In What’s New In SharePoint 2013 for Administrators – Part 2, Michael Noel author of our course on SharePoint 2013: Administration and a subject matter expert on related topics, notes a substantial improvement in the administration of the User Profile Sync service with SharePoint Server 2013. Specifically, administrators can implement new options to tame the […]
New Features in SharePoint Server 2013 Administration
With SharePoint Server 2013, Microsoft® has reduced the set of compatible versions of Windows Server and SQL Server. Administrators can choose from either Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, or Windows Server 2012. SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 or 2012 will also work fine with SharePoint Server 2013. As Michael Noel notes in our video tutorial, […]
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” […]
Understanding User Permission Levels, for SharePoint Server 2010 Site Collection Administrators
It’s important to keep stylized definitions of terms, and even important concepts specifically associated with a type of computing, clear. The world of SharePoint Server 2010 is no exception. In a video tutorial titled Managing Permission Levels, Asif Rehmani, SharePoint MVP and MCT explains the concept of “permission levels” for an intended audience of SharePoint […]
SharePoint 2010 Search Requirement Planning Basics
SharePoint Search must be carefully planned to include several essential components for a successful implementation. In a video tutorial titled SharePoint search requirement planning basics, Robert Piddocke presents the requirement planning steps stakeholders should take to ensure a successful implementation of this feature. A subscription to SharePoint-Videos is required to view the tutorial. The intended […]
Metadata Tagging is More Accessible to SharePoint Online Users with the Latest Release of Office 365
We maintain an Office 365 E3 plan subscription. On April 6, 2013 our tenant on the service was upgraded to the 2013 version. We quickly updated our on premises versions of the Office Pro application suite and migrated our site collections for SharePoint Online to the 2013 architecture.. Today we uploaded an Excel spreadsheet with […]
Changing the Theme of a Team Site in SharePoint 2010
Changing the theme of a team site in SharePoint 2010 is easily accomplished with a few clicks by a SharePoint administrator or site collection administrator. Asif Rehmani points out that out of the box SharePoint 2010 includes 20 themes in a video tutorial titled Changing the Theme of a Site. To change the theme of […]
Creating Managed Accounts for SharePoint Server 2010
Any web applications or service applications running on SharePoint server 2010 require a managed account. The SharePoint server will allocate services to the managed accounts assigned to these processes. SharePoint administrators can save time by creating these accounts and configuring them before they are required. In a video tutorial titled Configure Managed Accounts, we demonstrate […]
Using the Lookup Column Feature of SharePoint to Add Information From One List to Another in SharePoint 2010
A lookup column can be successfully used to automatically add information from one list to another in a SharePoint Server 2010 computing environment. We demonstrate the techniques required to populate a contact list with information retrieved from a customer list in a video tutorial titled Configuring Lookup Columns. The first step is to click on […]
Outfit SharePoint Central Administration with an Encrypted Web Page
It’s possible to expose Central Administration features for SharePoint Server 2010 to no more than a select group of authorized users with an encrypted web page. A number of companies offer SSL certificates, which, for a price, can be used to add the encryption method. But for testing purposes why not build a certificate at […]