Display and Hide Tabs, Groups, and Controls on the Microsoft Office Ribbon, Part 1 (Office Talk Column)

Explore the code in this visual how-to article as you learn to learn how to use Visual Studio 2010 to create a BCS external content type.

Watch the video and explore code as you learn how to use Visual Studio 2010 to create a BCS external content type. The external content type then connects to a .NET Framework assembly that uses XLINQ to provide read-write access to data that is stored in a simple XML data file.

Working with Open XML Documents without loading from a file or saving to a file is important when you build applications that work with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 or Microsoft ASP.NET Web applications.

Watch this visual how-to video as you learn to create an Office 2010 Business Connectivity Services External Content Type based on a .NET Framework source.

Walk through how to customize the Content Query Web Part in SharePoint Server 2007 to query content across multiple sites in a site collection and display the results in any way that XSL can support. Learn how to get similar results when customizing the CQWP does not meet your needs.

Using SharePoint 2010 Designer, advanced users and developers alike can rapidly create SharePoint solutions in response to business needs. In addition, developers can use SharePoint Designer 2010 to get a quick start on SharePoint development projects.

Using SharePoint 2010 Designer, advanced users and developers alike can rapidly create SharePoint solutions in response to business needs. In addition, developers can use SharePoint Designer 2010 to get a quick start on SharePoint development projects.

This download contains an installable version of SharePoint Foundation 2010 Beta that can be used to assess and test the new functionality in this release. SharePoint Foundation 2010 is the new version of Windows SharePoint Services.

SharePoint 2010 provides a robust development platform to rapidly build solutions using familiar tools like Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint Designer 2010. Developers gain access to a rich set of out-of-the-box features such as Business Connectivity Services for read/write integration between application data, the web and Office 2010 client.

Microsoft Office 2010 integrates with SharePoint more closely than in previous versions. The resources here show you how to take advantage of the powerful collaboration infrastructure.