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I had the honor of speaking at SharePoint Saturday Denver this weekend. Clayton Cobb ( @warrtalon ) and the people from Denver did a great job putting together this event. I spoke about how to improve your SharePoint Search experience. ...
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I saw this question in the forums the other day, so I decided to see if it is possible to use SharePoint search to query just the contents of a document set. It turns out that you can and it is quite easy. Consider the following document set...
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I’m on my way to Denver this week and I’m really excited. I’m speaking at SharePoint Saturday Denver . This year’s event is a two day event (11/11 and 11/12). I’ll be talking about one of my favorite topics SharePoint Search. If...
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At SharePoint Conference 2011, I showed off a great looking advanced search application using Silverlight 4. This application queried the Search web service at /_vti_bin/search.asmx to retrieve results and display them directly inside the application...
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Picture it. Your vice president is about to get on a plane. He or she tells you, “I need a list of all of our products and the latest prices. I want to be able to make changes and have them be effective when I am back in the office....
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This week at SharePoint Conference ( #SPC11 ), I had the pleasure of giving a talk about the benefits of using SharePoint as an Extranet platform. I discuss the benefits and considerations of using SharePoint for an Extranet when it comes to on...
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Something I have wanted to know how to do for years, but hadn’t bothered to put any thought into… You know that “Folder” tab that appears in the content editor when you create a new folder (using the /Templates/Common/Folder template)? Here...
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I’m pleased to announce that I was renewed as a SharePoint MVP again. My first year as an MVP was totally awesome and I can’t wait to see what the next year has in store. I once again want to thank everyone at Microsoft and the SharePoint...
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It’s not uncommon to run into an error or two when you first setup Office Web Apps. Here is a common one you might run into with the PowerPoint Web App and it actually has a simple solution. You might encounter the error below when using the...
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SharePoint Conference 2011 (#SPC11) is coming fast. This promises to be a great conference and I’m excited to see everyone again and meet some new friends. With any conference, it’s always best to be prepared. You want to make sure you...
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When SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 came out, I noticed the following line in the release notes regarding Office Web Apps. “Lets you insert clip art in PowerPoint Web App. (By default clip art support is disabled. An administrator can decide to enable...
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At this point, SharePoint 2010 has been out about a year and a half more or less and you might have forgotten some of those new features that came along with it. Since I am often one to talk about SharePoint search solutions, one of my favorite...
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Since I first stepped foot at #SPC09, I knew I wanted to speak at a SharePoint Conference some day.. This year that dream has finally become a reality. I have the honor to present two different sessions at SharePoint Conference 2011 . ...
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When I set out to create an easier way to set thumbnails in Sitecore, I had a picture in my mind of how I wanted it to work, but I didn’t really know where to start! I hadn’t built a custom ribbon button before. I hadn’t created a modal dialog...
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Once I discovered how helpful it was to present thumbnails to content authors in the Page Editor, I started adding them to all of the templates and renderings that I created. Very quickly, I started to get frustrated with the process (see my part...