Editors Choice
Apps for Office 2013 Developer Preview Center
It's now possible to develop apps for Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 which is probably the best new feature and one that we have been crying out for since Apple made the "App store" famous. To support the development of new apps there's a new developer center on MSDN including introduction videos, training, samples and much more.
Web: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/apps
Free SharePoint Training for Developers
Microsoft have added lots of videos aimed at developers. The following list provides an overivew of the new modules.
- Introduction to Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 development.
- SharePoint 2013 app model for developers.
- SharePoint 2013 Developer Tools
- Hosted apps in SharePoint 2013
- Create Cloud-Hosted apps for SharePoint 2013
- SharePoint 2013 client object model (CSOM) and REST APIs
- OAuth and application identity in SharePoint 2013
- Develop SharePoint 2013 remote event receivers
- Workflow changes and features in SharePoint 2013
- Business connectivity services changes in SharePoint 2013
- Search features and changes in SharePoint 2013
- Enterprise content management changes in SharePoint 2013
- Web content management changes and features in SharePoint 2013
- Social features in SharePoint 2013
- Office services in SharePoint 2013
- Create mobile apps for SharePoint 2013
- Develop apps for Office 2013
- Project Server 2013 training for developers
This link to the full content on MSDN can be found here
Free SharePoint Training for IT Pros
In addition to the courses for Developers, there's also some great videos aimed at IT Professionals on Technet as follows :
- SharePoint 2013 IT pro introduction and overview
- SharePoint 2013 system requirements
- SharePoint 2013 architectural changes
- SharePoint 2013 server farms and site architecture planning
- Office Web Apps 2013 architecture and deployment
- SharePoint 2013 service application architecture and individual service applications
- SharePoint 2013 enterprise search overview
- SharePoint 2013 social features
- SharePoint 2013 enterprise content management and web content management considerations
- SharePoint 2013 customization options and management
- SharePoint 2013 authentication and authorization overview
- Overview of SharePoint 2013 business continuity management
- Upgrading to SharePoint 2013
- What's new in Project 2013 for IT Professionals
To see a list of all courses on Technet please go here:
Cool Tool
The new SharePoint 2013 App Store
As it's such a massive release this week we decided to 'Cool Tool' the entire SharePoint App Store. There are only a handful of apps in there at the moment, but it's a great way to get an idea of how this is all going to fit together come official release time!
To check out the App Store - have a look
here
Featured Video
Watch the press conference launching office 2013 to the world, led by Stever Ballmer.
IT Pro Articles and Resources
Create a Web Application in SharePoint 2013
Step by step instructions showing how to create a Web Application via Central Admin in SharePoint 2013. There's no "classic mode" this time around as it's Claims only from now on.
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New search features in SharePoint 2013
Search functionality in SharePoint 2013 Preview includes several enhancements including custom content processing with the Content Enrichment web service, and a new framework for presenting search result types. Additionally, there have been significant enhancements made to the keyword query language (KQL). Search is a hot topic within SharePoint 2013, this article summarises some of the search enhancements.
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Databases that support SharePoint 2013 Preview
This poster provides a comprehensive overview of the databases deployed for all editions of SharePoint. It's a downloadable PDF and would look great on any admins wall ;)
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SharePoint 2013 - Search Logical Architecture
Search is one of the big bets in SharePoint 2013. Search is new, search is different from all previous versions of SharePoint. The platform has been consolidated. It is a combination of FAST Search and SharePoint Search components. And also the good news is, it is the same from Foundation to Server.
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Video : SharePoint 2013 Overview
This is an awesome video if you want to get a good overview of what's new in SharePoint 2013. It's presented by
Saurabh Dhall, SharePoint Practice Director, from Edynamic. Why not grab a coffee and watch this 17 minute presentation?
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TechNet - SharePoint 2013 forum
The SharePoint TechNet forum is an awesome resource to try and help people with their SharePoint problems and questions. The SharePoint 2013 forums also officially got launched. Go check it out!
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SharePoint 2013 Social – Part 1 – Setting up a new My Site Host Site collection
Thuan Nguyen MVP instructs the reader through the process of setting up and configuring the My Sites host Web Application and Site Colleciton in SharePoint 2013. There are some subtle differences such as the retirement of "classic mode" authentication.
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SharePoint Conference 2012: Activity Planner #SPC12
For those of you heading off to Las Vagas for the Microsoft SharePoint Conference, Joel Olesons Activity planner is a must to ensure you don't miss all of the best bits!
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How to Upgrade from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013
This step by step guide provides an overview, by Ali Mazaheri, showing how to upgrade a SharePoint 2010 farm to a SharePoint 2013 (Customer Preview). Plenty of useful screenshots to aid the article as well.
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How to embed a video into a SharePoint page and where to host it
A very common requirement by content editors in SharePoint is to embed and play a video directly into SharePoint pages. This article explores the various options available.
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Group Discussion
What features do you like in SharePoint 2013 - IT Pro ?
Once you have consumed the wealth of information out there already, it would be great if you could share the features you like in the new version from the point of view of an IT Pro. Discuss on LinkedIn.
Developer Articles and Resources
Three New Facts on the SharePoint 2013 MCSD Certification! – A Name, Exam Numbers and a Date!
J. Seymour, Content Publishing Manager at Microsoft Learning, sent me new information on the SharePoint 2013 MCSD certification you won't find anywhere else. A Name, Exam Numbers and a Date!
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MCPD SharePoint 2010 to MCSD: SharePoint 2013 Upgrade Path Leaked!
Last month Vlad Catrinescu published a post that interested most of the SharePoint Developers out there about the
SharePoint 2013 MCSD Developer Certification Path! That post contained 3/4 of the exams required for someone who doesn't have the MCPD SharePoint 2010 Certification. The full (unofficial but very likely) upgrade path has now been leaked in the Certification Planner from Microsoft.
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Customizing the SharePoint 2013 Developer Dashboard using custom scripts
The Developer Dashboard has undergone some significant changes in 2013. E.g. it is now running in a separate browser window and also allows to show ULS log entries related to the current request. Stefan Goßners article gives a brief overview of the new functionality:
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How to support multiple versions of SharePoint in a single Visual Studio solution
If you are ever tasked with having to support more than one version of SharePoint in a Visual Studio Solution (e.g SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013), then this post will hopefully be of some help!
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Upgrading a custom application to SharePoint 2013
If you have a custom application in SharePoint 2010 and want to upgrade it to SharePoint 2013 then this article is a must - read. There's a few gotcha's to be aware of.
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How to: Complete basic operations using JavaScript library code in SharePoint 2013
This article covers several areas shows you how to write code to perform basic operations using the JavaScript client object model in SharePoint 2013 Preview.
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SharePoint 2013: Create a Metro Live Tile using MetroJS, JsRender and the new REST API
One of the biggest changes made in SharePoint 2013 is the UI. And of course I’m talking about the Metro UI style. This step by step guide shows how to create a custom live tile.
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Image Renditions in SharePoint 2013
One of the challenges when building websites for mobile devices is optimizing images to improve website’s performance. SharePoint 2013 introduces the Image Renditions capability that allows you to optimize your images for mobile devices.
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Create SharePoint 2013 Workflow Loop By Using SharePoint 2013 designer Preview
One the Major Enhancements in SharePoint 2013 Workflows is availability of "Loop"s is in SharePoint Actions. now loop are fully integrated in workflow actions. there is two type of loops.
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How to use Project Server Online data in a SharePoint 2013 App using CSOM
Great write up from, Alexander Vanwynsberghe, recently from an ignite training course. He describes how to extract data from Project SharePoint and mash it up into SharePoint using the Client-Side Object Model (CSOM).
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Group Discussion
What features do you like in SharePoint 2013 - Developer ?
As with the other two discussions (aimed the other roles) we thought this would be a great way to get some insightful discussion brewing about what you like from a devs point of view. Discuss on LinkedIn.
End User Articles and Resources
Drag and Drop doesn't work in Internet Explorer 8
Gunasekaran Kuppusamy, Senior SharePoint Architect, has discovered that you are unable to use the new drag and drop functionality in SharePoint 2013 when using Internet Explorer 8.
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Searching and finding, an interview with Google’s Daniel Russell
Andre Salomon's - CEO for Smart SharePoint Solutions - recently interviewed Google's Daniel Russell about all things Google and an interesting statistic on Ctrl + F.
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SharePoint 2013 - are they 'Apps' or 'Crapps'
The Elumenotion blog provides an argument explaining why the new apps model maybe not be worth all the hype it has been receiving. Sandboxed solutions are also used as a recent example of why Apps may fail to be adopted.
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Top Business Benefits and Reasons For SharePoint 2013 Upgrades
SharePoint 2013 preview has been out for some time now and we are starting to see it come up in planning, envisioning, road mapping and other strategic discussions with clients on a more regular basis. I have been discussing this with people on an almost daily basis. Everyone upgrades eventually (or they move away from the platform) so I think it’s always good to talk about why businesses are accelerating their upgrades or where (in terms of workload) they are considering an ‘early’ upgrade to SharePoint 2013.
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SharePoint 2013 : Quick launch, now you see, now you don't!
Benjamin Niaulin, shows a couple of screenshots showing how end-users can easily show or hide the quick-launch menu from the screen. The secret is by using the 'Focus on Content' button at the top right.
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Introducing the new Visual Designer in SharePoint 2013
Sam Chung, Program Manager for SharePoint Designer introduces everyone to one of the biggest investments for SharePoint Designer 2013, which is the Visual Designer.
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SharePoint 2013 and improved user experience
There are so many improvements that I love in SharePoint 2013. I’ve been playing around with the preview of SharePoint 2013 for a while now and am creating a series of blog articles on individual features and enhancements. To start with, here are some top features that caught my attention at the first site of SharePoint 2013 from a user experience, user interface and administration perspective.
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Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Preview discontinued and modified functionality
Instead of all this talk about what's new, Noorez Khamis blogs about what's gone from this version of SharePoint. Pretty essential reading if you are considering upgrade or long term use of some of these features.
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Add\Embed Video to SharePoint 2013 site page
This article explains how to add (or embed) videos on to SharePoint 2013 pages using either the default video view page that you get when you add the video to SharePoint or by adding the embed code.
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Social Networking capabilities in SharePoint 2013 - tutorial
Learning SharePoint are back with a great tutorial outlining how to take advantage of the new social networking features packed into SharePoint 2013. The tutorial covers Community Sites, My Sites, Newsfeed, "Follow people" and "Follow Sites".
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Group Discussion
What features do you like in SharePoint 2013 - End User ?
If you are an End-User what are your must have features in the new version? The introduction of EAI Workflows into SharePoint designer ? Discuss on LinkedIn.