European SharePoint Best Practices Conference Slides
On the 13th of April I presented at the European SharePoint Best Practices conference 2011. The session was titled Search Driven Knowledge Management and in the session we covered some of the...
View ArticleHow to: Create a Simple SharePoint 2010 People Directory
I’ve had a few clients ask for a page on their intranet that allows users to browse a list of people within the organisation without having to enter a search query. They then want to see a list of...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 Microsoft Office Specialist Beta Exam 77-886
Microsoft will shortly be releasing a new SharePoint 2010 exam that targets “Information Workers”. Between now and the 1st of June you have the opportunity to take the exam for free while it is in a...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 People Directory Part 2 – Table Layout
I’ve had a couple of requests to extend the people directory I covered in a previous article on How to: Create a Simple SharePoint 2010 People Directory. One request was to show how to display the...
View ArticleError with published links to Office client applications
SharePoint allows you to publish SharePoint links so that they appear in Office ‘Save As’ dialog boxes. This is useful if you want to encourage users to save Word, Excel and other Office documents...
View ArticleAdding Managed Metadata Fields to SharePoint Publishing Pages
The Managed Metadata functionality provided by SharePoint 2010 allows you to centrally manage metadata and keywords. In a previous post I covered how to provision a SharePoint 2010 managed metadata...
View ArticleSpeaking at SharePoint Saturday UK
On the 12th of November I’ll be presenting a session on ‘Developing for SharePoint Online’ at SharePoint Saturday UK. The session is aimed at SharePoint developers who are interested in getting an...
View ArticleDeveloping for SharePoint Online
On Saturday the 12th of November I presented a session on “Developing for SharePoint Online” at the second SharePoint Saturday in the UK. The session was aimed at SharePoint developers who had no or...
View ArticleSharePoint 15 object model preview
Earlier today, Microsoft Corporate VP PJ Hough announced the beginning of a Technical Preview program for Office 15. No specific details of features were announced but it was mentioned that: Office 15...
View ArticleTop 7 developer resources for SharePoint 2013
As you are most likely aware, Microsoft announced the Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 preview on the 16th of July. There is already a stack of information out there but if you are getting started or...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 Development Certifications
According to a Microsoft webcast on the Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MCSM) certification there are two new SharePoint 2013 development focused exams in development. These form part of the...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 People Directory Part 3 – Sorting
I’ve had several requests to show how to implement sorting following my previous posts on creating a simple SharePoint 2010 people directory and using a table based layout for a SharePoint 2010 people...
View ArticleI’m speaking at the SharePoint 2013 Evolution Conference
Next week I’m speaking at the SharePoint 2013 evolution conference in London. I’m co-presenting two sessions on upgrading to SharePoint 2013 with my friend Chandima and individually presenting another...
View ArticleHow to: Create a Simple SharePoint 2013 People Directory
I previously posted on how to create a simple people directory for SharePoint 2010. The process is slightly different in SharePoint 2013 due to the substantial changes in the search functionality so...
View ArticleBuilding SharePoint 2013 Apps with TFS 2013
This article contains details of how to take advantage of the new features in TFS 2013 build to automate the packaging of SharePoint 2013 Apps. TFS 2013 new build features TFS 2013 includes several...
View ArticleUsing npm behind a proxy that uses NTLM authentication
If you are developing modern applications with JavaScript then chances are you will be using node package manager (npm) – the package manager for JavaScript. This allows you to download and install...
View ArticleConfigure Swagger to authenticate against Azure AD
If you are building a Web API secured by Azure AD you will need to authenticate to test the API. Configuring OAuth 2 in Swagger allows you to authenticate using the Swagger UI and test the API with the...
View ArticleAutomating SharePoint Online deployments using Octopus Deploy
The article Granting access via Azure AD App-Only shows how to setup app-only access to SharePoint using an Azure AD app registration with a Certificate. This article will show how to extend this to...
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