New Version Of Sharepoint SDK Available Now

Microsoft has updated the Windows Sharepoint Services SDK and Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server SDK.

You can download the SDK from the below link 

1. Download Windows Sharepoint Services SDK 

2. Download Microsfot Office Sharepoint Server SDK Online

How to use MOSS FEATURE GENERATOR TOOL from Code Plex

MOSS FEATURE GENERATOR is  one of the most useful tool i found on codeplex,  but i found very few articles on how to  use it. This article describes in brief on how to  use MOSS FEATURE GENERATOR TOOL.

Let me describe what moss feature generator does? It helps in creating feature for list document libray  and many more things. It reduces the development effort for creating a feature for a list which as been created using OOB UI. Recently when we had to create a list using feature, all of us know that creating and modifying schema.xml is a pain and time consuming. After seeign this tool on codeplex i was very happy to use it. Given below are the steps to create a list feature.

Step 1. Download the MOSS Feature Generator  Tool from here  and double click CTFeatureCreator.exe

Step 2. Click File->New->Select List Template Feature.

Step 3.  Specify the Site url in the site collection url, select the site from the drop down which has your list for which we need to create feature.

Step 4. Select the list from the items list  and click next

Step 5. You will see a list template defintion window as shown below, specify the path to create feature and Click Create feature button.

Once the feature is generated , copy the feature to Features folder under templates and install and acitvate the feature.

Free SharePoint Designer 2007 Now...

hi guys....

here's a great news for all sharePopint developers.... Microsoft as officialy announced SharePoint Designer 2007  is free download now...Regitration is required to download it,to downlload click here

Nice to see that Microsoft is moving slowly towards Open Source, it has also annoucend ASP.NET MVC as Open Source under MS-PL.The framework, which brings a Rails-like model-view-controller paradigm to ASP.NET, can now be used on Linux.  you can start dowloading it from here

Got My First Sharepoint Certification In WSS Application Development (Exam 70-541)

Hi guys,

It has been long time i didnt post any thing on this blog, i was busy with my projects and was studying sharepoint books for certification. Initially i had planned to do certification on Exam 70-630, i had posted article regarding this on my blogs here.  But later relasied that as a sharepoint developer it would be good if i get certification in application development in WSS and then in MOSS so started preparing for the exam. i took the Exam 70-541 yesterday, at one instance during the exam i felt i will not be clearing it, but once the exam was done i cleared it by scoring 871/1000 . Guys one thing i would suggest you is never beleive 100% on dumps. while going for exam i also studied dumps but frankly speaking hardly 5 to 10 question came from the dump rest was completely different.

I had been working on sharepoint for quite a long time, its almost 1.5 years now, this helped me a lot in clearing the exam. So be sure that if you are plannign to write sharepoint exam you need to have hands on experience on it.  I read the follwing books

1. Inside Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 by

Ted Pattison (Ted Pattison Group); Daniel Larson 

In this book you can skip the Ajax Chapters has there are no questions in exam on ajax integration with sharepoint
This books doesnt cover all the chapter that  are required to clear WSS application development certification. You have to read Windows Sharepoint Services SDK

You cand download e-book for  Inside Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services  from the below link

Download Inside Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 
Or
Download Inside Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 

also go through the code samples specified in this book

2. Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Software Development Kit.

This sdk will help you the most in clearing the exam,  i found mandy examples in this book where asked has question in the exam. Please go through all the chapters on webparts from this book, this will help you a lot in clearing the exam.
You can download the book from the below link
Download Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Software Development Kit


you can go through the Preperation Guide For Exam 70-541
Hope this post help you in preparing for the exam. Please leave comment if you are not able to download any of the books sepcified above