How To: SharePoint and Silverlight 2.0 – Part 1

This article is the first in a series on integrating SharePoint with Silverlight 2.0. It provides a detailed step-by-step tutorial covering prerequisites like WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007, Visual Studio 2008 SP1, and Silverlight tools. It explains how to configure the SharePoint environment by deploying the .NET 3.5 Web Config feature, manually editing web.config, adding System.Web.Silverlight.dll to the GAC, and setting the correct MIME type for .xap files. The article then begins creating a simple Hello World Web Part to host a Silverlight application. It is a technical guide focused on IT/technology topics like SharePoint development and Silverlight integration.