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    Custom SharePoint Item and Project Template gotchas for VS2012

    This post is a quick brain dump of some of the challenges I’ve been working through updating CKSDev to work with Visual Studio 2012. Item Templates   You can extend the SharePoint Visual Studio tooling in many different ways. One of which is by creating...

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    Lync 2013: An error occurred during the screen presentation

    Recently my Lync 2013 client stopped being able to receive a shared screen from either internal or external contacts. My problem was that every time someone tried to share their screen with me the following message was displayed:    "An error occurred during the screen...

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    SPC125 – Hybrid and Search in the Cloud – Brad Stevenson

    Brad Stevenson talks about creating a search experience which spans an On-Premises and Office365 SharePoint 2013 environment. Search in the cloud   So what is the story about the cloud search capability? Comparing SP2010 online to SP2013 online   Area 2010 2013 Crawl Freshness 1-2...

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    CKSDev for Visual Studio 2012 version 1.0 Released

    Since 2009 CKSDev has been available to SharePoint 2010 developers to aid the creation of SharePoint solutions. The project extended the Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint project system with advanced templates and tools. Using these extensions you were able to find relevant information from your SharePoint...

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  • SPEvo13

    SharePoint Evolution Conference 2013

    For five years running Combined Knowledge have hosted the conference and this years looks to be the best yet. So why should you attend this conference? For me the key reasons would be: It will provide you with access to the best SharePoint experts from...

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  • SPSUK2012

    SPSUK Bring SharePoint into your Office with Apps for Office

    Saturday 8th December saw the 2012 SharePoint Saturday at Nottingham’s Conference Centre. Another great event organised with so many quality speakers and companies in attendance. I presented a session on Apps for Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013, the slides can be seen below. I hope...

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    SPC147 – Mastering app for Office Development – Ali Powell

    Ali provides a walkthrough of Apps for Office. Look at the type of shape and see some examples. Explanations of the API framework.

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    SPC046 – Creating apps for Excel, Word and PowerPoint – Rolando Jimenez

    Rolando introduces the new investments by Microsoft for Apps for Office. This session is a deep dive into how to create apps in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

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    SPC136 – JavaScript Best Practices for Developing Apps – Scot Hillier

    Scot Hillier talks about leaving the developers with good solid ideas how to use and structure apps with JavaScript. The session purpose is to teach server side developers how to write JavaScript correctly, helps to introduce patterns to the apps in the new world. JavaScript...

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    SPC005 – A Primer in HTML5 and JavaScript – Scot Hillier

    Scot Hillier talks about the massive investment that SharePoint developers have made learning the server object model and how with the new ‘apps’ being mainly client side technology brings the need for fast paced upskilling. The session purpose is to teach server side developers how to write JavaScript correctly, helps to introduce patterns to the apps in the new world.

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