SharePoint IT Pro Blog

Introducing the Microsoft Office Interactive Content Pivot

2013-05-21T16:53:00Z

The Microsoft Office Interactive Content Pivot helps you find the SharePoint Server 2013, Project Server 2013, and Office 365 technical content that you’re looking for. The content pivot brings together content from TechNet and Office.com and allows you to filter on a variety of parameters, such as technical subject, job role, and IT lifecycle. Each tile in the pivot represents an article on TechNet or Office.com. Each tile is color-coded by IT lifecycle, and contains the title of the article...(read more)

Your friendly guide to host-named site collections

2013-05-16T23:44:00Z

With Microsoft’s cloud strategy and engineering investment into Office 365, one SharePoint 2013 feature is a rising star: host-named site collections. Host-named site collections are how Microsoft achieves scale in its multi-tenant environment. New features and existing features are optimized to work with host-named site collections like never before. However, it’s not just the feature that is important. It’s how it is configured — all host-named site collections are deployed...(read more)

New permissions content for SharePoint 2013

2013-05-16T18:45:00Z

The SharePoint writing team has been busy completing the permissions content for SharePoint 2013 by publishing the following: Configure custom permissions in SharePoint 2013 Describes how to manage custom permissions using permission levels. Best practices for using fine-grained permissions in SharePoint Server 2013 , Fine-grained permission reference for SharePoint Server 2013 , Troubleshoot common fine-grained permissions issues for SharePoint Server 2013 Describe the use, best practices...(read more)

New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate profile synchronization

2013-05-01T15:35:14Z

My esteemed colleague K.C. Cross has just published Demonstrate profile synchronization , a new Test Lab Guide (TLG) for SharePoint Server 2013. This new TLG steps you through the configuration and demonstration of profile synchronization using the SharePoint Server synchronization tool. This tool synchronizes profiles between SharePoint Server 2013 and a single Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain controller. While working through this configuration, K.C. also took the opportunity...(read more)

Stage 9: Configure the query in a Content Search Web Part on a category page

2013-04-30T14:08:00Z

This is a blog post in the series “How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server 2013.” In this series, I'll use data from a fictitious company called "Contoso" to show you how to use search features to set up a website based on product catalog data. Note : Most of the features described in this series are not available in SharePoint 2013 Online. For an overview of the blog posts in this series, go to How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server 2013...(read more)

Stage 8: Assign a category page and a catalog item page to a term

2013-04-17T07:46:00Z

This is a blog post in the series “How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server 2013”. In this series, I'll use data from a fictitious company called "Contoso" to show you how to use search features to set up a website based on product catalog data. Note : Most of the features described in this series are not available in SharePoint 2013 Online. For an overview of the blog posts in this series, go to How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server 2013...(read more)

Get your head in the cloud: Hybrid for SharePoint Server 2013/Office 365

2013-04-16T23:26:00Z

With the release of SharePoint Server 2013 and the new Office 365, SharePoint is increasingly moving towards an “integrated services” architecture in which on-premises SharePoint Server features can be integrated with SharePoint Online to create what is commonly called a “hybrid” SharePoint environment. In this blog post, we’ll talk a little about what constitutes a hybrid environment, why you might need one, and how to find updated guidance to help you plan, design...(read more)

New SharePoint 2013 authentication process and Test Lab Guide overview videos

2013-04-16T21:51:00Z

Following on the cool upgrade videos published by Samantha Robertson , the following new conceptual videos that describe SharePoint 2013 authentication processes are now available: Windows claims authentication in SharePoint 2013 Forms-based claims authentication in SharePoint 2013 SAML-based claims authentication in SharePoint 2013 These videos step you through the details of claims-based authentication for user access to a secure SharePoint resource. You can also view these...(read more)

Refresh of SharePoint Server 2013 IT Pro training now available

2013-04-13T08:49:00Z

We are excited to announce a refreshed version of the technical training materials for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013. This training package is for administrators, architects, and business analysts for learning all the new capabilities and functionalities in SharePoint Server 2013. Content doesn’t only concentrate on SharePoint configuration, but also covers the different new functionalities from user experience perspective. This training package is publicly available from the SharePoint...(read more)

Stage 7: Upload page layouts and create new pages in a publishing site

2013-04-10T08:26:00Z