Corey Roth

At SharePoint Conference 2011, I showed off a great looking advanced search application using Silverlight 4.  This application queried the Search web service at /_vti_bin/search.asmx to retrieve results and display them directly inside the application.  A couple of years ago, I demonstrated how to build an advanced search application with Silverlight 3.  This application is very similar to that one except that I take it a step further and show you more of the possibilities of what the user interface could look like. The code you will see today was intended for Office 365 / SharePoint Online but will work quite well with SharePoint 2010 (and to a degree SharePoint 2007).  Everything from the pervious article pretty much applies.  We create a reference to search.asmx, we build an XML input document, and then we make an asynchronous call to the web service.  One thing... (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)

How to: Use Visual Studio 11 to Publish Solutions to SharePoint Online

So I’ve been living under a rock again and I had never gotten around to checking what’s new in Visual Studio 11.  The Developer Preview has been around a while and I wanted to check it out today and was surprised to see some new SharePoint development features that I am really excited about.  If you have been following me, you know I have been doing some work with Office 365 and SharePoint Online, so when I read about the new Publish feature in Visual Studio 11, I had to check it out.  Let’s start by creating a new project with a simple web part.  We’ll look and what’s new and se... (more)

How to: Use the Silverlight web part with Visual Studio 11

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.  Remem... (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)