TechNet Blogs

| |

SharePoint IT Pro Blog

Stage 10: Configure the query in a Content Search Web Part on a catalog item page

Posted 14 hours ago

by Bella_Engen
- 4 Comments
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...
SharePoint IT Pro Blog

Introducing the Microsoft Office Interactive Content Pivot

Posted 2 days ago

by Samantha Robertson
- 4 Comments
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...
SharePoint IT Pro Blog

Your friendly guide to host-named site collections

Posted 6 days ago

by Brenda Carter [MSFT]
- 8 Comments
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...
SharePoint IT Pro Blog

New permissions content for SharePoint 2013

Posted 7 days ago

by Joe Davies
- 0 Comments
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. ...
SharePoint IT Pro Blog

New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate profile synchronization

Posted 22 days ago

by Joe Davies
- 0 Comments
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 IT Pro Blog

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

Posted 23 days ago

by Bella_Engen
- 9 Comments
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...
SharePoint IT Pro Blog

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

Posted 1 month ago

by Bella_Engen
- 4 Comments
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...
SharePoint IT Pro Blog

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

Posted 1 month ago

by Kelley Vice
- 0 Comments
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...
SharePoint IT Pro Blog

New SharePoint 2013 authentication process and Test Lab Guide overview videos

Posted 1 month ago

by Joe Davies
- 0 Comments
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...
SharePoint IT Pro Blog

Refresh of SharePoint Server 2013 IT Pro training now available

Posted 1 month ago

by Vesa Juvonen
- 2 Comments
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...
SharePoint IT Pro Blog

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

Posted 1 month ago

by Bella_Engen
- 2 Comments
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...
SharePoint IT Pro Blog

New Troubleshoot SharePoint portal page in the TechNet Wiki

Posted 1 month ago

by Joe Davies
- 0 Comments
In an effort to consolidate all of the best information about troubleshooting SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013, I recently published the Troubleshoot SharePoint portal page in the TechNet Wiki. This new portal page provides links to: TechNet...
SharePoint IT Pro Blog

BI in Excel and Excel Services

Posted 1 month ago

by Denise Stendera
- 0 Comments
Business intelligence (BI) is all about bringing together data and turning it into meaningful information that people can use to make better business decisions. Just in case you didn’t already know, Excel 2013 includes a lot of exciting new BI capabilities...
SharePoint IT Pro Blog

Stage 6: Upload and apply a new master page to a publishing site

Posted 1 month ago

by Bella_Engen
- 2 Comments
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...
SharePoint IT Pro Blog

Site Policy in SharePoint

Posted 1 month ago

by Steven Boyle
- 2 Comments
If you're using a SharePoint product then you've probably got some sites to manage — sites you've created, sites your users have created, and sites other administrators have created. Maybe some of these sites are tracking small projects that will...