Category SharePoint

install SharePoint2013 Server 2013 in your native language – in my case English.

Configure SharePoint for building Access Apps (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/12514.sharepoint-2013-access-services.aspx)

Create a new Access App, test it as working

Install a language pack (you should have done this first by the way – not after you had started using SharePoint but we do occasionally consume/partner with other companies and face this stuff).

Created a second Access App and you will find it fails to initiate correctly even although the first app works fine still.

So, SharePoint initially creates a web for the Access-App with the initial locale of your native install whihc in this case is “en-US”...

The European SharePoint Conference is less than three weeks away and I’m delighted to be part of such an exceptional line up. The conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain from the 5-8^th May 2014 and is Europe’s largest SharePoint event bringing you great sessions and the latest innovations from Vegas.

Browse through the superb conference programme including 110 sessions, keynotes, and tutorials, including topics covering the latest news from SPC14 including what’s new with SharePoint 2013 SP1 – Office Graph/Oslo – new Office 365 REST APIs – Access Apps – Cloud Business Apps.

I will be conducting two sessions on “Lessons Learned to Avoid the Pitfalls of Failed SharePoint Projects” and “Bring Your Own Device, Or Bring Your Own Disaster”.

“Lessons Learned to Avoid the Pitfal...

Running Office Web Apps with IOS7. Expect a few issues! When you access a SharePoint 2013 site and want to edit a MS Word document the documents opens but you cannot insert text through the ipad virtual keyboard.

It seems that the recent upgrade to IOS 7 causes problems for the Word Office Web Apps 2013 Editor and crashes the virtual keyboard. A Dec 2013 CU for SP2013/OWA2013 is in the pipeline but if you like many cannot wait then perhaps test using the iphone office mobile app on ipad as a workaround. The app is compatible with iPhone 4 and up, and with the 3rd generation iPad and up and the iPad mini too.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/office-mobile-for-office-365/id541164041

Its not as feature rich as office web apps is, and you will need to 2X the app as you do with most phone app...

Let’s say you have a task list with 5 column names say Task Name, Start Date, End Date, Status, % Complete.  When a task for a resource us assigned they should be able to modify only Status and % Complete, he should not be able to modify the name start date or End Date.  Given your in Office 365 you are ideally looking for a no-code solution.

Look to jquery. Copy the below script to a content editor web part and add that web part to the edit item form of your task list by editing the edit form page.

<script type=”text/javascript”>

$(document).ready(function() {

$(‘input[title=”Client Name”]’).attr(‘readonly’, true);
$(‘input[title=”Community Name”]’).attr(‘readonly’, true);

});
</script>

Here “Client Name” and “Community Name” are the fields display names on the form, which you do not wa...

When you use database attach to migrate from MOSS 2007 to SP 2010 and then to SP 2013, you will find that everything looks fine except when go to Site Contents page, the app icons will look like a mix of 2007 and 2013 versions. This is entirely normal and is expected behavior.

Remember that  the migrated content is based on the list templates that were used when the items were initially created. So anything upgraded will normally show the old icons to repesent the apps as they are still using the old list templates.

The icons that SharePoint uses are generated when a colour theme is applied to a site. Items such as an edit icon will be controlled by a particular colour reference in the spcolor file so best you should do is retheme them.

Although you can find the icons in \Program Files\Co...

Some one said to me that they could not seem to find anything regarding how to moderate a SharePoint 2013 Community Site.  Is it possible to moderate the List in the event someone posts nasty or offensive language for example?

Add an approval workflow to the list. Set it up so that the workflow is triggered when a new item is added. That way the items won’t show up until you approve them first.

Old school really, simple 3 stage approval workflows still have great value OOTB with 2013.

The SharePoint Online Service Description page is the place to go and look if you are wondering what features you get on the various SharePoint Online packages available.

It is becoming a bit of a valuable resource given how much changer seems to occur and how many questions about feature parity crop up between online and on-premise.  Well you can compare that all here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj819267.aspx#bkmk_FeaturesOnPremise

I recently had the opportunity to review an advance publication copy of the SharePoint Governance Manifesto, written by Ant Clay.

Ant is a friend of mine, we see each other occasionally on the speaker circuit and as I’m generally interested in the concepts of Disruptive Governance thinking I thought it might be an interesting read.

Where do I start?  Well it was certainly disruptive and I started out by hating the writing style.  It was too conversational in its writing style for me. It was a bit like being in Ants mind, or indeed taking part in a seminar and exchanging views, or discussing theory with other MVP’s...

Did you know SharePoint Server 2013 supports new site collection provisioning modes. This means you can choose which version of SharePoint Server a site collection should be provisioned in when it is created. It is designed to minimize the impact on users of upgrading to a new version of software,

You can for example elect that any new site collections created in a SharePoint Server 2013 environment are provisioned only in backward-compatible SharePoint Server 2010 mode to cater for unsupported browsers for example or in SharePoint Server 2013 mode.

Optionally, you also can allow end users or site collection admins to choose which version is most appropriate for their individual and business needs.

In addition, page rendering coexistence helps ensure your customizations will continue to wo...

As a speaker at SharePoint Connections Amsterdam 2013 we get to give out a discount code, making the ticket price 10% cheaper. The event takes place at the 19th and 20th of November. You can find all the information about the event here:

http://www.nccomms.com/Sharepoint_Connections/Home.aspx

I can offer you a 10% discount on the super early bird price:

My speaker code is SP273.  By all means abuse it and pass it around!