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New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate profile synchronization
My esteemed colleague K.C. Cross has just published Demonstrate profile synchronization, a new Test...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 05/01/2013
Stage 9: Configure the query in a Content Search Web Part on a category page
This is a blog post in the series “How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server...
Author: Bella_Engen Date: 04/29/2013
Get your head in the cloud: Hybrid for SharePoint Server 2013/Office 365
With the release of SharePoint Server 2013 and the new Office 365, SharePoint is increasingly moving...
Author: Kelley Vice Date: 04/16/2013
New SharePoint 2013 authentication process and Test Lab Guide overview videos
Following on the cool upgrade videos published by Samantha Robertson, the following new conceptual...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 04/16/2013
Stage 8: Assign a category page and a catalog item page to a term
This is a blog post in the series “How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server...
Author: Bella_Engen Date: 04/16/2013
Refresh of SharePoint Server 2013 IT Pro training now available
We are excited to announce a refreshed version of the technical training materials for Microsoft...
Author: Vesa Juvonen Date: 04/13/2013
New Troubleshoot SharePoint portal page in the TechNet Wiki
In an effort to consolidate all of the best information about troubleshooting SharePoint 2010 and...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 04/09/2013
Stage 7: Upload page layouts and create new pages in a publishing site
This is a blog post in the series “How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server...
Author: Bella_Engen Date: 04/08/2013
Site Policy in SharePoint
If you're using a SharePoint product then you've probably got some sites to manage — sites...
Author: Steven Boyle Date: 03/28/2013
BI in Excel and Excel Services
Business intelligence (BI) is all about bringing together data and turning it into meaningful...
Author: Denise Stendera Date: 03/28/2013
Stage 6: Upload and apply a new master page to a publishing site
This is a blog post in the series “How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server...
Author: Bella_Engen Date: 03/27/2013
Hosting the SharePoint 2013 three-tier test lab on a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V server
Microsoft test lab guides are deliberately written to be independent of how you actually put them...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 03/21/2013
Service descriptions for SharePoint Online and on-premises SharePoint 2013 solutions
This blog post is contributed by SharePoint Technical Writer, Jennifer Bost. What, exactly, do you...
Author: Reagan Templin Date: 03/19/2013
Microsoft BI Solution Builder: Business Intelligence tools and capabilities are available
Recently, Microsoft released the BI Solution Builder (https://bisolutionbuilder.com), an online tool...
Author: Denise Stendera Date: 03/13/2013
How to install update packages on a SharePoint farm where search component and high availability search topologies are enabled
The March Public Update (PU) for SharePoint Server 2013 and SharePoint Foundation2013 is available....
Author: Kirk Stark Date: 03/13/2013
Stage 5: Connect your publishing site to a catalog
This is a blog post in the series “How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server...
Author: Bella_Engen Date: 03/06/2013
From site column to managed property - What's up with that?
This is a blog post in the series “How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint...
Author: Bella_Engen Date: 03/05/2013
Stage 4: Set up search and enable the crawling of your catalog content
This is a blog post in the series “How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server...
Author: Bella_Engen Date: 02/26/2013
New Learning Roadmaps for SharePoint 2013
As described in this previous post, a learning roadmap is a way of organizing content (articles,...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 02/25/2013
Stage 3: How to enable a list as a catalog
This is a blog post in the series “How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server...
Author: Bella_Engen Date: 02/21/2013
Stage 2: Import list content into the Product Catalog Site Collection
This is a blog post in the series "How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server...
Author: Bella_Engen Date: 02/20/2013
Stage 1: Create site collections for cross-site publishing
This is a blog post in the series “How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server...
Author: Bella_Engen Date: 02/19/2013
An introduction to cross-site publishing
To build our Contoso website, we'll be using cross-site publishing, a new publishing method that's...
Author: Bella_Engen Date: 02/18/2013
Get the new Office Visio stencil with the cool icons
Community members have noticed the cool new icons that have been appearing in our content. Here is...
Author: Samantha Robertson Date: 02/13/2013
How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server 2013
In this series of "how to's" blog posts I'll describe how you can use SharePoint...
Author: Bella_Engen Date: 02/13/2013
SharePoint and Mobile
SharePoint Server 2013, including the new SharePoint Online, is an exciting release, especially for...
Author: Brendan Mitchell Date: 02/07/2013
Conceptual videos for upgrade
Because the upgrade process has so many steps, we’re trying to make it as clear as possible when to...
Author: Samantha Robertson Date: 02/06/2013
Troubleshooting methodology content for SharePoint environments with the new “Claims authentication does not validate user” topic
The Claims authentication does not validate user troubleshooting topic is now available. I see...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 01/17/2013
Improve navigation through search results using refiners based on custom entities
Audience: Search Admin/ITPro Pre-requisite: This post assumes the reader has basic Search...
Author: Katja Krauss Date: 12/05/2012
SharePoint Server 2013 Test Lab Guide stack refreshed
The SharePoint Server 2013 Test Lab Guide (TLG) stack has been refreshed for the released version of...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 12/04/2012
Key Updates in System Center Monitoring Pack for SharePoint 2013
System Center Monitoring Packs (previously known as Management Packs), for both SharePoint Server...
Author: Michael Hou Date: 11/29/2012
Introducing Search Schema for SharePoint 2013
Audience: Search Admin/ITPro What is the search schema? The search schema is a mechanism in...
Author: Helge Grenager Solheim Date: 11/25/2012
New “Authentication in SharePoint 2013 Learning Roadmap” topic in the TechNet Wiki
The Authentication in SharePoint 2013 Learning Roadmap topic is now available. Consider the...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 11/20/2012
Upgrade: Frequent questions from SharePoint Conference 2012
It was great talking with so many of you at the SharePoint Conference last week. From one on one...
Author: Samantha Robertson Date: 11/19/2012
New: Scenario pages for SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 has many great ways to help you get things done. We want to highlight a few of...
Author: Samantha Robertson Date: 11/14/2012
Introducing the SharePoint Hybrid Configuration Scenario
A SharePoint 2013 hybrid environment consists of an on-premises SharePoint 2013 farm and a tenancy...
Author: Christopher J Fox Date: 11/09/2012
Find us at the SharePoint Conference 2012
Today kicks off the first day of the SharePoint Conference 2012, and nearly 10,000 attendees are...
Author: Nina Ruchirat Date: 11/07/2012
Build a Specialized Search Experience in Minutes with SharePoint 2013
Audience: Search Admin/ITPro Pre-requisite: This post assumes the reader has basic SharePoint 2010...
Author: Pedro DeRose [MSFT] Date: 10/09/2012
New “SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2010 claims encoding” topic in the TechNet Wiki
The SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2010 claims encoding topic is now available. Have you ever...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 10/09/2012
New SharePoint Server 2013 Test Lab Guide for Forms-based Authentication
The Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Forms-based Authentication with SharePoint Server 2013 is now...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 09/26/2012
Request a SharePoint Design Time Session at the SharePoint Conference 2012 in Las Vegas
Are you going to the SharePoint Conference this year?We are once again offering a limited number of...
Author: Nina Ruchirat Date: 09/25/2012
What happened to Best Bets? Introducing Query Rules
Audience: Search Admin/ITPro Pre-requisite: This blog assumes the reader has basic SharePoint 2010...
Author: Pedro DeRose [MSFT] Date: 09/18/2012
NEW Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Social Features in SharePoint Server 2013 Preview
The Test Lab Guide (TLG), Demonstrate Social Features for SharePoint Server 2013 Preview, describes...
Author: Hal - MSFT Date: 09/17/2012
How can I achieve the best freshness of search results? Introducing Continuous Crawls for SharePoint
Audience: Search Admin/ITProPre-requisite: This blog assumes the reader has basic Search...
Author: Vaidyanathan Raghavan Date: 09/14/2012
New F5 Networks-authored TLG shows how to use BIG-IP to load balance a SharePoint 2010 farm
My colleague Helen Johnson, a Solution Engineer at F5 Networks, has published the first...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 08/22/2012
Workaround: SharePoint 2013 Preview prerequisite installer doesn’t install the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Native Client
If you install SharePoint 2013 Preview by running the prerequisite installer (Microsoft SharePoint...
Author: KC Cross Rowley Date: 08/20/2012
Windows PowerShell cmdlets available in SharePoint Server 2013 Preview
This post gives information about Windows PowerShell cmdlets that are available in SharePoint Server...
Author: Kirk Stark Date: 08/20/2012
Introducing the Distributed Cache service in SharePoint Server 2013 Preview
This blog post is to increase awareness of a new service in SharePoint Server 2013 Preview called...
Author: Reeza Ali Date: 08/09/2012
Test Lab Guides for SharePoint Server 2013 Preview
The following Test Lab Guides (TLGs) are now available for SharePoint Server 2013 Preview: Configure...
Author: Joe Davies Date: 07/26/2012
New SharePoint Technical Content
These are indeed exciting times for the Microsoft Office Division as a whole, and definitely for...
Author: Nina Ruchirat Date: 07/23/2012