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 Managed Metadata in SharePoint 2013
In a short article titled Overview of managed metadata in SharePoint Server 2013, the Microsoft® TechNet website positions the process of managing metadata within the context of SharePoint Server 2013. It may be helpful to present some of the rationale for implementing a procedure to manage metadata, the Term Store, and a taxonomy for SharePoint […]
On Microsoft’s Instructional Video Set on Installing and Configuring Workflow Manager 1.0 for SharePoint Server 2013
The following points summarize the installation and configuration procedures demonstrated in the next two video episodes in this series on Installing and Configuring Workflow Manager 1.0 for SharePoint Server 2013 Episode 4: Install and Configure Workflow Manager Client Open Remote Desktop, navigate to SharePoint Server 2013 and login as the SharePoint Administrator Once logged in, […]
Summarizing Points Covered in Videos 2 and 3 of Microsoft’s Six Video Set on Installing and Configuring Workflow Manager 1.0 for Sharepoint Server 2013
The next 2 videos in Microsoft’s instructional presentation, Video series: Install and configure Workflow in SharePoint Server 2013 cover the following topics, organized by the number of the respective video in the series: Episode 2, Pre-install steps Create Workflow Set Up and Service Accounts in Active Directory Create the Workflow Administrators Group in Active Directory […]
Commentary On a Video Overview of Workflow in SharePoint Server 2013
On February 28, 2013, Microsoft® published a video titled Overview of Workflow in SharePoint Server 2013. The presumed audience appears to be SharePoint administrators, developers, SQL Server administrators, developers, and network services developers. This presentation will likely leave the viewer with a clear impression of a planned separate product path for the new Workflow Manager […]