So when enumerating the SPWebs within a SPFarm to build a strongly typed SPWeb collection for whatever purpose your enumeration might look like this: PLAIN TEXT C#: public static List<SPWeb> WebsPreppedForIteration() { var collection = new List<SPWeb>(); foreach (SPSite x in SPFarm.Local.Services.OfType<SPWebService>().SelectMany (svc => ((svc).WebApplications.Where (webApp => !webApp.Properties.ContainsKey("Microsoft.Office.Server.SharedResourceProvider")).SelectMany (webApp => webApp.Sites.Cast<SPSite>()))).Where (x => !Equals(x.RootWeb.Title, "Central [...]

At a recent customer of mine the question came up as to how we could replace the default people picker with a custom one that was tailored to some very particular AD queries to supplement the SharePoint calls. I read a few posts about replacing it across the board, notably this one: http://www.binarywave.com/blogs/rajesh/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=4 which for [...]

There are several types of SharePoint 2010 server deployments that have to be considered before implementation occurs. In this post I will go through the common designs so better, more informed decisions to be made. There can be a single service and single farm application in place. This default is used for web applications within [...]

There are several steps involved in the process of deploying cross farm services. Each step is very important to gain the overall results you are after. Configuration of trusted farms ensures all of the farms that use exchanges can trust each other. Certificates have to be exported to a file. Make sure you back up [...]

Through SharePoint 2010, there is an improvement of the services infrastructure that was previously introduced in an earlier version. This infrastructure also hosts services for the SharePoint Foundation 2010. The configuration of services offered is very flexible. This allows the individual services to be configured independent of each other. It also makes it possible for [...]