Microsoft’s SharePoint 2010 Beginning Expert Page

, Microsoft’s Dallas Tester (http://twitter.com/dgtester) posted a new starter master page for SharePoint 2010:


http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/odcSP14StarterMaster

For those that never already know, “Starter” is the new phrase for little expert websites that were available for SharePoint 2007. Here are some screenshots of the beginning expert web page in measures, you will see that it is quite minimal:

This is a great resource for learning about SharePoint 2010 master pages. If you are interested in another type of starter master page experience, you can always check out starter master pages athttp://startermasterpages.codeplex.com. They are less minimal, but still are a good starting point for SharePoint 2010 branding projects.

Windows PowerShell Command Builder for SharePoint 2010 and Office 365

A very handy Silverlight application has been released on Microsoft TechNet to provide a visual interface for assembling PowerShell commands to be used in SharePoint 2010 products and Office 365.

It uses a drag-and-drop interface to add the verbs and nouns of each cmdlet, and will automatically filter available options depending on which are selected. Once the cmdlet has been chosen, it will display the required and optional parameters associated with it so that you can complete the command.  The example below shows how it can be used to design a Move-SPSite command.

Using the drop-down options available at the top left corner of the interface, cmdlets can be filtered by selecting products SharePoint Foundation 2010, SharePoint Server 2010 or Office 365 and there are also a few scenarios that can be chosen in the “I need to” drop-down – e.g., “Add a user to a domain group”.

You can access the command builder here:  http://www.microsoft.com/resources/TechNet/en-us/Office/media/WindowsPowerShell/WindowsPowerShellCommandBuilder.html  For more information from Microsoft on PowerShell and SharePoint in general, check out the Resource Center here:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff603532.aspx

How to Automatically Update All the Icons of SharePoint 2010 Site with PowerShell?

In the same development project I mentioned last post we had the need to change the icon of the SharePoint team site in the group's website is located in a site collection. You can edit manually, click Site Settings, "Title, description and icon."