I had a very hard time finding information on the web on how to correctly add Web Parts programmatically to my SharePoint WebPartZone.It's easy to get all the WebParts that are present in the current Site:SPContext .Current.Site.GetCatalog(SPListTemplateType.WebPartCatalogSince this is a normal SharePoint list it is also easy to extract the items, display them etc… Now, given that I have selected the WebPart that I want to add:SPListItem selectedWebPartListItem = SPContext. …

The past few week have been absolutely hectic … I’ve been super low on the visibility front.First, there was 3 weeks of MCM training. It was a great experience that I plan to discuss in further detail later today. Then, literally a short 2.5 hours later after the class was completed, I was off to London to speak at the European SharePoint Best Practices Conference. …

Microsoft Egypt is organizing Microsoft innovation day 22 April 2009where all the Egyptian Users groups will gather and present sometechnical sessions.I will be representing Egypt SharePoint Users Group with my colleague Ayman El-Hattab; I will be presenting jQuery and SharePoint.The day surprise is Steve Ballmer.Steveb will be the key note speaker for the innovation day and will answer the Users groups questions about Microsoft strategysee you there [Image][Image]

Lets say you created a web application with a host header on SharePoint which is installed on Windows Server 2008, and your credentials can not be authenticated if you try to log in to the web application on the server itself. Check the Security category on the event logs, if you see some entry like the one below, then go on reading   An account failed to log on. …

Ever since upgrading to Internet Explorer 8, I've noticed one or two issues with SharePoint. I wonder if it's just my machine, but has anybody seen this? For users with Microsoft Office, SharePoint has the capability of displaying a list in DataSheet View, which is actually powered by a DLL from Microsoft Access. This gives you a nice quick-editing experience. One of the things I commonly use is the "Fill Handle". …