For organizations with a mix of SharePoint® server versions, group subscriptions to online video training content are a sensible method of providing administrators, developers, and systems architects with the technical training content they require to successfully support all SharePoint users. One might ask “when does it make sense to support a mix of SharePoint server […]
JavaScript Plays an Important Role in the SharePoint 2013 App Development Model
With SharePoint Server 2013, Microsoft® has isolated the server from some of the possibility of unintended impairments to server performance by limiting custom systems development options to client-side processes, only. This “App” development model, as Yaroslav Pentsarskyy presents in a video tutorial series titled SP13-303 SharePoint 2013: Development Video Training Package is built around the […]
Use VisualSP, the Help System for SharePoint to Expose Training Content to a Wide Range of SharePoint Users
VisualSP™, the Help System for SharePoint®, can be used to expose training content tailored for end users. But the system can also be used to expose specialized training content directly to teams of developers spread out across an organization. Using the VisualSP™ system in this way, Line of Business (LoB) units can be pulled into […]
Custom, Organization-Specific Apps May Help Hasten End User Adoption of SharePoint 2013
On Thursday, November 21, 2013, SharePoint-Videos debuted a new video tutorial set, “SharePoint 2013: Beginning Development”. This tutorial set is available for purchase for either individual viewing, or for unlimited viewing by groups. “SharePoint 2013: Beginning Development” can be useful to any organization looking to hasten end user adoption of SharePoint 2013 with Apps specifically […]
Use the Open Data Protocol to Include Data from Business Silos in SharePoint Online
The OData Protocol is defined as ” . . . a standardized protocol for creating and consuming data APIs. OData builds on core protocols like HTTP and commonly accepted methodologies like REST. The result is a uniform way to expose full-featured data APIs.” This definition may be useful for software developers. Steve Fox, a Director […]
Business Connectivity Services for SharePoint 2013
Any organization looking to implement SharePoint 2013 as an enterprise application for document or content management, or for reporting purposes, or even for gathering useful business intelligence, will need to use solutions and features built on the Business Data Collector (BDC) and Business Connectivity Services (BCS). Despite two new SharePoint Server versions, 2010 and, now, […]
Working with BCS in SharePoint Server 2013
Since SharePoint Server 2010, Business Connectivity Services (BCS) have assumed the role of Business Data Connector (BDC) for SharePoint Server. BDC and BCS are SharePoint Services likely to be of substantial importance to any ambitious plan to extract substantial value from the SharePoint computing platform. BCS is critically important to any effort to include data […]
Managed Metadata Can Be A Useful Foundation Stone for Any Promising Implementation Plan for SharePoint 2013
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) depends upon taxonomic structures, meaning a set of categories of information, which must be capable of defining the range of significant information (data) produced by an organization. Of course, this structure will vary, perhaps substantially, from organization to organization. As well, the term “significant” will have to be clearly and specifically […]
Any Useful End User Training System for SharePoint 2013 Should Include Familiarized Content
SharePoint end users will be more likely to assimilate technical training content if the content includes familiar features of their daily computing environment. SharePoint stakeholders should, therefore, seriously consider the pros and cons of building this type of training content for their communities of SharePoint users. A community of end users trained in the technical […]
There is Ample Room for Client Server Development in the New SharePoint App Development Model
Contrary to popular assumption, there is ample room for .net developers using Visual Studio to build processes for SharePoint Server 2013 with the new App model. The method of choice for this type of development is the Client Side Object Model (CSOM). Steve Fox, Director of Services for Microsoft® authored a video tutorial titled Using […]