This is one of those posts that's really about "unexciting" you rather than the other way around unfortunately. I got a question the other day from someone who noticed a new User Profile Claim Provider when creating a web application policy in central...

There are many cool things about search in SharePoint 2013, and one that I think is really going to help growing search verticals for departments and business units is the ability to create managed properties down to the site collection level. Managed...

Okay, that’s admittedly kind of a long goofy title, so what is Steve talking about here? Well, let me phrase it this way – a few days ago I saw a question flying around that went something like this: I have folks that work for different departments...

First let me say that one of the things I like about blogging about random SharePoint mystery meat is the fact that I can use completely colloquial language like my blog title. Something that’s nearly impossible to get away with, unless, say, you...

I've seen a few examples - some myself and some from others - of issues getting My Sites created in beta 2 of SharePoint 2013. It can be a little tough to track down, because we use a queued approach now to creating personal sites, so you need to do a...

Hi folks, it has come to my attention that there is one particular property on the SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuer in SharePoint 2013 that you should absolutely never ever touch or try to change in any way. 2013 introduces a new property on the SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuer...

Some of you may have noticed the new Share button in SharePoint 2013. Without going into great detail, the Sharing metaphor is plugged in throughout SharePoint as a means for anyone to request and grant access, for themselves or someone else. If you are...

This is a topic that becomes very important in SharePoint 2013, and that is making sure you have a fully populated user profile application. In SharePoint 2013 the user profile system plays a critical role in the OAuth infrastructure, which is what allows...

This is one of the 1001 or great new things about search in SharePoint 2013. In fact if I had the copious free time that would actually be kind of a fun challenge, writing a 1001 new things I like about Search, but I digress. In this particular case,...