SharePoint 2013 introduces a new mechanism for custom code deployment known as "Apps". Mostly targeted at online solutions, the purpose of the App model is to overcome the severe limitations of the 2010 isolated execution model (also known as the "Sandbox") and provide developers with a way to run rich web applications in SharePoint without […]

During the process of constructing a data access layer for a SharePoint project I kept running into SSL errors trying to construct my data model using the Entity Framework. I began the project with an Azure database which, surprisingly enough, worked like a champ – Visual Studio 2010 picked right up on my connection string […]

In just a few weeks, from April 23rd through the 25th, many of the best and brightest SharePoint people from around the world will be gathering in London, England for what is widely considered to be one of the best events in the world – the International SharePoint Conference. This time around, assuming no natural […]

In a previous post I shared some thoughts regarding changes to authentication providers in SharePoint 2010. As I worked through the issue of removing Claims/FBA and reverting to NTLM I discovered a number of issues that manifested themselves in strange ways. The first problem I encountered was the inability for a Farm account to make […]

Friend and fellow MVP Rob Bogue has just released a new DVD entitled "Nine Keys to SharePoint Success". It’s part of his ongoing series of engagement and adoption materials which complement his SharePoint Shepherd books and tutorials for end users. Rob and I work together on a number of projects, including our upcoming Introduction and […]

Sometimes, we SharePointers take things for granted because we work with the platform on a daily basis and intuitively understand how things are supposed to function. Accidental site administrators, power users, and the poor folks in IT who’ve had SharePoint dumped in their lap through no fault of their own, can easily get frustrated by […]

SharePoint Server 2010 ships with a nifty Chart web part that displays visual data from a number of sources – SharePoint lists, BDC, Excel services, etc. It’s a handy control and one that was sorely missing from the 2007 version. It provides a number of chart options, including pies, lines, bars, cones, scatters, etc. in […]

I recently came across a curious scenario when using target audiences with SharePoint 2010 global navigation. I began with a common enough requirement – create a static menu structure in which certain links would be visible only to members of specific SharePoint security groups (no Active Directory in this particular environment). The basic hierarchy looked […]

SharePoint Conference has come and gone but the conference season isn’t over quite yet – there are still plenty of opportunities for great SharePoint content and education available across the pond. First up is SharePoint Saturday UK, being held in Nottingham on November 12th. Nottingham is our new base of operations in the UK and […]

Another SharePoint Conference has come and gone. With more than 7,000 attendees, we pushed the facility and surrounding entertainment venues to their limits (let’s just say Disney wasn’t quite prepared for our kind of crowd). There was a ton of great content, with lots of it being real-world advice from the trenches – and even […]