New ways to share with external users in SharePoint Online 2013

The sharing functionality in SharePoint 2013 has been improved and made easier. In the upcoming SharePoint Online 2013 (currently still in preview), you can make use of it already, as described here by Microsoft. 
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=673  

SharePoint Manager 2013

The SharePoint Manager 2013 is a SharePoint object model explorer. It enables you to browse every site on the local farm and view every property.
Documentation: http://spm.codeplex.com/documentation
Downloads: http://spm.codeplex.com/releases/view/97332

 

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SharePoint Manager 2013 (ver: 1.0.12.1106)

 

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InfoPath cannot save the following form: Form Name . This Document Library was either renamed or deleted, or network problems are preventing the file from being saved. Contact your network administrator

Problem Description:

Assume that you are running Microsoft InfoPath on a Windows Server 2008 R2 server. In this situation, you cannot use InfoPath to publish an InfoPath form on a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 server. Additionally, when you try to publish and save the form, you receive the following error message:

InfoPath cannot save the following form: Form Name . This Document Library was either renamed or deleted, or network problems are preventing the file from being saved. Contact your network administrator.

Analysis/Troubleshooting Results:

This issue occurs because the Desktop Experience feature is not enabled on the Windows Server 2008 R2 server.

Therefore, connections cannot be made from the Windows Server 2008 R2 server to the SharePoint server.

Workaround | Resolution:

To work around this issue, install the Desktop Experience feature, and restart the Windows Server 2008 R2 server.

Then, start the Themes service from the Windows Services console.

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know.

Thank you.

SharePoint 2013 Certifications

SharePoint 2013 is part of the new version of Office, making it easy for people to stay connected, access files anytime, and maintain messaging security. Get certified as an MCSE in SharePoint and earn recognition for your expertise in helping a company organize sync, collaborate, and share information across the organization.

Certification Exam for SharePoint 2013 would be release in February 2013. Microsoft revealed this.

70-331: Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013

70-332: Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013

First Look Clinic: What’s New for IT Professionals in Microsoft SharePoint 2013

First Look Clinic: What's New for Developers in Microsoft SharePoint 2013

SharePoint list 'show filter choices' mystery

When we face any product limitation issue or call it as default SharePoint behavior then it’s difficult to conclude or explain to the customer that this is by design.

Filter Web Parts connect to Web Parts containing one or more sets of data to change the view of the data. The filter Web part can be visible on the page, to ask for user input, such as a date or text, or they can be invisible, as is the case with the Current User filter, which filters data based on the user who is logged on to the computer.

Problem Description:  Some of SharePoint list’s which are present on my site collection are not displaying the list of content types; instead they are showing an option “show filter choices”

While researching on the issue, I found one article which clearly suggested that this happens because of increase in the number of items in the list.

Million Thanks to Nauplius for publishing this article: http://sharepoint.nauplius.net/2010/09/sharepoint-list-filter-problems-or.html

In the above mentioned article, it clearly mentioned that when the list items crosses beyond 500 items then it will the option “show filter choices” and Microsoft place this option because of performance problems.

Please let me know in case of any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information.

Thank you.