Adding References to jQuery for Scripts for SharePoint Server 2013 and Choosing Where to Store Libraries

As Marc Anderson notes at the start of the “Getting Started” video tutorial opening our course on SP13-306 SharePoint 2013: JavaScript and jQuery, jQuery is simply a unique set of functions, written entirely in JavaScript, which, nevertheless, streamline development, dramatically. In order to implement functions from jQuery, eferences to the jQuery library must be added […]

A Sensible Approach to Configuring the Query Component of Search for SharePoint Server 2013

As we wrote in the prior post to this blog, the feature of SharePoint Server 2013 most likely to magnetize high expectations from end users is search. Therefore, stakeholders in the success of any implementation of this computing platform must make a very serious effort to successfully architect and deliver a truly useful search feature […]

Any Successful Adoption Program for SharePoint 2013 Must Include a User Friendly Query Feature for Site Search

Managed properties for the search service of SharePoint Server 2013 do not conform to fuzzy logic. This is potentially a very serious limitation for SharePoint stakeholders determined to prod end users to adopt the computing platform. Ostensibly, the advanced search box feature of the query component of the SharePoint 2013 search service can help end […]

FAST Query Language (FQL) Operators Have Been Incorporated Into the Query Component of SharePoint Server 2013 Search

As Agnes Molnar has demonstrated throughout the video tutorials speaking to the query component of SharePoint Server 2013’s search service, the FAST Query Language (FQL) operator set has been incorporated into this feature. Proximity operators make up one group within the FQL operator set. Agnes Molnar presents two of the operators from this group, “NEAR” […]

Working with Filters for the Query Feature of the Search Service of SharePoint Server 2013

This blog post continues our commentary on a new set of video tutorials we have recently released titled SharePoint 2013: Search DVD. This set is authored by Agnes Molnar, an acknowledged subject matter expert on the topic and a published author. The set can be purchased for either individual, or enterprise (group) viewing. The set […]

Further on the Query Component of Search in SharePoint Server 2013

Scale is and should be an important consideration for SharePoint administrators grappling with how best to configure the search service for SharePoint Server 2013. In a series of video tutorials titled SharePoint 2013: Search, Agnes Molnar, subject matter expert and published author on this topic spends time presenting the query component of this search service. […]

Setting Search Query Parameters for SharePoint Server 2013

SharePoint Server 2013 includes a Search service. This service provides the basis of an important feature anyone committed to hastening SharePoint adoption within her organization should promote to end users –users queries for information reposed in SharePoint document libraries and lists. In a video tutorial titled Working with Queries (Part 1), Agnes Molnar, an acknowledged […]

On the Features and Components of Search for SharePoint 2013

SharePoint administrators, developers, architects and even stakholders should develop a clear understanding of any/all new features debuted with SharePoint Server 2013 required for successful activities by SharePoint users. One of these popular activities is SharePoint Search. In a video tutorial included in our SP13-305 SharePiont 2013: Search set, titled What’s New in SharePoint 2013 Search?, […]

Enterprise Search is a Key Feature of SharePoint Server and 2013 is No Exception

Enterprise Search is a key feature of any version of SharePoint Server and the 2013 version of this product is no exception. An effective search component is critically important to the effectiveness of any attempt at managing content, or documents at an enterprise level. Of course, the important point is to specifically define precisley what […]