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Microsoft has launched a new website named  IUseSharePoint.com . The site contains a lot of tips&trick on how to use SharePoint and has a lot of videos and testimonials from customers on how they are using SharePoint. http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/iusesharepoint/landing.aspx

What are the types of workflow that you can design in SharePoint 2010. List Workflows, Reusable List Workflows and Site workflows Reusable List Workflows – Workflow can be associated to any list, library, or content type in the site collection. Site workflows - is associated to a site Can you modify the Out-of-Box workflows in SharePoint 2010 ? In SharePoint 2010, you have an option to customize the Out-of-Box workflows. What are the Types of forms associated with the workflow ? 1.         Initiation form –  An initiation form gathers information from the workflow participant when they start the workflow. 2.         Task form –  A custom task form allows workflow participants to interact with tasks in the Tasks list specified for the workflow. With the Custom Task Wizard, you can easily create custom form fields and add them to a custom task form. When you finish designing the workflow, SharePoint Des...

Use and activate drop down menu 1.      First of all you need to use the browser and go to the root site from where you want to display the drop down. Click site settings and navigation and check sub sites. Updated: This will only work for SPS; you have to replace the Sitemap if it’s about foundation. See my comment down below. 2.      Secondly you have to modify the menu control in the master page with help of SharePoint Designer. Change the property for MaximumDynamicDisplayLevels from 1 to 2 to get a drop down of two levels.                          Similar the above way we are using the left side navigation.

1.        Deactivate the feature in SharePoint site. a.        First deactivate the feature which one wants to uninstall. b.       Site Actions à Site Settings à Manage Site Features (Site Actions Category) à Deactivate 2.        Get the id of the feature. a.        Find the feature folder in the server b.       C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES c.        Open the feature which one you want to uninstall and get an id. 3.        Open the command prompt. a.        Change the directory path to below:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN b.       Type the below command: stsadm.exe –o un...

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What is SharePoint? SharePoint is a browser based document collaboration platform given by Microsoft. Actually SharePoint is an application framework as much as it is an application as its own. It is a platform where user can share Data, Collaborate and people can also take this platform and customized platform as per their requirements. What are some of the tools that can be used when backing up a SharePoint 2010 environment?        SharePoint farm backup and recovery        SQL Server What are content types? A content type is a flexible and reusable WSS type definition (or we can a template) that defines the columns and behavior for an item in a list or a document in a document library. For example, you can create a content type for a leave approval document with a unique set of columns, an event handler, and its own document template and attach it with document library/libraries. What is the difference between a Site Def...