SharePoint 2013: CSOM vs. REST ... My Preference and Why
Earlier this week I watched a dialog progress between a few people: which client-side API they prefer in SharePoint 2013. In this post, I share my opinion.
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Here you’ll find articles I’ve written on various topics, including Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, and related topics for web & cloud developers.
SharePoint Hosted Apps in SP2013 as Single Page Apps
In this article, I share additional thoughts from my recent sessions about workflow development and SharePoint Hosted apps at SharePoint Evolutions.
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My Blog: Hosting on Azure - Why, What, How & Costs
Looking at the title of this post, you might notice something missing. It’s the classic five questions: What Why Where When How But the title is missing two of them… where & when. Well those …
My Blog: Creating a Custom Brand and Orchard Theme
About a month and half ago I relaunched my blog onto a new web CMS platform moving away from the SubText engine to Orchard (you can see more on the background here). When I relaunched, I got a lot of …
My SharePoint samples refreshed using latest tools
A few weeks ago I blogged how two samples I provided MSDN in August 2012 were recently republished using the latest SharePoint 2013, Workflow Manager and Visual Studio 2012 developer tools. Well today …
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Using Tasks in SharePoint 2013 Workflows with Visual Studio
Learn how to create and use custom tasks in SharePoint 2013 workflows using Visual Studio 2012 with this helpful step-by-step demonstration.
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SharePoint 2013 Workflow - Create Custom Task Outcomes
In this article, learn how to bypass the SharePoint 2013 workflow engine bug and create custom task outcome buttons with my workaround and tips.
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My Thoughts: InfoPath 2013 & the Future of InfoPath
In this article, I share my thoughts on the history of InfoPath 2013 as a forms solution for Microsoft Office and SharePoint.
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My MSDN SharePoint 2013 Workflow Samples Have Been Updated
In August 2012 I published, via the MSDN Office Developer Documentation Team, two workflow samples that showed how to build a workflow using Visual Studio 2012 that called an external web service and …
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New SharePoint 2013 Workflow Development Updates and Tips
Grace Kochavi shares SharePoint 2013 workflow updates, tips for creating workflows with Office Developer Tools, and essential undocumented publishing step.
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My New Blog: Why Orchard as the Engine & Azure as the Host?
Ever since the original post when I said I was going to make the changes to my site, the number one question I kept hearing was “why Orchard” as the engine for the new site. Of course the …
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My Blog is Now on Orchard, Hosted in Azure and Redesigned
A little over a month ago I blogged about how I was planning to re-launch my blog. This post is from the newly launched site! Before I say too much here I want to mention that I will be writing quite …
My journey from .Text v0.94 to SubText by Phill Haack
Over nine years ago I started this blog on an open source engine (.Text v0.94). I was using one of the out-of-the-box skins which served me well for a while. Then Phill Haack picked it up, forked the …
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Lync + BusyLight = Great Solution for the Home Office
Discover BusyLight for Lync - the tool that lights up different colors based on your presence status. Stay synced with Lync’s calendar and phone service.
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SharePoint 2013 Deployment Options & License Types Explained
The post discusses an easier way to understand the feature matrix for SharePoint 2013 deployment options and license types.
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How To: Filtering Lookup Fields in SharePoint REST API
SharePoint REST API can’t filter lookup field by name of the item. Lookup field returns object ID only. Here’s how to filter by lookup ID
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SharePoint 2013 and Office 365: Feature Comparison
The article provides a link to a page listing all features of SharePoint 2013 and its various flavors, including Office 365 versions
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Get User Login Name in SharePoint 2013 Workflows with JSON
Learn the changes in SharePoint 2013 workflow development that requires using JavaScript to capture & submit form values, opening up new possibilities.
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Creating Custom Forms for SharePoint 2013 Workflows
Reflecting on my experience building workflows in previous versions of SharePoint, specifically the pain of building them in Visual Studio.
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SharePoint 2013 RTM Developer Tools Face Debugging Issue
Despite the convenience of building apps, SharePoint 2013 RTM’s developer tools have debugging issues for local sites. Here’s the fix.
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***NOW AVAILABLE*** Critical Path Training's SharePoint 2013 RTM Set up Guide for Developers
It’s taken a little bit longer than we had hoped, but we’re finally done! I’m thrilled to announce that we have published our complete SharePoint 2013 Set up Guide for Developers …
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NOW AVAILABLE - Pluralsight SharePoint 2013 Developer Ramp-Up Series by Critical Path Training
Yesterday Pluralsight published a 6-part developer ramp-up course for SharePoint 2013 to their on demand catalog. This is the first on-demand SharePoint 2013 developer content out there and is a …
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Time-Saving PowerShell Script for SharePoint 2013 Certs
As a SharePoint dev, I share my time-saving PowerShell script for registering self-signed certificates. Learn how to speed SharePoint 2013 on-prem app dev.
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***NOW AVAILABLE*** Critical Path Training's SharePoint 2013 Set up Guide for Developers
It’s taken a little bit longer than we had hoped, but we’re finally done! I’m thrilled to announce that we have published our complete SharePoint 2013 Set up Guide for Developers. …
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Script to Help with SharePoint 2013 Workflow Debugging
I explain debugging workflows in SharePoint 2013 using Fiddler and recommend recycling SharePoint services after closing Fiddler to avoid issues.
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