(Richard diZerega) The Office App Model Samples (Office AMS) contain some great examples of writing console applications using CSOM. A console application is the foundation for building timer jobs against SharePoint Online and offers a safer alternative to full-trust timer jobs written for on-premis
Tag: SharePoint / BI
SharePoint 2013 and forms based authentication configuration for Open LDAP
(Ron Grzywacz) I was recently tasked with helping a customer configure their SharePoint 2013 farm to uses forms based authentication against a standard non-MS LDAP directory. This directory was configured to require an authenticated user to make the query.
Deploying a SharePoint App to Azure As Part of a Build
(Kirk Evans) This post will show how to use continuous integration with a SharePoint provider-hosted app deployed to an Azure web site.
SharePoint Web Apps versus Site Collections
(EricA) As a part of my day to day job as a SharePoint Dedicated Support Engineer, I frequently receive questions from customers for which there is not much documentation and guidance and for which there is often not a clear cut answer. One such question that I recently received is the topic of thi
SharePoint Health Report Error – The Security Token Service is Not Available
(Samuel Betts) If you’ve ever spent any time with SharePoint you might’ve seen this error. It appears as a critical error in the Central Administration health status because, depending on your farm config/topology, it can be a service-killing error. This is just a quick post about how to diagnose th
How to change SharePoint 2013 application pool account.
(KannaGanesh) Today I got a request to change the Service Account for my Web Application, below are the steps I followed.
Six not-so-silent killers of SharePoint BI projects
(Reda Chouffani) When companies want a one-stop shop location to streamline business processes, automate tasks, collaborate and boost employee productivity, they often turn to SharePoint.
Creating public-facing websites in SharePoint Online
(Brien Posey) Although SharePoint is probably best known for its user sites and team sites, SharePoint Online supports the creation of a publicly facing website. This SharePoint site is publicly accessible, even to those who do not have an Office 365 account. In fact, some organizations host their c
Custom Workflow Activity for Creating a SharePoint Site
(Jason Lee) Recently I’ve had to automate various SharePoint 2013 site management tasks within workflows. I started out using SharePoint Designer 2013, but switched to building custom workflow activities in Visual Studio 2012 to give me a bit more flexibility and reusability (and to reduce the likel
Setting Up BCS Hybrid Features End to End In SharePoint 2013
(Steve Peschka) For those of you who will be attending SharePoint Conference 2013 (www.sharepointconference.com), I’m going to be teaching a half-day course after the three main days with Bill Baer and some other folks on SharePoint Hybrid features.