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How to: Query List Items from the Host Web in a Client Web Part of a...
That’s a mouthful, but I wanted to make sure that people knew exactly what this post is for. The problem I am seeing out there already is that while there is a lot of code samples, they aren’t clear...
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Announcing #ShareHofbrau – Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas after #SPC12
I’m pleased to announce, that we’re doing #ShareHofbrau again at Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas on Thursday November 15th at 4:00 pm. We did this event at SPC09 and it was a lot of fun so we’re doing it again....
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SPC12 Readiness Checklist
I started doing conference readiness checklists last year at SPC11 and I wanted to continue the tradition with #SPC12. Mark Freeman (@SPHotShot) has already produced a great guide and I wanted to add...
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6 tips for submitting to the SharePoint App Store
I’ve submitted a few apps to the SharePoint App Store now and of course I have screwed it up a few times. The process has been fairly painless though so I thought I would share some tips from my...
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Announcing SP2 Apps for SharePoint 2013
When I first heard about an app store coming to SharePoint, I was excited. I knew I wanted to be a part of it. Today, I am excited to announce the release of three new apps for SharePoint 2013. SP2...
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A look at purchasing apps in SharePoint 2013
Most people don’t know this yet, but paid apps went live last week and my app, SP2 Feedback, happens to be the only one available for purchase. :) Since many are curious about the process, I thought I...
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Licensing Changes for Extranets with SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online
In the past, licensing for Extranets proved to be quite confusing. Many people including myself weren’t always sure what to recommend. I found this useful information in the slide deck for SPC181 and...
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How to: Use PowerShell with SharePoint Online Preview
I recently spoke about PowerShell at SharePoint Conference 2012 (SPC195). It turns out PowerShell support slipped into SharePoint Online Preview without a lot of people noticing. In my session at...
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Working with links in a Client Web Part
If you’ve followed me post, you have a good start on working with Client Web Parts with the new SharePoint 2013 app model. In an app part, everything you do is inside an IFRAME. You need to remember...
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Creating SharePoint Ribbon Custom Actions with Visual Studio 2012
Let’s face it. In SharePoint 2010, creating ribbon custom actions was not a very pleasant experience. You had to know the inner workings of the XML and the black-magic behind selecting the right Id...
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Seven reasons why I prefer developing SharePoint apps with SharePoint Online
If you know me then you know I’ve been doing a lot of work with apps lately (SP2 – link, twitter). I started developing primarily with an on-premises virtual machine running SharePoint 2013, but I...
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How to: Use the SharePoint 2013 Search KeywordQuery Class
Over the past few versions of SharePoint, I have provided a number of blog posts on how to query search. Of those, my posts on how to use the KeywordQuery class using KQL are some of the most popular...
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How to: Sort search queries in SharePoint 2013
Sorting search results has always been an interesting subject in SharePoint. It was actually harder to do than you would think. In SharePoint 2007, all you had was relevance and modified date...
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How to: Set up People Search in SharePoint 2013
Looking back at my analytics, I found that my People Search in SharePoint 2010 was quite popular. I thought I would update that post for SharePoint 2013. The process is similar but there are a few...
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How to: Build Client Web Parts in SharePoint 2013 with Office Developer Tools...
During SPC12, Preview 2 of the Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 came out. You can get it using the Web Platform Installer. This made a few improvements in how we build Client...
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How to: Pass parameters to a Client Web Part
This is one of those posts that I have promised to write but I totally forgot about. What I want to talk about today is passing parameters to SharePoint 2013 Client Web Parts. These parameters are...
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List of common SharePoint 2013 Result Source IDs
Although the new Result Source feature in SharePoint 2013 is really cool, writing queries against them is not. With scopes you could specify them by name (i.e.: All Sites or People). However with...
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No metadata? No problem! Custom entity extraction in SharePoint 2013
Every organization wants better search results. However, few have actually spent the time to create file plans, content types, and managed properties to make it happen. SharePoint 2013 has a feature...
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How to: Sort search results by query string with the ResultScriptWebPart in...
By now you may have noticed that Search has changed quite a bit in SharePoint 2013. The ResultScriptWebPart powers most of the magic behind the Search Center. It replaces the CoreResultsWebPart that...
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Workaround for freezes in Client Web Part Editor in Visual Studio 2012
If you have tried to do any work with SharePoint 2013 Client Web Parts with the Office Developer Tools Preview 2 in Visual Studio 2012, you know it’s an exercise in frustration. It literally locks up...
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