Responsive Design with SharePoint 2010
Not quite ready for SharePoint 2013? You can develop your site to work with mobiledevices in a similar way to SharePoint 2013’s Device channels by using a few proven approaches and platforms. CSS3 –...
View ArticleA positive experience for workflow email notifications
How many emails do you get per day? If your inbox is anything like mine, then you have more than enough (and then some). And if you’re in an organization that has business processes, then a good share...
View ArticleWhat’s new in SC2012 SP1?
Service Pack 1 for System Center 2012 shipped in January 2013. Each product in the System Center suite has its own specific Service Pack 1 update process, introducing new feature enhancements and...
View ArticleWork Management Service Application and MySite Task Summary
MySite in SharePoint 2013 comes with a preconfigured task list to help you track and manage your daily to do list. This task list, however, is not your normal task list. It includes a visual timeline...
View ArticleShredded Storage in SharePoint 2013 means smaller content database sizes
Controlling database size in SharePoint 2013 is easier with new platform enhancements supporting Shredded Storage of large files (or BLOBs) such as Word documents, PowerPoint presentations and even...
View ArticleContent Roll-Up using the Content Search Web Part
A fantastic new web part available in SharePoint 2013 is the content search web part. Not only can you easily roll-up content from other sites, but you can roll-up content across site collections. In...
View ArticleTypeScript, A Tool for Today’s Web Developers
As the web becomes more and more a part of our lives, websites are required to have more functionality that ever before. Most of this functionality is programmed using a language called JavaScript....
View ArticleMigrating sites between Classic and Claims Authentication in SharePoint
When reorganizing your sites between web applications, you may be presented with a scenario where the originating web application is using Windows Classic Authentication but the destination web...
View ArticleScheduling a SharePoint PowerShell Backup as a Server Task
SharePoint supports the ability to back up a site collection or farm via PowerShell or Central Administration. However, there is not an option to schedule these tasks within Central Administration....
View ArticleMMS 2013 – Day One
This is my first conference at Mandalay Bay – it’s a massive facility! There’s a lot more walking than the Venetian. The content of the labs this year is amazing, and I look forward to sharing them...
View ArticleSystem Center Global Service Monitor
During the MMS 2013 Keynote, Microsoft showed off its new System Center Global Service Monitoring. This Azure-based service allows you to monitor and test your applications from inside your network,...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 Creating New Columns in the Quick Edit View Translates to...
The Quick Edit view (formally known as the data sheet view) allows content contributors to add entries quickly on a list or add additional Meta data on documents in a library. However, SharePoint 2013...
View ArticleSystem Center Service Advisor
MMS 2013 is moving by quickly. It’s been a lot of fun to meet new people, reconnect with old friends, and go to sessions to learn more about the new features and functionality of Microsoft’s System...
View ArticleSystem Center: There’s a party going on under the hood!
So, I’m new to the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS), but not Vegas. I’ve attended SharePoint Conference for many years. Compared to SharePoint, MMS is smaller but only numbers-wise. There’s nothing...
View ArticleMMS Conference 2013
This has been my first Microsoft Conference and my first ever visit to Las Vegas. The best word to describe everything- OVERWHELMING!!! This has been an experience I will never forget personally or...
View ArticleReflection on MMS: The only limit is your imagination
I’ve mostly recovered from MMS. What an amazing week. Here’s my tally: 14 sessions attended. I only walked out of two. Two focus groups. (Exciting things on the Microsoft learning front. Lips are...
View ArticleKnowledge Transfer 2.0: Windows 8 – Blockbuster Hit or Epic Failure?
With the release of Microsoft’s newest product line, Windows 8, Windows RT (Surface), and Windows Phone, users are curious what features and benefits each OS has to offer and how they work together as...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 Introduces Site Policies
A new feature in SharePoint 2013 is the ability to define a site policy to control the retention and deletion of sites within a particular site collection. This is a great new feature to control the...
View ArticleSingle Item Recovery in Exchange
The most common reason IT staff need to recover email data from backups is to restore emails deleted by users and later determine they want it back. What a lot of people don’t understand is that...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 Microblogging, Site Feeds and Permissions
Microblogging and newsfeed capabilities add to the social networking features within SharePoint 2013. The ability to start a conversation right from within your newsfeed and have it appear elsewhere...
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