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Windows Azure Virtual Machines enable organizations to deploy custom Windows Server images to Windows Azure. Virtual Machines provide developers complete control of the application environment and allow easy migration of existing applications to the cloud. With Windows Azure Virtual Machines and SharePoint 2010 you can rapidly deploy and host your business websites on a secure, scalable cloud infrastructure scaling as your website traffic grows and paying only for what you use.
SharePoint 2013 Preview introduces a new field type named Geolocation that enables you to annotate SharePoint lists with location information. In columns of type Geolocation, you can enter location information as a pair of latitude and longitude coordinates in decimal degrees or retrieve the coordinates of the user’s current location from the browser if it implements the W3C Geolocation API. In the list, SharePoint 2013 Preview displays the location on a map powered by Bing Maps. To display a map view in a SharePoint list, you must use the Bing Maps services.
In this article, learn how to integrate location information and maps in SharePoint lists and location-based web and mobile apps for SharePoint, by using the new Geolocation field, and by creating your own Geolocation-based field types based on Geolocation.
SharePoint 2013 introduces a new field type named Geolocation that enables you to annotate SharePoint lists with location information. For example, you can now make lists “location-aware” and display latitude and longitude coordinates through Bing Maps. An entry is typically seen as a pushpin on a map view. To display a map view in a SharePoint list, you must use the Bing Maps services.
In this article, learn how to display location information by using a map view in SharePoint 2013 lists. You can create a map view manually via the SharePoint user interface (UI) or programmatically by using the new Geolocation field type.
Use this script to get a list of checkout files from a site collection in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. You can also get a list of files which are checked out by to a specific user. § Windows PowerShell for SharePoint 2013 IT pros Find IT pro resources and tools for Windows PowerShell for SharePoint Server 2013 and SharePoint Foundation 2013. § What’s new for mobile devices in SharePoint 2013 SharePoint Server 2013 offers new, optimized viewing experiences across different mobile platforms. Additionally, several new features were added to help improve both worker productivity and usability on the device. In this article, you can learn about the new mobile features available in SharePoint Server 2013, including the mobile browser experience, device channels, and location. § What’s new in search in SharePoint Server 2013 Learn about new search capabilities in SharePoint Server 2013, including ways to configure and monitor the system and improve search results. SharePoint 2013 uses the web-based interface to show the current status of the topology. However, unlike SharePoint Server 2010 that included a web-based option for changing the topology along with Windows PowerShell, SharePoint 2013 does not include the option to change the topology from the web-based interface. § Microblog features, feeds, and the Distributed Cache service overview in SharePoint Server 2013 Learn about microblog features, newsfeed, and the Distributed Cache service in SharePoint Server 2013 Preview. § Manage the Distributed Cache service in SharePoint Server 2013 Learn how to configure and manage the Distributed Cache service in SharePoint 2013 Preview. This article describes how to conduct several management and operational tasks on the Distributed Cache service. § Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate forms-based claims authentication for SharePoint Server 2013 Learn how to install and configure SharePoint Server 2013 Preview on multiple servers with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 using the computers in the Base Configuration test lab. This document contains instructions for the following: - Setting up the SharePoint Server 2013 three-tier farm test lab. - Configuring forms-based authentication. - Demonstrating forms-based authentication.
§ Upgrade from a trial version of SharePoint Server 2010 This article provides information and a procedure on how to upgrade from a trial version of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 to a full product edition. You CANNOT upgrade directly from a Standard trial version to an Enterprise licensed version. You must upgrade to the Enterprise trial version first. Follow the steps in this article to upgrade to the Enterprise trial version and then to the Enterprise licensed version, and then follow the steps in the following article to enable the Enterprise features: Upgrade from a SharePoint Server 2010 Standard CAL to an Enterprise CAL. § Deploy SharePoint Server 2010 on Windows Azure virtual machines You can deploy Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 on virtual machines running on Hyper-V virtualization host servers on-premise or as a hosted solution running on Windows Azure Virtual Machines. This whitepaper provides an overview of Windows Azure and the benefits of using a hosted virtualization solution. In addition to describing four typical usage scenarios that can leverage Microsoft’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering, this paper provides detailed information about setting up Azure Virtual Machines and deploying SharePoint Server 2010. § Update Inactive User Information Using PowerShell This script uses PowerShell to update user profile information for specific users using PowerShell. This is particularly useful for updating user profile information for “inactive” users. § SharePoint 2010 and web templates This article provides information about the primary site provisioning methods with a special focus on web template option.
§ Technical diagrams for SharePoint 2013 Preview These diagrams provide visual representations of recommended solutions for SharePoint 2013 Preview in the form of models, which are poster-size documents. § SharePoint page model overview Learn about the revised page model—including master pages and page layouts—redesigned for SharePoint 2013 Preview. Before you design or brand a SharePoint site, you need a basic understanding of the parts of a SharePoint site and how a SharePoint page is put together. This article gives you a visual overview of the pieces to think about as you plan how to brand your site. § What’s new in workflow in SharePoint Server 2013 Learn about the new components and concepts in SharePoint Server 2013 Preview workflow. § Automatically created managed properties in SharePoint Server 2013 Preview Learn about the naming conventions for automatically created crawled properties and managed properties.
§ SharePoint and Database Statistics: Why are they out-of-date and what to do about it This excellent article by Senior Pfe, Eric Adams provides some interesting insight about the database maintenance job which runs every night. However, there are chances that the update statistics operation will be skipped without any indications in the ULS logs. The article sums up the findings and the recommendation to ensure that database statistics are updated at least daily. § Certain Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 installation scenarios are not supported As a summary the following Scenarios are unsupported: - Installation on Resilient File System (ReFS) – only NTFS is supported - Installation on a machine which is not joined to a domain - Installation on a domain Controller - Installation on a Windows web Server - Installation on a Virtual Machine (VM) that uses Dynamic Memory § How to Fix Navigational Links After Relocating a Site Collection This PowerShell script will update elements in your top link navigation and helps fix navigational links after relocating a site collection within the same web application. § Guidance on modifying pre-defined content types (Whitepaper) This Microsoft whitepaper provides an official guidance on modifying pre-defined content types. The whitepaper includes possible alternatives for modifying the content types and also a list of known issues that can occur if pre-defined content types are modified. The most important part is the conclusion which states that: We recommend that you do not change pre-defined content types in SharePoint Products and Technologies unless there is no other alternative. We recommend that you create new content types that are based on pre-defined content types, and change the new content types instead. You can find the word version of the white paper here § Install SharePoint 2013 on a single server with a built-in database This article contains required information and procedures for deploying SharePoint 2013 on a single server that has a built-in database § Install SharePoint 2013 on a single server with SQL Server Learn how to install SharePoint 2013 on a single server which consists of one server that runs both SQL Server and SharePoint 2013. § Plan browser support in SharePoint 2013 SharePoint 2013 supports several commonly used web browsers.
§ Overview of profile synchronization in SharePoint Server 2013 The process of importing profile data from external systems and writing data back to these systems is called profile synchronization. Learn about profile synchronization, also known as “profile sync,” in SharePoint Server 2013. Supported Directory Services With SharePoint Server 2013 you can create connections to the following directory services: - Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) 2003 SP2 and AD DS 2008 - Sun Java System Directory Server version 5.2 - Novell eDirectory version 8.7.3 - IBM Tivoli version 5.2 Synchronizing groups is ONLY supported for AD DS. All of these directory services support full synchronization and all except Novell eDirectory support incremental synchronization. § People Picker and claims providers overview (SharePoint 2013) Get an overview of People Picker and links to topics about how to plan for People Picker in SharePoint 2013. § Plan for apps for SharePoint 2013 The apps for SharePoint provide a new method to deliver specific information or functionality to a SharePoint site. An app for SharePoint is a small, easy-to-use, stand-alone productivity app that solves a specific end-user need. Learn how to use apps for SharePoint 2013. Plan the App Catalog, app URLs, and how to monitor and license apps. § Automatically created managed properties in SharePoint Server 2013 Learn about the naming conventions for automatically created crawled properties and managed properties. In SharePoint Server 2013, only site columns that contain values will automatically become managed properties when they are crawled. Regular columns will not automatically become managed properties when they are crawled. For information about the difference between regular columns and site columns, see Introduction to columns. § Use Alerts and Views to Send Selective Emails in SharePoint 2010 This article talks about a no-code solution for sending email alerts to different users depending on the values in a new list item. § Report Where and How SharePoint Users Have Been Granted Access This script produces a text file report of which items have been unique secured and which Active Directory users and groups have been granted access, based on the user domain specified. The report details whether the user or group has been granted rights directly, or if the user has been granted rights by membership to a SharePoint group though it does not identify if a user has been granted rights based on their membership to an AD Group which in turn has been added to a SharePoint group. § Use Case: Export User Profiles to a SharePoint list – phonebook style Here is a PowerShell script which allows you to display all the contacts (from User Profile Store) in a single list, phonebook style. The script queries the User Profile store and then copies user profile information to a simple SharePoint list (based on Contacts list template). |
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