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Importing Search Configurations with SharePoint Apps

The Office Developer Tools team snuck a new feature into the RTM version of the tools for Visual Studio 2012. This new feature allows you to deploy apps and actually alter the search schema on the host web . That’s right. You can deploy...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2013 11:21 AM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, SharePoint Online, Office 365, Enterprise Search, Office 365 Grid, Visual Studio 11, SharePoint 2013, Apps

Determining the most popular items in a document library in SharePoint 2013

With the combination of analytics and search in SharePoint 2013, there is a heap of new features to help determine which content is actually being used. No longer is this information buried in reports for administrators, but it in fact is available...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2013 2:39 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint Online, Office 365, Enterprise Search, Document Library, Office 365 Grid, SharePoint 2013

Microsoft Partner Benefits: Rocking your SharePoint Online demos

If you haven’t heard, Microsoft released a new site recently that allows you to create a new Office 365 tenant that is pre-populated with users, content, and social data. It even comes with demo scripts that you can use to walk users through the...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2013 10:51 AM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, SharePoint Online, Office 365, Office 365 Grid, SharePoint 2013, Office

Seven reasons why I prefer developing SharePoint apps with SharePoint Online

If you know me then you know I’ve been doing a lot of work with apps lately (SP2 – link , twitter ). I started developing primarily with an on-premises virtual machine running SharePoint 2013, but I have recently switched to using SharePoint Online...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2012 3:53 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, SharePoint Online, Office 365, Office 365 Grid, SharePoint 2013, Apps

How to: Use PowerShell with SharePoint Online Preview

I recently spoke about PowerShell at SharePoint Conference 2012 ( SPC195 ). It turns out PowerShell support slipped into SharePoint Online Preview without a lot of people noticing. In my session at SPC12, I walked users through a lot of common...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2012 7:59 AM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, PowerShell, SharePoint Online, Office 365, Office 365 Grid

Licensing Changes for Extranets with SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online

In the past, licensing for Extranets proved to be quite confusing. Many people including myself weren’t always sure what to recommend. I found this useful information in the slide deck for SPC181 and I thought it was worth sharing since I...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2012 1:40 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, SharePoint Online, Office 365, Office 365 Grid, Extranet, SharePoint 2013

Announcing SP2 Apps for SharePoint 2013

When I first heard about an app store coming to SharePoint, I was excited. I knew I wanted to be a part of it. Today, I am excited to announce the release of three new apps for SharePoint 2013. SP2 apps seek to help increase user adoption...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2012 12:10 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint Online, Office 365, SharePoint 2013, Apps, SPC12, SP2

How to: Take your SharePoint Online Preview Public Web Site Online

Maybe, this was more obvious to other people but it took me a while to figure out. When you first provision your Office 365 Preview Enterprise account, a public site collection is created. It took me a while to find it at first because I was...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2012 5:32 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, SharePoint Online, Office 365, Office 365 Grid, SharePoint 2013, Office 365 Preview

Excited to be speaking at TechEd this year

I am excited to say that I’ll be speaking at both TechEd North America and TechEd Europe . This is my first time to even attend a TechEd so I am looking forward to see what is in store. Both events are sure to be exciting but I am particularly...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2012 12:48 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: Presentations, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Online, Office 365, TechEd

What are your options for a test environment with SharePoint Online (Office 365)?

I’ve seen this conversation come up a few times. Deploying code to SharePoint Online is not like deploying code to your test and production environments back on-premises. I thought I would give my thoughts on it and that will help you make a better...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2012 10:17 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, SharePoint Online, Office 365, Office 365 Grid

Slides from my SharePoint Online and Visual Studio 11 talks

It’s been a busy month for speaking (among other things). Last month, I spoke about getting started with SharePoint Online development at SharePoint Saturday New Orleans. The New Orleans crew (Cherie, Beth, and Tiffany) did a great job putting...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2012 9:53 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: Presentations, SharePoint Saturday, SharePoint, SharePoint Online, Office 365, Office 365 Grid, Visual Studio 11

Speaking at SharePoint Saturday New Orleans and San Antonio SharePoint Users Group

I’m excited to be speaking at a number of events over the next few weeks. The first event is SharePoint Saturday New Orleans this weekend on 3/24. There, I’ll be speaking about developing solutions for SharePoint Online (Office 365). ...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2012 1:18 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: Presentations, SharePoint Saturday, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Online

Speaking at Office 365 Saturday Redmond!

I’m excited to be speaking at the first Office 365 Saturday in Redmond on 2/25. This new event will be an exciting display of all things Office 365. I’ll be talking about all of the cool things you can do with Search in SharePoint Online. ...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2012 3:45 PM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: Presentations, SharePoint Saturday, SharePoint, SharePoint Online, Office 365, Enterprise Search, Office 365 Grid, Silverlight, Visual Studio 11

A quick look at the content type editor in Visual Studio 11

Visual Studio 11 introduces a new content type editor that you might find useful when building your next content type. It starts with a SharePoint Project Item that you can pick from the New Item menu. From this screen, give your new content type...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2012 10:52 AM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Online, ECM, Visual Studio 11, Content Type

How to: Use the Silverlight web part with Visual Studio 11

Visual Studio 11 adds a new feature that makes working with Silverlight in SharePoint 2010 a bit easier. The new Silverlight Web Part feature automates deploying your Silverlight applications to SharePoint and can really save you a bit of time. ...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2012 8:11 AM by Dot Net Mafia

Filed under: SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Online, Office 365, Office 365 Grid, Silverlight, Visual Studio 11

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