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Querying Active Directory Using Principal Extensions in...
I recently had a project where I needed to query the extensionAttribute1 – extensionAttribute15 attributes for users from Active Directory. I’ve already written about how to query Active Directory...
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Setting Object Cache Accounts in SharePoint 2010
This post will show how to set the PortalSuperUser and PortalSuperReader accounts for SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell. Background I frequently create web applications in my SharePoint 2010 environment...
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Inside the SharePoint 2010 My Site Cleanup Timer Job
This post will discuss what the SharePoint 2010 My Site Cleanup Timer Job is, what it does, and how to manage it. If you need to implement your own cleanup process, this post will also provide...
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Setting Up FBA and SQL Membership in SharePoint 2010 with PowerShell
This post provides PowerShell script to easily configure SQL FBA in SharePoint 2010. A long time ago, I wrote a blog post that shows how to configure the SQL Server Provider for FBA in SharePoint 2010....
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Configuring Access Services 2013 on Premises
Recently I co-presented the developer track for Ignite training with Andrew Connell. The training, developed by Critical Path, covered the new SharePoint and Office app models, workflow, BCS, and...
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Creating High Trust SharePoint Apps with Microsoft Office Developer Tools for...
This post shows how to create a High Trust app using Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 - Preview 2 tools. During SharePoint Conference 2012, Scott Guthrie announced the release of...
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Enable Exchange Mailboxes for All Users in an OU
This is more of a note to myself than anything, but what the heck, why not share it with everyone else?I frequently build new SharePoint farms for development and testing, and I usually create a new...
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Configuring LDAP for FBA in SharePoint 2010 or SharePoint 2013 with PowerShell
This post provides PowerShell script to easily configure forms based authentication using LDAP in SharePoint 2010 or 2013.A long time ago, I wrote a post that shows how to configure the SQL Server...
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SharePoint 2013 App Only Policy Made Easy
This post demonstrates the app only policy for SharePoint 2013 app development and show how to create SharePoint 2013 apps using OAuth tokens with either a trust to ACS as well as S2S. I show how to...
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New Features in Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012
The Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 have been released and have some fantastic new additions in them for building apps. This blog post covers some of the new features that...
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Access 2013–Not Your Father’s Access
I worked this weekend to prepare for a presentation this week at the Dallas SharePoint TechFest, “Access Services 2013 – Not Your Father’s Access!” I am covering the new features of Access 2013 as an...
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Inside SharePoint 2013 OAuth Context Tokens
This post will show you how to inspect the SharePoint 2013 context token to better understand how OAuth is used in SharePoint 2013 apps.First, Some ContextIn order to use a context token with...
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How I Became a SharePoint 2010 MCM
I recently attained the Microsoft Certified Master for SharePoint 2010 certification. I have long wanted to write about the experience, but honestly didn’t know how to begin. After quite a few...
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How to Allow Only Users Who Have a Community Badge to Your SharePoint 2013 Site
This post will show how you can secure a web site based on if a user has been given a badge in a SharePoint 2013 community site.Badges and Reputation in SharePoint 2013 Community SitesSharePoint 2013...
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Clarifying Guidance on SharePoint Security Groups versus Active Directory...
I received the following question on the SPYam group on Yammer, and decided to share the information with the broader audience via my blog.For SharePoint security Microsoft always recommended to use...
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Create the Best App for Office 2013 in 5 Minutes
While speaking in Kuala Lumpur for the Ignite developer training, Chris O’Connor (aka @grumpiewookie) jokingly said that the whole apps for Office thing needed something catchy, something nostalgic....
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SharePoint 2013 User Profile Sync for Claims Users
I have been working with claims authentication quite a bit lately, and something that can be frustrating when using claims authentication for Forms Based Authentication (FBA) or SAML claims is that...
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Fixing People Picker for SAML Claims Users Using LDAP
One of the things that frustrates customers when implementing claims authentication in SharePoint is how the people picker works for SAML claims users. If you try to add a SAML claims user to a group...
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My Deck from SharePoint and Windows PowerShell
I am presenting tonight to the Arizona PowerShell User Group on “SharePoint and Windows PowerShell”. Here is the agenda for the talk:Adding SharePoint snap-in to ISESharePoint Nouns and...
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SharePoint 2013 (kb2726992) - The installation of this package failed
While patching one of my SharePoint 2013 farms with the April 2013 Cumulative Update, I kept receiving an error:“The installation of this package failed”.I had extracted the contents from the...
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