Unlike other development technologies SharePoint development may be a costly affair. We need a Windows Server OS if we are developing for MOSS 2007.
Things are getting better with SharePoint 2010 and you can install MOSS 2010 in a Windows 7 pc and start developing apps but what if you don’t have a good build or required software?
Virtual labs for SharePoint 2010 are here. You can test drive SharePoint 2010 without any instalation.
Virtual labs for Developers cover the following
- MSDN Virtual Lab: Client Object Model
- MSDN Virtual Lab: Customizing MySites
- MSDN Virtual Lab: Designing Lists and Schemas
- MSDN Virtual Lab: Developing a BCS External Content Type with Visual Studio 2010
- MSDN Virtual Lab: Developing a Sandboxed Solution with Web Parts
- MSDN Virtual Lab: Developing a Visual Web Part in Visual Studio 2010
- MSDN Virtual Lab: Developing Business Intelligence Applications
- MSDN Virtual Lab: Enterprise Content Management
- MSDN Virtual Lab: Getting Started with SharePoint 2010
- MSDN Virtual Lab: LINQ to SharePoint 2010
- MSDN Virtual Lab: SharePoint 2010 User Interface Advancements
- MSDN Virtual Lab: Visual Studio SharePoint Tools
- MSDN Virtual Lab: WorkflowMSDN Virtual Lab: Workflow
IT Pro labs are available in TechNet.
In this post we will see how to force user to enter credentials while browsing SharePoint site. By default (based on the browser settings) the SharePoint site automatically logs on using current username and password of the user who logged into the system. We can force to user to enter user name and password by the following way
- Open internet browser -> Tools -> internet options
- Click the security tab -> Choose Local Intranet
- Click Custom level and choose Prompt user name and password which comes under logon in user authentication.
If we choose automatically logs on using current username and password the system does not ask the user credentials. So that user can login in SharePoint site with out entering user credentials.
SharePoint MVP Sharad Kumar has released a tool which helps you create host-header based site collections via central admin.
You can read about it in his blog post or download it from codeplex.
SharePoint 2010 will support only 64-bit (x64) versions of Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2. SharePoint will not install at all on 32 bit Windows, or any earlier version of Windows such as Windows Server 2000 or Windows Server 2003.
To make developing for SharePoint 2010 easier, it is possible to install SharePoint on 64-bit versions of Windows Vista SP2 and Windows 7.
More details about Sharepoint Operating System requirements can be found in the Official SharePoint blog.
