If you use a Hosted SharePoint 2010 and you try to open a Word Document or try to open a Document Library with Explorer SharePoint prompts for login credentials even you are already logged in. To stop this behavior in Internet Explorer you can simply add your SharePoint Site to the Local Intranet Zone.

This is because SharePoint uses Windows Authentication. We deiced to use Windows Authentication because only Windows Authentication allows you to easily use the full feature set of SharePoint Foundation 2010.

1. Open Internet options and click on the Security tab and choose Local Intranet
   
2. Now click on Sites. On the first Windows choose Advanced
   
3. Now add your SharePoint Site URL
   
4. Restart Internet Explorer

Some days ago, I made a post about “How to use Microsoft Sharepoint Workspace 2010 with Genotec Hosted Sharepoint“. If you work on a Mac you can also use Microsoft Document Connection for Mac, which is included in Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac.

This shows you how you can use Document Connection for Mac with Hosted Sharepoint from Genotec.

1. Start Microsoft Document Connection and connect to a SharePoint Site
   
2. Add the  Addresse of your hosted Sharepoint Site
   
3. Add your Credentials
   
4. And now you are connected to your Site Collection
   

This guide will show you how to add a Genotec Hosted Sharepoint 2010 to your Sharepoint Workspace 2010.

1. First Startup Microsoft Sharepoint Workspace 2010
   
2. Add a new Sharepoint to your Sharepoint Workspace
   
3. Add the Domain of your hosted Sharepoint (sharepointhosting.ch, Hostedsharepoint.ch or your own Domainname)
   
4. Add your User Account and Password. Its Important that you add the Domain before your Username (CP\username)
   
5. Now wait until your Site is synced with your computer
   
6. Now you can see your Sharepoint Site Collection in the Launchbar and you can start working with Microsoft SharePoint Workspace.
   

Thats how you can connect a Genotec Hosted Sharepoint 2010 to your Sharepoint Workspace. I recommend that you use the “Remember my credentials” checkbox because your computer is not in the same Active Directory Domain.

This is a very small line of code to count Sharepoint 2010 Site Collections with Powershell.

(Get-SPSite -Limit all).Count

By the way, we at Genotec AG are offering a Hosted Sharepoint 2010 solution based on Powershell automation.