You may think why I want to configure forward lookup zones, that is not my job and it is related to Windows administrator (not SharePoint admin)

Let me illuminate the contextual background first

Just recently I bought a new laptop with Core i5 2.66 Ghz processor, installed memory of 6GB RAM, system type is 64 bit, I got the laptop with pre-installed OS Windows 7 however my idea is to create a server farm on single machine, so initially I have installed a fresh copy of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (still Windows 7 is there and has choice of selecting the operating system before booting, we can call it as dual boot machine)

After installing Windows Server 2008 R2 ENT, I have configured DNS (Domain Name System) then given FIVENUMBER.COM as domain name, my full computer name is SHAREPOINT.FIVENUMBER.COM (SHAREPOINT is my computer name, computer name + domain name = full computer name), then in Active Directory I have created two service accounts for SharePoint basically FIVENUMBER\SPAdmin and FIVENUMBER\SPService

At that moment I have restarted the system and logged in with the newly created account FIVENUMBER\SPAdmin

Then, I have installed SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition, followed by SharePoint 2010 pre-requisites, we will get pre-requisite installer file within the SharePoint 2010 software, then last but not least I have installed my favorite SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition

Throughout the installation period the whole thing went smooth without a single problem, and then after I was on the go to configuring services and created the first web application on the new laptop, creation of web application was very fast and site accessing too, as it is recommended 4GB of RAM for developer or evaluation use for SharePoint 2010 (Please have a look at hardware and software requirements for SharePoint 2010) but my laptop has 6GB of RAM then apparently it will be fast.

Now we will get into the real article.

After finalizing the installations and configurations on my new laptop, I assumed to access my blog site www.fivenumber.com, as soon as I type the URL in the browser a windows authentication prompt appeared, look as if prompt for SharePoint sites, observing the prompt I stood shocked and I provided the user and password and then it navigated to the SharePoint site which is running on 80 port number, I have tried couple of times to access my blog site but continuously it prompts the box and takes me to SharePoint site, the blog site was working without any problem if I access from another PC, but I cannot access the blog site from my new laptop, then I become conscious that my domain name is also same as my blog site name

At that point I started Binging and came to identify that this is called as Single Zone Split DSN and can be fixed by configuring forward lookup zone, that means I have to create a new zone under forward lookup zone in the DNS manager, then I have to create a new host (A record), then followed by creating an Alias (CNAME)

Now we will see step by step how to add a forward lookup zone in Windows Server 2008 R2

Go to Start > Administrative Tools > DNS (see Figure 1)

Figure 1 - Configuring Forward Lookup Zone

In DNS Manager, right click on Forward Lookup Zones and click on New Zone (see Figure 2)

Figure 2 - Create New Zone

Then New Zone Wizard will start click Next (see Figure 3)

Figure 3 - New Zone Wizard

Under Zone Type ensure that Primary Zone is selected and Store the zone in Active Directory is checked, click Next (see Figure 4)

Figure 4 - Zone Type

Under Active Directory Zone Replication Scope ensure that To all DNS servers running on domain controllers in this domain <domainname.com> is selected, click Next (see Figure 5)

Figure 5 - Active Directory Zone Replication Scope

Under Zone Name, please provide the domain name (for example: fivenumber.com), click Next (see Figure 6)

Figure 6 - Zone Name

Under Dynamic Update ensure that Allow only secure dynamic updates is selected, click Next (see Figure 7)

Figure 7 - Dynamic Update

We reached the final step in the wizard and can view Completing the New Zone Wizard, click Finish (see Figure

Figure 8 - Completing the New Zone Wizard

Now we have to create a new host under the new zone, to do that select the newly created created zone, in the DNS manager, then right click and click on New Host (A or AAA) to create the A record (see Figure 9)

For your information: A record is an entrance in the DNS zone, that maps each domain to an IP address.

Figure 9 - Creating New Host (A record)

In the New Host dialog box provide the name as www and IP address in the appropriate boxes and click Add Host (see Figure 10)

Note: You will come to know the IP address of the site when you ping the site in command prompt

Figure 10 - Creating New Host

You can view the host record successfully created message (see Figure 11)

Figure 11 - Host Record Successfully Created

Now we have to create a new alias under the new zone, to do that select the newly created created zone, in the DNS manager, then right click and click on New Alias (CNAME) to create the alias name (see Figure 12)

For your information: Canonical Name in short called as CNAME that indicates the true host name of a computer that it’s aliases are linked with

Figure 12 - Creating New Alias Name (CNAME)

In the New Resource Record dialog box provide Alias name as www2, then click on Browse and select the newly created host file www located under Forward Lookup Zones > <Newly created zone name> (see Figure 13)

Figure 13 - Creating Alias Name (CNAME)

After selecting the fully qualified name, click OK (see Figure 14)

Figure 14 - Creating New Alias Name (CNAME)

We are done almost, now try to execute the NSLOOKUP command to verify the IP address of the site and ping the site to view the reply ping back (see Figure 15 and 16)

Figure 15 - Executing NSLOOKUP command to verify the IP address of the site

Figure 16 - Pinging the Site to view the reply ping back

Yes I’m talking about Metadata Navigation Settings in SharePoint 2010 document library.

SharePoint 2010 Metadata Navigation is the new piece of feature that supports to navigate and filter the documents in a library by means of metadata.

It is one of the most significant feature to navigate through the documents.

If we wants to navigate through the documents by metadata, first we have to configure the Metadata Navigation Settings

In this article I would like to show how to navigate and filter the documents by content types and columns

First of all I have enabled the document library to support the content types, please follow the article Document templates by using site content types in MOSS

However enabling site content types in SharePoint 2010 is similar to MOSS

So now I’m ready with the document library which contains few documents and content types like Word/Excel/Power Point documents etc.

I can create/upload documents using the above content types, so I have uploaded few documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc) to my library can view in Figure 1

Figure 1 -SharePoint 2010 Document Library With Different Types of Document

Then, go to SharePoint 2010 document library > library settings

• Under General Settings section click on Metadata navigation settings
•  Select fields from avaliable hirerarchy fields and add for configuring navigation
• Then, select available key filter fields and add for configuring filters
• Then, click on OK button (please follow Figure 2)

Figure 2 - Configuring Metadata Navigation and Filter Settings

Now, you are also most done, navigate the document library you can view the newly added section which shows the navigation hirerarchy and filtering options (see Figure 3)

Figure 3 - Navigation and Filtering Through Metadata

It allows filtering the document library documents by means of content types, columns.

After configure Metadata navigation, I can navigate through the document very easily by selecting the appropriate content type.
I can also filter the document library to show only one group of document types like word/excel/powerpoint/publisher/infopath document type.
It is possible to filter through column like….If I want to show only documents which belongs to HR/IT/Admin/Finance/Security department.

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Public ask over whether they able to install SharePoint 2010 on 32 bit host, there is lot of puzzlement between people that SharePoint 2010 supports on 64 bit OS, so the answer can be Yes or No it depends on box.

If the 32 bit hosts supports virtualization and is enabled in BIOS then answer is Yes
If the 32 bit host does not support virtualization then the answer is No
All 32 bit box does not support virtualization.

If the CPU is few years older subsequently there is incredibly less probability of supporting 64 bit OS by means of virtual machine, on the other hand the majority of the modern processor support virtualization and can run 64 guest on 32 bit hardware via virtualization.

Therefore professionals, it is your call to decide whether your CPU supports virtualization or not, so first confirm before buying a new 64 bit PC

Please follow the link to Operating System Requirements of SharePoint 2010

The same babyish method, I want to share with you.

A for Apple, A for Asynchronous and A for After events, so all Asynchronous events occur after the event, which does not stop the code to execute. All Asynchronous events end with ‘ed’ letters like SiteDeleted, FieldAdded, ItemAdded etc.

Now, let’s talk on the subject of Synchronous events, all Synchronous events  occur before the event, which stop the code to execute. All Synchronous events end with ‘ing’ letters like SiteDeleting, FieldAdding, ItemAdding etc.

SPWebEventReceiver Asynchronous Events

SPWebEventReceiver Synchronous Events

SPListEventReceiver Asynchronous Methods

SPListEventReceiver Synchronous Methods

SPItemEventReceiver Asynchronous Methods

SPListItemEventReceiver Synchronous Methods

SharePoint Foundation 2010 New Events

Microsoft added several new events to SharePoint Foundation 2010 on Site, List and Item level. These fresh events are intended to meet up the requirements and for better elasticity.

SPWebEventReceiver

WebAdding: event arises prior to a fresh web site is created, we can control the website to create or not to create by WebAdding event, then no SharePoint site is created and the provisioning process is not started.

WebProvisioned: event arise after the web is totally provisioned and process has stopped up. WebProvisioned can be configured to control in any synchronous or asynchronous methods.

If user wants to add few webparts to the newly provisioned web we can use this event to meet up the necessity

SPListEventReceiver

Please follow Catalog of SharePoint Foundation Events for newly added event in SharePoint Foundation 2010

The tags are occupying big amount of area, so our client told to minimize the icons to make use of space, also he given the hint that the nightandday.master has small social icons

<SharePoint:DelegateControl ControlId=”GlobalSiteLink3″ Scope=”Farm” runat=”server”/>

SharePoint 2010: Social Tags before customizing

sooner I opened nightandday.master and compared with v4.master and found v4.master Social tag Delegate control Id is ‘GlobalSiteLink3′ and the same delegate colntrol Id is GlobalSiteLink3-mini in nightandday.master

So I just changed the control Id to GlobalSiteLink3-mini  in v4.master and minimized the social icons.

<SharePoint:DelegateControl ControlId=”GlobalSiteLink3-mini” Scope=”Farm” runat=”server”/>

SharePoint 2010: Social Tags after customizing

The local farm is not accessible. Cmdlets with FeatureDependencyId are not registered

Then, I did Bing search for some time and found the solution and the same I want to post here, so that it may be useful for some one.

Solution: Make sure that the logged in user account has db_owner and SharePoint_Shell_Access rights to SharePoint_Config database

Granting rights to the user account