Web parts should be added to SharePoint Server 2013 when functionality is required for pages and even features. In some cases this functionality can be added from out of the box web parts shipped with SharePoint Server 2013. In other cases a custom web part will be required to deliver the capability required. Yaroslav Pentsarskyy, […]
Choosing How Best to Deploy a Process for SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 offers developers 3 different methods of deploying applications: Apps Farm Solutions and Content Solutions Developers will benefit from understanding more about each option in order to successfully choose the most appropriate method of deployment. Yaroslav Pentsarskyy, an acknowledged subject matter expert (SME) on SharePoint application development, and published author, defines each of these […]
Project Management Applications are a Natural for SharePoint 2013
Out of the box SharePoint has, traditionally, included a lot of feature configurable to support a project management implementation on the platform. The most of these is the Task List. Rehmani Consulting, Inc. offered a set of video tutorials on the topic of how to use SharePoint Server 2010, Enterprise Edition, to manage projects in […]
Building Custom List Templates for SharePoint 2013
In a video tutorial titled Building Custom List Templates – Part 1, Yaroslav Pentsarskyy, subject matter expert and published author demonstrates how to successful produce custom list templates. Yaroslav uses Visual Studio to build the custom templates included in this video tutorial. His Visual Studio environment includes SharePoint Developer Tools, and SharePoint Project Items. The […]
End User Optimized Instructional Videos for SharePoint 2013 Should be a Component of an Adoption Strategy
SharePoint 2013 is a software application. Any strategy to encourage end users to adopt SharePoint 2013 as a computing platform must include a training component. A successful user adoption campaign convinces personnel to embrace a new method of accomplishing tasks. Without a technical understanding of what they need to do, it is not possible for […]
Planning a Toolset for Branding Projects for SharePoint 2013
A toolset for branding sites in SharePoint Server 2013 should include components for developing custom branding along with components useful for repairing problems arising in the branding process. Yaroslav Pentsarskyy, a subject matter expert on branding and a published author on the topics has produced a video tutorial on this topic, which any subscriber to […]
How to Create a Custom Theme and Look for SharePoint Server 2013 Sites
SharePoint Server 2013 ships with a redesigned “Theme” component and improved accessibility to tools to customize the look and feel of sites. Helpful pointers to using these newly redesigned features are still worth the time it takes to review theme. So organizations looking to customize the branding of SharePoint Server 2013 sites may want to […]
Using the SharePoint Server 2013 App Model to Manage Consistent Enterprise Branding
Large organizations in the public and private sector usually have lots of internal groups. Implementing SharePoint Server 2013 can produce a challenging management requirement: how do we ensure a consistent brand across all of our internal SharePoint sites? The SharePoint App model can be successfully used to accomplish this management objective. In a video tutorial […]
Using the Script Editor Web Part to Brand Team Sites in SharePoint Server 2013
Much has been written about the expanded range of page design options for publishing sites in SharePoint Server 2013. But the design options for team sites have changed as well. Yaroslav Pentsarskyy, a subject matter expert, and published author on branding SharePoint sites, has produced a video tutorial, Page level branding customizations for a team […]
Understanding Search Architecture for SharePoint Server 2010
Search is a very popular user feature of any SharePoint computing platform. SharePoint Server 2010 is no exception. SharePoint administrators need to understand the unique architecture for SharePoint search to properly scale infrastructure to support it. In a video tutorial titled SharePoint search architecture and scaling, Robert Piddocke, an acknowledged subject matter expert and published […]