Microsoft offers developers a development environment. In a Getting Your SharePoint 2013 Development Environment Up and Running, Steve Fox, a Director of Services of Microsoft, demonstrates how to correctly set up this environment. Developers should also note a 90 day free trial offer, extended by Microsoft, for VisualStudio 2012. Steve promotes the availability of the […]
On Power BI, A New BI Solution for SharePoint Online, Office 365
Up until now, the opportunities to collect and manage data with SharePoint Online, Office 365, for business intelligence (BI) objectives has been very limited. As Jason Himmelstein notes, one of the questions he grappled with as he conceptualized our course in SharePoint 2013: Business Intelligence was ” . . . how much of this is […]
Modifying SharePoint 2013 Master Pages Part 2, Working with Master Pages with SharePoint Designer 2013
SharePoint Designer 2013 is the preferred method of customizing master pages for publishing sites in SharePoint 2013, on premises, or SharePoint Online, Office 365. In a video tutorial Making Changes to Master Pages, Yaroslav Pentsarskyy, SharePoint MVP and published author demonstrates how to use SharePoint Designer, 2013 to build a custom master page for a […]
How to Add an App to a Site in SharePoint Online, Office 365, 2013
Microsoft has heavily promoted the availability of apps for SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online, Office 365, 2013. But organizations subscribing to SharePoint Online will need to familiarize themselves with a specific method of adding apps to sites. Do not try to add apps from the SharePoint Online Administrative Site, meaning https://”your domain”-admin.sharepoint.com/. Clicking on the […]
Newsfeed Options for SharePoint Online Office 365, 2013
Organizations looking to enhance collaboration between personnel on projects, or other shared tasks will want to use the Newsfeed feature of Sharepoint Online, Office 365, 2013. By implementing this feature, personnel with an interest in specific documents, spreadsheets, or other organizational assets (including web pages, slide decks, or data in any other file type format […]
Master Page Preview Files, SharePoint Online, Office 365
Most organizations with shared tenant accounts on SharePoint Online, Office 365, 2013, will want to brand their site pages. The correct method of accessing the page design features is the “Change the Look” page, which is accessed with a click on the gear symbol on the right hand side of the top right of a […]
Build a Custom “Composed Look” for a SharePoint Online, Office 365 Team Site
SharePoint Online, Office 365, 2013 has been equipped with an entirely new theming engine. Custom themes built for SharePoint Server 2010 won’t work. But the theming engine is, nevertheless, highly flexible. One method of customizing the look of an out of the box team site is to build a custom “Composed Look”, and apply it […]
Customizing the Look of a SharePoint Online Team Site from the Change the Look Page
The theme engine for SharePoint Online has been changed, substantially, from SharePoint Server 2010. Site owners should develop a familiarity with the new theme methods to make the process of making superficial changes to site appearance comparatively easy. It’s helpful, as noted in Show Off Your Style With SharePoint Theming, by Lionel Robinson, Program Manager, […]
A Different Set of Methods are Required to Successfully Brand SharePoint Online, 2013, Sites
The CSS architecture of SharePoint Online, 2013, is very different from the same architecture for SharePoint 2010. In an article titled Branding issues that may occur when upgrading to SharePoint 2013, Microsoft alerts organizations supported with branded SharePoint Server 2010 sites to do some extensive testing before migrating to a live SharePoint Online, 2013, platform. […]
Adding Dashboards to a Dashboard Library in SharePoint Online
Before we get down to the specifics of building a dashboard library inside our SharePoint Online, Enterprise E3 Business Intelligence Center (BIC) site collection, we need to note an important point. PerformancePoint Services Dashboard Designer is NOT available to SharePoint Online users. So plan on building any of the dashboards you require locally, with, for […]