services and tools in order to streamline the development of solutions with deep integration of external data. This article will run through the steps (end to end) to use BCS to use data in SharePoint coming from an AS/400 mainframe system.

SharePoint 2010 Web Parts and CRM 2011

Recently I was asked to create a web part in SharePoint 2010 that would allow users to create and update entities in CRM 2011. There were some interesting challenges to overcome, so I thought I’d detail the process I went through, so others could benefit from my experience.