SharePoint 2013 gives us a lot of new options when it comes to creating new Managed Properties for Search. Luckily there’s only a single Search Service Application to deal with with SP2013 and the process in UI is fairly straightforward. In your Search Service Application, find the “Search Schema” in the left hand navigation under […]
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Deep Dive Part 1: Image Renditions ( SharePoint 2013 )
My last post introduced Image Renditions and how to setup and use them. This post will dive a little deeper in the inner working of the feature. Storage and Maintenance Creating a image rendition definition: Click on Site Settings->Image Renditions. You will see all the existing (if any) renditions that have been defined. Initial impression […]
Image Renditions in SharePoint 2013
In SharePoint 2013, there is a new feature called Image Renditions. I think if the content owners use this feature wisely, it will definitely reduce the load on the bandwidth. What does the feature do? Image renditions lets the site owners define what sizes the images can be scaled to when adding an image to […]
Navigation, Managed Metadata Enhancements in SharePoint 2013
In SharePoint 2013, site navigation can be driven by Managed Metadata (Term Sets). This is a fantastic improvement over how navigation was controlled in the previous versions of SharePoint. Here are a few features of Term Set based navigation: 1. SEO optimizations. 2. User Friendly URL’s. 3. Custom Properties for each term & Term-Driven pages. 4. […]
SharePoint 2013 Beta: It’s Here
That’s right folks, the next version of SharePoint has officially been revealed. Here’s a few handy links for your reading pleasure in the next couple days: The Office 15 Preview Home is where you can learn about all the new Microsofty goodness from the top down. If you’re a techie, I’d suggest you try downloading […]
What Can Claims Do For You?
In case you haven’t heard, all web applications in SharePoint 2013 will default to claims-based authentication. While it’s possible to create a “classic” web application still, Microsoft has deprecated the functionality in favor of the future. That means many organizations will be defaulting to a claims-enabled world. Fear not! Claims is not the end of […]
SharePoint 2013 Claims: Your New Best Friend
What’s New in SharePoint 2013’s Authentication Model SharePoint 2013 brings with it significant changes in the authentication model behind the scenes. To the end user, it will appear as if nothing has changed when they log in. These are the major behind the scenes changes that exist in SharePoint 2013 and I’ll go through each […]
Welcoming Northridge to the @Perficient_MSFT team!
It’s been a busy year for the Perficient Microsoft team. In February we announce that Perficient had acquired fellow Microsoft NSI Partner PointBridge and with today’s announcement that Perficient has acquired Northridge Systems we continue to expand our Microsoft footprint and reach. From the Press Release which you can read here Perficient, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRFT), […]
SharePoint, meet Yammer. Lync, meet Skype. Now get along, kids…
It’s official. On his personal TechNet blog, Microsoft Office Division President Kurt Delbene has confirmed today that Microsoft is acquiring Yammer. We can gather a couple things from this. One, the announcement comes from Mr. Delbene, so this is now an Office Division play beyond all doubt. SharePoint and Office 365 are the primary landing […]
Wish List: Four keys for SURFACE and SharePoint Next
Microsoft made a big splash with the unveiling of their long-awaited Surface Tablet yesterday. Never mind the interesting choice of branding (anyone familiar with the previous Microsoft Surface will be surprised they took the name from the world’s coolest cocktail table and applied it to a slate), the big question in our secret mountaintop command […]
MS Exec Nitin Bhatia on Yammer Acquisition (from TechCrunch)
We all have a great many questions about the roadmap impact of Microsoft’s much-discussed (and still, as of this writing, unofficial) acquisition of Yammer. Serendipitously, TechCrunch has published an interview with departing Microsoft executive Nitin Bhatia, someone who might have better guesses than the rest of us. In the interview, Mr. Bhatia– who is departing for […]
Yammer and SharePoint and… Dynamics ? Oh my!
Wow. And you thought we were done! This afternoon, it feels like I’ve spent half the day keeping tabs on the conversation around Microsoft’s Yammer acquisition and its implications for enterprise social networking. And for good reason– this is big news. You can already find my own thoughts on the topic, both in terms of […]