Quick Tip: Adding an Active Directory Group Through the Permissions Web Service

September 27, 2012

When working with the addpermission method from the permissions.asmx web service, you have the possibility to add permissions to a list or site for users or groups. When you specify a group as permissionType, you could only specify a SharePoint group that exists on the site. You are not able to specify an Active Directory group, but that does not mean that it is not possible.

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Use Fiddler In Combination With SharePoint Designer to Retrieve Data Source Information

November 15, 2011

SharePoint Designer is a handy application when you want to do quick modifications to your site. Like for example creating a data view web part. When you are working with XSLT and want to create your own templates, it is useful to know the returned SOAP message (XML output). This is something SharePoint Designer does not provide.

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