Redesigning a SharePoint 2010 Workflow Project for SharePoint 2013
Workflow in SharePoint 2013 has undergone quite the architectural change from its SharePoint 2010 ancestor. I documented many of the major changes in a previous blog post, “What Changed in SharePoint...
View ArticleTransitioning From Core SharePoint Developer to SharePoint 2013 App Programmer
SharePoint 2013 introduced a ton of new features for the end user. It also brought about a lot of changes for SharePoint developers, particularly in terms of the new SharePoint App Model. I’ve been a...
View ArticleConfiguration Management for SharePoint With SPWebConfigModification Class &...
I recently needed to make several web.config changes to our production SharePoint 2010 web farm. Making all of these modifications manually would have been tedious and would have left a lot of room for...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 App Model Overview
In a recent blog post, I walked through setting up a SharePoint 2013 development environment in the cloud. After doing that, the next most logical step was to start building apps. But that meant that I...
View ArticleUpgrade Strategies for SharePoint 2013, Part One
In the world of SharePoint upgrades and migrations, a number of terms are thrown around and often used interchangeably. This post outlines several key terms that will be surfaced throughout a...
View ArticleTransform Your SharePoint List Data into an Eye-Catching Chart
Change Data Views from Boring to Flashy Data, data, data… Working professionals are inundated with data. Anything that makes that data easier to understand, analyze, and compare is a welcome breath of...
View ArticleSharePoint Designer 2013 Workflow: Working with Web Services
SharePoint Server 2013 offers a completely new architecture for Workflow utilizing Workflow Foundation 4.5. I’ve already covered the high-level changes in a previous post called “What Changed in...
View ArticleSmall .pdf files reporting –“The item has been truncated in the index because...
Recently, I encountered an issue with SharePoint 2013 search crawls where .pdf files smaller than 1 MB reported a warning: “The item has been truncated in the index because it exceeds the maximum...
View ArticleSearching CRM with SharePoint 2013 Enterprise
If you’ve ever had the need to add document management capabilities for your entities in CRM, you already know that CRM 2013 and CRM online rely on SharePoint for this functionality. This out of the...
View ArticleA Fix For the SharePoint Search Query/Result Mismatch
During a recent consulting engagement with an enterprise customer, we resolved a strange issue with search in SharePoint 2013. I wanted to create this blog post as I was unable to find another source...
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