Will SharePoint 2010 support ASP.NET AJAX?

Question

I learned that because SharePoint 2007 and WSS 3.0 were released one year before .NET 3.5, therefore
SharePoint does not natively support ASP.NET AJAX out of box.

How about SharePoing 2010?  Will it support ASP.NET AJAX?

Answer 1

Wonjartran,

    Yes SharePoint 2010 supports ASP.Net AJAX (and Silverlight) natively.  If you wish to add ASP.Net AJAX support to SharePoint 2007 you can follow the instructions on the below link.  There is also a codeplex project (can't find link at the moment) that is bundled into a WSP that adds the web.config changes required.  I'll update when I find that link.  Let me know if you have any questions.

http://vspug.com/zimmer/2008/01/04/moss-2007-add-support-for-ajax-in-your-sharepoint-installation/

    -Brian T. Jackett

Answer 2

SharePoint 2007 "supports" ASP.NET AJAX out of the box, you just have to configure the web.config and deploy the DLLs yourself to enable it.  2010 has all that stuff baked in.

Brian: last I checked in on that Codeplex project, it didn't actually work (but thats been a few months).  Its easier to just find one of the dozens of how-to articles out there and just do it yourself.  IMO

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Answer 3

Wonjartran,

    Here are the links that I mentioned for adding the web.config entries to your SharePoint 2007 farm.

www.codeplex.com/sharepointajax

http://sharepointsolutions.blogspot.com/2006/12/using-spwebconfigmodificat_116736917110571614.html

 

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Brian T. Jackett, MCTS, MCITP, CAPM www.BrianTJackett.com