Exercise 1: Creating a SharePoint List Data Source

In this exercise, you will deploy a list template to SharePoint and make a list based upon the template. The list template defines a list used to tasks. The Windows Phone 7 application will read the tasks from the SharePoint list and create new tasks in the list that are assigned to a SharePoint user.

Task 1 – Deploying the List Template to a SharePoint Site

In this task, you will deploy the sample tasks list template to a SharePoint site. The list template contains sample data used in the lab.

1. Open Internet Explorer and navigate to the SharePoint Team Site configured for Forms Based Authentication.

   example: https://fbawp7

2. Log into the site using site collection administrator credentials.
3. Click Site Actions, and select Site Settings.
4. In the Galleries section, click List templates.
5. In the Ribbon, click the Documents tab.
6. Click Upload Document.
7. Click Browse…
8. Browse to the Sample Tasks.stp file located at %TrainingKitPath%\Labs\IntegratingPeopleData\Source\Before and select it.
9. Click Open.
10. Click OK.
11. Click Save.
12. Verify the Sample Tasks list template appears in the List Templates Gallery.

Task 2 – Creating the Sample Tasks List

In this task, you will use the sample tasks list template to create the sample tasks list.

1. Open Internet Explorer and navigate to the SharePoint Team Site configured for Forms Based Authentication.

   example: https://fbawp7

2. Log into the site using site collection administrator credentials.
3. Click Site Actions and select More Options.
4. In the Filter By section, select List.

5. Select the Sample Tasks list.

   Figure 1

   Create list dialog

6. In the Name textbox enter Sample Tasks.
7. Click Create.

8. Verify the Sample Tasks list contains the following sample data.

   Figure 2

   Sample Task list with data