Author: Gus Fraser
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SharePoint 2013 JSLink and Managed Metadata
JSLink is one of the greatest improvements in SharePoint rendering in 2013 – love how easy it is to override the default views. Chris O’Brien has a great post on this (early in the 2013 release cycle but still valid!) If you want to access values stored in a Managed Metadata field using JSLink be…
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Querying SharePoint 2013 Search Index for Managed Property Values / Refiners using REST API
A client recently had a request to provide a search users by department with the department list pre-populated in a drop-down menu: So the question was: “How can I query the Department managed property values for People to populate the drop-down menu?” (which would be cool if it autocompleted.. for another day maybe!) The answer…
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Office 365 Multi-Factor Authentication Setup and Implications
Since the great announcement of Office 365 Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) (sometimes called 2FA or 2 Factor Authentication) being made available to (nearly) all Office 365 subscribers for FREE, we have been working with some of our clients on achieving the right balance of security versus usability and practicality. This post covers some of the implications…
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I’m speaking at SP24
I’m delighted to be speaking at SP24 – a purely online conference about SharePoint lasting 24 hours, going around the globe! It’s happening on 16th/17th April; I have a lot of respect for the guys putting this ambitious event on, I can’t imagine how much work has gone on behind the scenes – many late…
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Embedding a Web Part in a SharePoint 2013 Master Page via Design Manager
So you want to use Design Manager – a great feature in SharePoint 2013 for converting native HTML to SharePoint master page already covered in a previous blog post. However, you’d like to embed an XsltListViewWebPart – maybe to use some JSLink goodness to render content from elsewhere in the site such as news, updates,…
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SharePoint Conference 2014 Wrap Up
So the Microsoft SharePoint Conference is over for 2014, it was a big one. With 10,000 attendees and over 400 sessions this really is the one to attend if you have any interest in SharePoint; from a developer, IT Pro, Executive or end user perspective there were several more relevant sessions than it was physically…
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Microsoft Office Revocation information not available
The Problem As recently encountered, if your PKI setup is less than optimal you may experience one or more of the following when opening Office documents stored in SharePoint 2010/2013 over SSL: 1. When you open the document you get a Security Alert: “Revocation information for the security certificate for this site is not…
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Accessible CAPTCHA Fail
The Problem Working on a number of public-facing sites, both for government and private sector, the issue of providing a SPAM-resistant contact form arises regularly. The typical example which I have a serious personal dislike for (due to the fact that it takes several goes and a lot of luck) is Google’s reCAPTCHA.. some amusing…
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I’m Speaking at SharePoint Saturday UK
I’m delighted to be speaking at SharePoint Saturday UK again this year on 9th November – this time my session will be on public-facing websites on Office 365: SharePoint has been capable of providing enterprise grade websites for a number of versions, however these were typically associated with enterprise costs. With the latest release of…
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Host-Named Site Collection Limitations
The Disclaimer I’ve encountered these limitations on my main development farm and was able to reproduce on one other… one March 2013 PU and one August 2013 CU. It may not be a widespread issue and I am looking for a solution – any help appreciated in the comments 🙂 The Problem Whilst host-named site…