Author Archives: Stu

Deploy Solution to Site configured with Claims-based Authentication

This is a simple and quick post to provide a solution for developers working against sites configured with claims-based authentication and receiving an access denied error while trying to deploy solutions via Visual Studio. The exact error is: Error occurred … Continue reading →

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Oz

My blog’s been fairly quiet lately, this is all down to some pretty big changes in my personal life. I’ve recently accepted a SharePoint Architect role in Melbourne, Australia and things have been pretty hectic of late, to put it … Continue reading →

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Get SearchServiceApplication object instance

Looking to retrieve the SearchServiceApplication object for the current site? It’s pretty straight forward, as the following demonstrates: Start by adding the following namespace to your class using Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration;using Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration; The Microsoft.Office.Server assembly can be found in the ISAPI folder … Continue reading →

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Exams

Just sat and passed the 70-573 (TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Application Development) and 70-576 (PRO: Designing and Developing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Applications) exams today. This means I’m now officially an MCPD for SharePoint 2010 🙂

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Form template failed to load

If you’re working with an InfoPath form and are trying to display it as a web enabled form but are getting errors saying the form template failed to load, it may just be due to the manifest for the XSN … Continue reading →

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