ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed

Chapter 9. ASP.NET AJAX and SharePoint 2007

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SharePoint and AJAX

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Modifying Web.Config

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Developing an AJAX-Based SharePoint Web Part

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SharePoint and AJAX

SharePoint implements quite a few AJAX features, such as the presence indicators that update automatically when users come on and offline (assuming you have an association with Live Communications Server’s instant messaging capabilities). Although out of the box, there are AJAX-based features baked into SharePoint—it doesn’t natively support ASP.NET AJAX out of the box.

If you are doing your research on this topic, you will see a lot of explanations as to why there is no support for ...