The Changing Face of SharePoint Development & Extensibility
Microsoft is promoting a new approach to SharePoint development and although some are resisting, I personally prefer this new model. Read on for more details.
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Here you’ll find articles I’ve written on various topics, including Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, and related topics for web & cloud developers.
Creating a Better Notification for Custom SharePoint Apps
Creating Custom Notifications in SharePoint using JavaScript: Show Loading Notifications & Create Own Message with HTML & Animated GIF.
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Microsoft to End Autohosted SharePoint App Preview Program
Microsoft is ending the preview program for autohosted SharePoint apps, which were only useful for demos, not production. The change could impact some users
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Using Breeze with SharePoint 2013 REST API: 3-Part Series
Earlier in March I did a three-part series of posts on using the popular Breeze JavaScript library with the SharePoint 2013 REST API. Here’s a list of all the posts in this series: Part 1: …
***NOW AVAILABLE*** Online Course: Building SharePoint Apps as Single Page Apps with AngularJS
With great pleasure I’m thrilled to announce my latest Pluralsight course is finally live: Building SharePoint Apps as Single Page Apps with AngularJS. It took a bit longer to get this one …
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Sharing my SharePoint Hosted Apps as a SPA UX Templates
Building a SPA as a SharePoint-Hosted App requires deciding on the UX implementation. Options like jQuery UI or Bootstrap are available
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Getting Started with Virtual Machines in Azure: A Guide
While I’m hard at work on my SaaS startup, Kerrb, we thought we’d put together a little getting started guide for folks who want to look at using virtual machines (VM) in Azure for their …
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Getting BreezeJS to Work with the SharePoint 2013 REST API
In this post I want to explain how you can use it. This breaks down into a few different tasks: set up Breeeze, create an entity model & using it!
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Understanding Challenges Using Breeze and SharePoint OOTB
In this article, I’ll explain some of the challenges you can run into when using Breeze in SharePoint projects… and how to resolve them.
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BreezeJS makes client-side SharePoint REST dev easy.
In this article, I want to introduce you to BreezeJS - a library very much like Entity Framework, but for client-size solutions.
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InfoPath Future Discussed at SharePoint Conference
Microsoft discussed the future of InfoPath and electronic forms at the SharePoint Conference. InfoPath has been discontinued, but is not dead
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Pluralsight's SharePoint 2013 Workflow - Web Services
In my last installment of my 3-part SharePoint 2013 Workflow series of courses on Pluralsight, today Pluralsight published a course dedicated on creating workflows that talk to various types of web …
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Office 365 regression issues breaking client-side solutions
Office 365 has surfaced regression issues that are breaking client-side solutions. The article discusses three examples of such issues.
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***NOW AVAILABLE*** Pluralsight's SharePoint 2013 Workflow - Advanced Topics
Following up on a Pluralsight course I published in June 2013, SharePoint 2013 Workflow - Fundamentals, I’ve published a sequel called SharePoint 2013 - Workflow Advanced Topics. This course is …
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Kirk Evans SharePoint 2013 Tokens Fiddler Extension
Kirk Evans created a Fiddler extension to extract and inspect OAuth tokens used in SharePoint 2013. The code is available on GitHub.
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Debugging Workflows with Workflow Manager in SharePoint 2013
Sharing my experience setting up a Provider-Hosted app for SharePoint 2013 on-premises. It was challenging & required a lot of trial and error.
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RESOLVED: SharePoint Workflow Designer Won't Load in VS2013
I encountered the workflow designer error when upgrading from Visual Studio 2012 to 2013, and shares the solution that resolved it.
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Surprise! - A Hidden SharePoint 2013 OData/REST Operator
Explore how the implementation of the operator in the OData API of SharePoint 2013 benefits developers. Join me in discussing its implementation.
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Orchard CMS: Multiple Site Capability with Single Codebase
The more I dive into the Orchard CMS platform the more I really love what they’ve built! Earlier this year I redeployed my site as an Orchard CMS site. Since then I have deployed a few more sites for …
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Welcome to the Newest Podcast on the Microsoft Cloud
Welcome to the newest podcast, the Microsoft Cloud Show co-hosted by yours truly, dedicated to the Microsoft cloud. I’m a big fan of podcasts and have been listening to a good number across different …
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Why the SharePoint REST API is Better than SharePoint's CSOM
As a SharePoint developer, I explain why I prefer REST API over CSOM despite its downsides. Learn about its advantages & access a wide range of samples.
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Working More Efficiently with the help of Virtual Assistants
I’ve made changes to work smarter, increase productivity & had conversations with friends on the subject. Find out what I did & what worked best.
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Upgrade to Orchard CMS 1.7.1 - Azure Web Sites + Git Deploy
Yesterday I pushed two blog posts and an article out on how I keep a local copy of my Orchard CMS development projects and then how I deploy these changes to their production hosts using Azure Web …
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HOWTO: Improved Azure Web Sites 'Two-Way Sync' Deployments - More Control of your Remote Production Git Repo
alert heading I’ve since updated my update & dev process for my OrchardCMS deployment which I’ve detailed here: Continuos Delivery of OrchardCMS to Azure, Complete with Dev & Test …
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HOWTO: Set up Orchard for local dev and deploying to Azure
I’ve since updated my update & dev process for my OrchardCMS deployment which I’ve detailed here: Continuos Delivery of OrchardCMS to Azure, Complete with Dev & Test Environments …
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