Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

Chapter 34
The SharePoint Portal
Server Object Model
Introduction
In this chapter:
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941
The Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal Namespace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.UserProfiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948
Other Namespaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 950
The Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server object model encompasses a number
of namespaces—about 50 in total—that provide a way to manipulate SharePoint
Portal Server configuration and information. Because the object model is so large, it
cannot possibly be fully covered here; however, this chapter will discuss the most
important and frequently used namespaces, classes, and methods. It will provide an
overview of these components and provide samples useful for administrators.
Out of the approximately 50 namespaces provided in the SharePoint Portal
Server object model, only 16 of them are supported. The remaining namespaces are
reserved for Microsoft’s internal use. If you were to go through some of the .aspx
pages provided with SharePoint Portal Server, you might notice that the reserved
namespaces are frequently used.
This chapter will focus on the SharePoint Portal Server object model from the
administrative perspective. It will cover the basics of the object model and provide
some code samples that would be of use to administrators. Other general background
information would be useful for administrators to know about, should they
run into a problem with a Web Part or add-on, but the chapter does not provide
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