(Kate Mogel) The SPUser object is a really useful tool, but sadly not very intuitive. Here are some of my favorite SPUser snippets.
Tag: SharePoint / BI
Inconvenient Content Query Web Part Slots
(Waldek Mastykarz) In SharePoint Server 2010 the Content Query Web Part introduces even more functionality including the slots – a cool feature that allows you to create semantic and reusable templates.
Build a flexible mega drop down navigation for SharePoint
(Stefan Bauer) For a mega menu it doesn’t take much to accomplish. This can be done easily in SharePoint Designer or Visual Studio. Choose your weapon of choice and spend 30 Minutes to build up a simple but powerful mega menu.
SharePoint Web Part Default Interfaces
(Peter Vogel) To my mind, the coolest part of SharePoint is the ability to give users a way to connect a Web Part to another Web Part so that the two Web Parts can exchange information. Effectively, SharePoint lets users assemble their own application from components you provide.
Delay the Hover in SharePoint Dropdown Menus
(Benjamin Niaulin) If you have been using SharePoint for a while now inside your company’s Intranet, Extranet or even Public site, you may have found yourself cursing at the drop down menu.
SharePoint 2013: The Truth Behind Shredded Storage
(Jeremy Thake) I’ve had many people ask me about how Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Shredded Storage and Remote BLOB Storage work together, and how AvePoint supports this from a storage optimization perspective.
Automagic Managed Properties in SharePoint 2013 Search
(Paul Hunt) The ability to map crawled properties to Managed Properties in SharePoint search has been around for a long time. The big change in SharePoint 2013 is that this can happen automatically for you, ready for use in the new display templates!
SharePoint 2010 Records Management Overview
(Michal Pisarek) SharePoint 2010 has come leaps and bounds in Enterprise Content Management, a vast range of these tools can be applied to our Records Management solution as well.
SharePoint List – New Custom Action Using SharePoint Designer
(Adeel Ehsan) SharePoint Designer 2010 allows adding a new Custom Action as part of a list for different actions. One of them is to print a current item.
How to Connect a SharePoint Library to Microsoft Outlook
(Alexandru Dionisie) SharePoint Online allows users to connect a certain document library with Microsoft Outlook, so that the users can work offline.