Windows Small Business Server 2011 : Customizing a SharePoint Site - Customizing Companyweb (part 5) - Adding RemoteApps Links - Add the Web Part to Companyweb

2.5. Add the Web Part to Companyweb

Finally, the reason you’re doing all this—to add the Web Part to Companyweb, follow these steps:

1. Open Companyweb with an account that has SharePoint Owners privileges.

2. Select Site Settings from the Site Actions menu to open the Site Settings page shown in Figure 20.

   Figure 20. The Site Settings page for the Companyweb site

   

3. Click Web Parts under the Galleries section to open the Web Part Gallery page, as shown in Figure 21.

   Figure 21. The Web Part Gallery page

   

4. Click the Documents tab and then click New Document to open the New Web Parts page. Scroll down to the bottom, and select the Microsoft.TerminalServices.Publishing.Portal.TSPortalWebPart check box as shown in Figure 22.

5. Click Populate Gallery (back at the top of the page) to add the Web Part, and return to the Web Part Gallery.

6. Click the Navigate Up button to return to the main Companyweb page.

7. Select Edit Page from the Site Actions menu to open Companyweb in edit mode, as shown in Figure 23.

   Figure 22. Add the TSPortalWebPart to the Web Part Gallery

   

   Figure 23. The Companyweb site in edit mode

   

8. Click the Insert tab, and then click Web Part to open the Web Parts dialog box shown in Figure 24.

   Figure 24. Editing the Companyweb site to add a Web Part

   

9. Click Miscellaneous in the Categories pane, select TSPortalWebPart, and then click Add to add the Web Part to your Companyweb page.

10. The new Web Part will be automatically populated with the RemoteApps available on your RD Session Host.

This just begins to scratch the surface of what you can do with SharePoint and the Companyweb site, but we think the new features that are enabled with SharePoint Foundation 2010 are exciting. And having our RemoteApps on the Companyweb page is a great addition.