SharePoint 2010 : MySite – Ask me About – not being searched
Today I got a call from one of my colleges who was focusing on getting better user adoption by using SharePoint mysite. She went ahead and added a number of items under “ask me about” option. Once she...
View Article“The workbook cannot be opened” Error on Document Library
Today one of my support colleges ran into this error when one of the busines users tried to open up an excel document through Office Web Apps. After a couple of minutes of debugging, it came down to a...
View ArticleExploring SharePoint 2013 Part 1 : Overview and Authentication
As part of the Microsoft TAP program I have been enjoying some of the new Features of SharePoint 2013 for a couple of months now. Due to this alot of my colleges have been asking what are some of the...
View ArticleExploring SharePoint 2013 Part 2 : User Authentication and Authorisation
Continuing from Part 1 “User authentication in SharePoint 2013 is the process that verifies the identity of a user who requests access to a SharePoint web application. An authentication provider issues...
View ArticleExploring SharePoint 2013 Part 3 : Improvements in the claims infrastructure
Continuing from Part 1 SharePoint 2013 also includes the following improvements in claims authentication infrastructure: Easier migration from classic mode to Windows-based claims mode with the new...
View ArticleExploring SharePoint 2013 Part 4 : Server-to-Server Authentication
Continuing from Part 1 SharePoint 2013 extends OAuth to implement a server-to-server authentication protocol that can be used by services such as SharePoint 2013 to authenticate other services such as...
View ArticleExploring SharePoint 2013 Part 5 : App Authentication
Continuing from Part 1 SharePoint 2013 uses OAuth 2.0 to authorize requests by apps in the SharePoint Store and App Catalog to access SharePoint resources on behalf of a user. The user grants...
View ArticleExploring SharePoint 2013 Part 6 : Business Connectivity Services
Continuing from Part 1 The SharePoint 2013 and the Office 2013 suites include Microsoft Business Connectivity Services. With Business Connectivity Services, you can use SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013...
View ArticleExploring SharePoint 2013 Part 6.1 : Business Connectivity Services – OData
SharePoint 2013 introduces support for OData Business Data Connectivity (BDC) connections. This is in addition to data connections for WCF, SQL Server, and .NET assemblies. The Open Data Protocol...
View ArticleExploring SharePoint 2013 Part 6.2 : Business Connectivity Services – Event...
SharePoint 2013 provides an event listener. The event listener includes an event subscriber on the SharePoint 2013 side. The subscriber receives notifications from the event publisher (on the external...
View ArticleExploring SharePoint 2013 Part 6.3 : BCS – Support for apps
SharePoint 2013 introduces apps for SharePoint. By using apps for SharePoint, you can add functionality to a SharePoint site by using the self-contained app for SharePoint. When installed, apps for...
View ArticleExploring SharePoint 2013 Part 7.1 : Mobile – What’s New
SharePoint Server 2013 offers new, optimized viewing experiences across different mobile platforms. Additionally, several new features were added to help improve both worker productivity and usability...
View ArticleExploring SharePoint 2013 Part 7.2 : Mobile – optimised mobile browser...
SharePoint Server 2013 offers improvements to the mobile browser experience with the introduction of a new contemporary view. Depending on the mobile browser, users have one of the following browsing...
View ArticleExploring SharePoint 2013 Part 8 : BI – What’s New?
Business intelligence (BI) in SharePoint 2013 provides comprehensive BI tools that integrate across Microsoft Office applications and other Microsoft technologies. These BI tools are: Excel 2013, Excel...
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