Category | 2013

This article is a walkthrough of the Azure Workflow installation, as well as the initial configuration with SharePoint Designer 2013. Azure for SharePoint 2013 allows the use of SharePoint 2013 workflows in SharePoint Designer 2013. Without this additional software, SharePoint 2013 will revert back to SharePoint 2010-compatible workflows.   SharePoint 2013 Lab build – 8 Part Series SharePoint 2013 Lab Build – Part 1 – Getting Started SharePoint 2013 Lab Build – Part 2 – Windows Server 2012 Installation SharePoint 2013 Lab Build – Part 3 – SQL Server 2012 Installation SharePoint...

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While the previous articles in this series cover the installation and configuration of all major software components that support SharePoint 2013, including SharePoint 2013 itself, this article covers the installation of the core software development tools used to code for SharePoint 2013. The typical out-of-the-box (OOB) tool is SharePoint Designer 2013, while the more “custom development focused” solutions will be created using Visual Studio 2012 Professional or Ultimate.   SharePoint 2013 Lab build – 8 Part Series SharePoint 2013 Lab Build - Part 1 - Getting Started SharePoint...

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In this article, SharePoint 2013 is configured for remote and local access via the URL http://sharepoint/, security and the farm administrators group is defined, and the top level site collection is created. With SharePoint 2013 installed on Windows Server 2012 with SQL Server 2012 and a 2012 domain controller, SharePoint is now ready to be configured. While the previous installs were relatively routine aside from a few errors, it is not unusual to run into a large number of issues while attempting to configure SharePoint 2013, thus it will take additional troubleshooting and technical savvy...

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In this session, the star of the party, SharePoint Server 2013 gets installed. It is important to download the latest version from Microsoft.com, especially if RTM has been released, as it is often difficult to upgrade from a release candidate to RTM. The steps shown in this article are unique to the environment, VMWare, and the errors and version installed at the time of this writing, therefore, take care to adjust or retry as needed based upon possible differences in the software and environments utilized. Furthermore, this article does show much with respect to security, the logged-in user,...

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Probably the most critical and overlooked portion of SharePoint installation is security. Without a well thought out security strategy and a plan of action, it is likely that SharePoint 2013 will not behave as expected and users will receive unexpected login prompts while administrators will be denied access to areas where they should have access. In this article, baseline security sufficient to run a SharePoint lab, but still "least privileges" ready, is demonstrated using three accounts.   SharePoint 2013 Lab build – 8 Part Series SharePoint 2013 Lab Build - Part 1 - Getting...

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