SharePoint 2010 Development Platform Stack

Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepointpictures/archive/2010/10/04/sharepoint-2010-development-platform-stack.aspx

SharePoint Licensing - Client Access License (CALs)

Types of CALs:

·         User CAL

·         Device CAL 

User CAL:

     

      With the User CAL, you purchase a CAL for every user who accesses the server to use services such as file storage or printing, regardless of the number of devices they use for that access. Purchasing a User CAL might make more sense if your company employees need to have roaming access to the corporate network using multiple devices, or from unknown devices, or simply have more devices than users in your organization. You can go for User CAL if number of User is less than number of devices.

 

Device CAL:

     With a Device CAL, you purchase a CAL for every device that accesses your server, regardless of the number of users who use that device to access the server. Device CALs may make more economic and administrative sense if your company has workers who share devices, for example, on different work shifts. 

A SharePoint Server device CAL authorizes one computer to access SharePoint Server, regardless of the number of users (for example, a shared workstation).

SharePoint Server User CALs are also available. A user CAL authorizes a user to access SharePoint Server from any device (for example, when an employee accesses the server from a computer at work and another at home). 

External Connectors

If you want external users—such as business partners, external contractors, or customers—to be able to access your network, you have two licensing options:

·         Acquire CALs for each of your external users.

·         Acquire External Connector (EC) licenses for each server that will be accessed by your external users.

For SharePoint, Acquire External Connector (EC) licenses would be the right choice.

Specialty Server Licensing

Specialty Server licensing is a commonly used model. Specialty Servers are server-only licenses that also do not require CALs. Specialty Servers require a server license for each instance of the server software running on a server. An example of this is Microsoft Office SharePoint Server for Internet Sites. You can run the instance in a physical or virtual operating system environment. By exception, some products provide more specific use rights.

 

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/client-access-license.aspx

You can get more details from Microsoft Support as well, refer to the following URL

https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter/Help/Contact.aspx

http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/D/4/3D42BDC2-6725-4B29-B75A-A5B04179958B/Licensing_Microsoft_SharePoint_Server_2013.pdf

Chat with Microsoft Volume licensing support team

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=mscom#

Sync list with user group using jquery

Requirement: To get all the user names from the SharePoint group "Deliverable Owners" and sync with a custom list called "Team Members" in a button click.

Solution: This is done using jquery and SharePoint web services.

Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://siteurl/Documents/jquery-1.8.3.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://siteurl/Documents/jquery.SPServices-0.7.2.min.js"></script>
<script  type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function() {
 
     $("#syncUsers").click(function()  //'syncUsers' is the ID of button control added in the CEWP
{
var errorOccured  = DeleteUsersFromTeamMembersList();
if(!errorOccured)
{
AddUsersToTeamMembersList();
}
 });
});

      // to delete the existing users from the custom list
function DeleteUsersFromTeamMembersList()
{

var errorOccured = false;

$().SPServices({
            operation: "GetListItems",
            async: false,
            debug: true,
            listName: "Team Members",
            CAMLViewFields: "<ViewFields></ViewFields>",
            completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
                $(xData.responseXML).SPFilterNode("z:row").each(function() {
                    $().SPServices({
                        operation: "UpdateListItems",
                        async: false,
                        debug: true,
                        batchCmd: "Delete",
                        listName: "Team Members",
                        ID: $(this).attr("ows_ID"),
                        completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
                        msgData = xData.responseText;
isError = msgData.indexOf("ErrorText");
           if (isError > 0) {
               // Error creating fields!
               alert("Error deleted user names from Team Member list!");
               errorOccured = true;
           }
                        }
                    });
                });
            }
        });
         return errorOccured;
}
//add all the users from the sharepoint group to custom list.
function AddUsersToTeamMembersList()
{

var alreadyProcessed = false;
var userName ;
var iD;
var userID;
var errorOccured = false;

$().SPServices({
operation: "GetUserCollectionFromGroup",
groupName: "Deliverable Owners",
completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
$("#results").text(xData.responseXML.xml);
$(xData.responseXML).find("User").each(function () {
  userName = $(this).attr("LoginName");
  iD = $(this).attr("ID");
  userID = iD +";#"+userName;
  $().SPServices({
operation: "UpdateListItems",
async: false,
batchCmd: "New",
listName: "Team Members",
valuepairs: [["User",userID  ]],
completefunc: function(xData, Status)
{
msgData = xData.responseText;
isError = msgData.indexOf("ErrorText");
if (isError > 0) {
// Error creating fields!
alert("Error synchronizing user names!");
errorOccured = true;
}
}
});
});

if( errorOccured == false)
{
alert("User name synchronized successfully.");
$(window.location).attr('href', 'currentpagename.aspx');
}                    
}
});
}
</script>


P.S:
- The performance of this code will get affected based on the size of the user group.
- The Team Members custom list must have "User" field with people and group type.

Insert a row into a list using JQuery and Web Services

Requirement: Insert a row in the list using jQuery and Web Services.

Variables (not initiating here, as the values are dynamically generated by another method)
   - allTeamMembers (user name)
   - firstSaturday (date)
Project_Name is a lookup field, the values for lookup field should be the combination of ID of item in the Lookup list and the lookup value

$().SPServices({
  operation: "UpdateListItems",
  async: false,
  batchCmd: "New",
  listName: "Resource Allocation List",
  valuepairs: [["pcompleted",0],["TeamMember",allTeamMembers],["Title","Dummy Entry"],["Week_Ending",firstSaturday],["Project_Name","20;#Others"]],
  completefunc: function(xData, Status) {
msgData = xData.responseText;
  isError = msgData.indexOf("ErrorText");
            if (isError > 0) {
                alert("Error creating missing entries!");
                errorOccured = true;

            }
  }
  });

Retrieve column values from a list using JQuery and Web Services

Requirement: To get the values of "Team Member" field from "User Allocation list" list with a filter condition.

Solution:
Following is the javascript code to retrieve the column values from a list using web services.

function getCompletedEmployeesList(){
var date = new Date();
var aTmp = new Array();

var firstDay = new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), 1);
firstDay  =  firstDay.getFullYear()+"-"+(firstDay.getMonth()+1)+"-"+firstDay.getDate();
var lastDay = new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth() + 1, 0);
lastDay =  lastDay.getFullYear()+"-"+(lastDay.getMonth()+1)+"-"+lastDay.getDate();

$().SPServices({
operation: "GetListItems",
async: false,
listName: "User Allocation List",
CAMLViewFields: "<ViewFields Properties='True' />",
CAMLQuery: "<Query><Where><And><Neq><FieldRef Name='ID' /><Value Type='Counter'>0</Value></Neq><And><Leq><FieldRef Name='Week_x002d_Ending' /><Value IncludeTimeValue='FALSE' Type='DateTime'>"+lastDay +"</Value></Leq><Geq><FieldRef Name='Week_x002d_Ending' /><Value IncludeTimeValue='FALSE' Type='DateTime'>"+firstDay  +"</Value></Geq></And></And></Where></Query>",
completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
$(xData.responseXML).SPFilterNode("z:row").each(function() {
var teamMember = $(this).attr("ows_TeamMember");
aTmp.push(teamMember);
});
}
});
return aTmp;
}

Display current site name in Content Editor Web Part using JavaScript

Add the following script in a Content Editor Web Part


<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("GetSiteName");

function GetSiteName(){
  var SiteName = document.getElementById('ctl00_PlaceHolderSiteName_onetidProjectPropertyTitle').innerHTML;//get the ID from 'view source' page
document.getElementById('lblsitename').innerHTML = SiteName;
}
</script>
<html>
<label id="lblsitename"></label>
</html></div>

Date Picker control in Content Editor Web Part

<html lang="en">
<head>
<style >
div.ui-datepicker{
 font-size:11px;
}
</style>
  <title>jQuery UI Datepicker - Default functionality</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.0/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" />
  <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.js"></script>
  <script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.0/jquery-ui.js"></script>

  <script>

  $(function() {
    $( "#fromdatepicker" ).datepicker();
    $( "#todatepicker" ).datepicker();
  });
$(function() {
$("#btnFilter").click(function() {
var startDate = $("#fromdatepicker").datepicker("getDate");
startDate  =  startDate.getFullYear()+"-"+(startDate.getMonth()+1)+"-"+startDate.getDate();

var endDate = $("#todatepicker").datepicker("getDate");
endDate  =  endDate.getFullYear()+"-"+(endDate.getMonth()+1)+"-"+endDate.getDate();

alert(startDate +"-"+ endDate);
});
});
  </script>
</head>
<body>

<p>
From Date: <input type="text" id="fromdatepicker" style="font-size:11px"  />
To Date: <input type="text" id="todatepicker" style="font-size:11px"  /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<input type="button" id="btnFilter" value="Generate Report">
</p>


</body>
</html>