Identical column in SharePoint

Many people wonder how to add a identical column in SharePoint. Well, a built in column is already there. You just have to add it.

To do this go to the "Modify View" of any list for which you need a identity column and try to find a column called ID. Check this column and save the settings.

Now if you add any new item to the list the ID column will increase automatically by one.

SharePoint Tutorials

SharePoint Tutorials

Here are some links that will help you to get good understanding of SharePoint concepts and Advanced topics.

1) The below site contains very good videos on SharePoint. The videos are mainly "How-to" videos. For example, how to add a new user to a site, how to Assign a task, how to delete a site and so on.

http://www.sharepointhostingprovider.com/sharepoint-tutorials/

2) Another nice video tutorial and hosting site is www.sharepointhosting.com. This site has lots of videos in its Archives. If you are new to SharePoint then its advisable to go through all the videos listed in this site in chronological order. After completion of this tutorial you will definitely gain lot of knowledge in SharePoint.

http://www.sharepointhosting.com/video_tutorials.html

3) Below is an excellent site to learn Web Parts. Moreover, you can also download web parts after completing a simple registration process. Few of the web parts provided in this site are "Weather web part", "Financial stocks web part", "Pie chart web part" and so on.

http://www.fastsharepoint.com/

4) If you are a developer then of course you cannot miss Microsoft SharePoint 2010 developer center. You have everything here. Starting from important downloads to code samples you can find everything.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/default.aspx

5) SharePoint 2007 is still in market and lot of companies are actually doing new development work in 2007 version. So I thought to include some sites related to SharePoint 2007. Here is a very good article on SharePoint 2007. If you have already developed against SharePoint object model then you can't miss this. Beginners can also have a look. There are few interesting things which as a SharePoint developer you should definitely know and visiting the below link will be a good start.

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/19362/Developing-Office-SharePoint-2007-application

6) People who want to learn development in SharePoint designer 2007 then here is ultimate place for you. Click this link to start learning SharePoint Designer now!!

7) Another Interesting place to learn SharePoint 2010 is from dotnetcurry team. They have created tutorials for both Basic and Advanced users.

http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=74

8) SharePoint 2010 developers cannot miss Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Professional Developer guide. This is strongly recommended for all the developers.

Download SharePoint 2010 Developer Guide

9)  Another important and excellent site to learn SharePoint is 

www.learningsharepoint.com.

They have put lot of resources in their site and also some free stuff, Interview questions, forums and so on. 

http://www.learningsharepoint.com/tutorials/

You can also write to me if you need any guidance.

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Popular SharePoint Groups

Popular SharePoint Groups

Okay, so you want to learn SharePoint and you are serious about it. In that case it is always good to be part of a group. Popular SharePoint Groups will keep you posted on the latest happenings in SharePoint. This will help you increase your knowledge.

Well, that is the baseline....increasing knowledge...isn't it??

Check out the below groups which are popular and also my favorite groups: -

1) This group posts very good videos on SharePoint. There are videos for both beginners and Advanced users.

https://www.facebook.com/SharePointVideos

2) Another excellent group is the "Microsoft SharePoint" group in Facebook. Check the below link.

https://www.facebook.com/MSSharePoint

3) Lot of SharePoint experts are part of this group. This group is in www.Linkedin.com. You can ask questions and get some quality answers.

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=42512&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

4) Another excellent professional group for SharePoint users in in Linkedin.

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=58750&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr