17 April, 2013

Creating customized search results in SharePoint 2013


With the launch of SharePoint 2013 came some exciting new features and improvements in the realm of Web Content Management (WCM). Content authoring improvements like Image Renditions and the ability to drag and drop navigation items directly onto a page create a better experience for content authors, while branding advancements like the new Design Manager and Device Channels further empower web designers. Throw in Managed Navigation, Cross-site Publishing, Catalog-enabled lists and libraries, Category pages, clean URLs and the ability to capture a video thumbnail straight from the video and it is clear that WCM has received quite the facelift courtesy of SharePoint 2013.

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Extending your Enterprise Workflows and Forms with Services Offered in the Cloud


Today’s modern company is comprised of multiple offices, telecommuters, business travelers and clients on various continents in different time zones.  In this global economy, business applications are required to meet the needs of each employee and customer whether they are in Atlanta or Hong Kong.  No one wants to be sitting in an important meeting not being able to access and interact with the data and processes they need.  For this month’s Tip of the Month, we’re examining the benefits of utilizing the powerful cloud features of Nintex Live with Nintex Workflow and Nintex Forms.

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How to Customize Windows Explorer Search Connections for SharePoint Server 2010


One of the best improvements in SharePoint from version to version has been with Search. Search Server Express was added for SharePoint WSS 2007. Fast Search was introduced in SharePoint Server 2010 among other great feature improvements around the search service. In SharePoint Server 2013, Fast Search technology is now included in the standard search service and a new feature known as continuous search has been added. SharePoint's Search service is far superior to list views to locating documents and item information in SharePoint. There are so many features of search that can be easily utilized or extended upon so much so that each deserves its own article. One feature that this article will focus on is searching SharePoint content from your computer using Windows Explorer and how to extend its capabilities.

16 April, 2013

Can I send Email Alerts From SharePoint 2010 To Distribution Lists

Yes we can send Email alerts From SharePoint 2010 To Distribution Lists.

How ?

The answer is First you need to convert the DL into a security group for the DL to get resolved in Sharepoint . As Sharepoint doesnt recognise DL`s

After that is done .

1. Log in to your SharePoint site and navigate to Site Actions > Site Permissions

2. Add this distribution list to the site as a member of an existing SharePoint permission   
    group . you can give Read permissions no Higher permissions needed .

3. Navigate to Settings > Group Settings and make sure that the following is true

  • Who can view the membership of the group: Everyone.
  • Group permissions level: at least,Read permissions

  • 4.  Navigate to the library or list and click Library (List) > Tools > Set alert on this library (list)

    5.  Add the distribution list in the field Send alerts to

    The alerts now will be sent to the members of this distribution list.

    The Managed Metadata Service or Connection is currently not available. The Application Pool or Managed Metadata Web Service may not have been started. Please Contact your Administrator

    We have created a new UAT environment for the deployment purposes and everything is new. Suddenly the requirement comes up for managed metadata. As this environment is newly built so we have not created all the service applications and work/create as per the requirement arises.

    Note:
    If you find a different solution, please report it as a comment to this post. Be sure to double-verify it: undo your solution and verify that the problem comes back, then redo it and verify that the problem goes away.

    Problem Description:
    Creation of new service application named as ‘managed metadata’

    I have created a new service application by providing the following data:
    1.   Name of the service application Example. Managedmetedata_DEVSP
    2.   Name of the application pool
    3.   Selecting the appropriate service account from the dropdown which has sufficient privileges to create the SA.
    4.   Click OK

    Now the service application is created without any issues.

    As soon as I clicked on it then I got the following ERROR MESSAGE:
    The Managed Metadata Service or Connection is currently not available. The Application Pool or Managed Metadata Web Service may not have been started. Please Contact your Administrator.

    Resolution:
    Make sure the managed metadata service is already started.
    How to check this:
    a)   Central Administration
    b)   Manage services on server
    c)   Managed metadata service
    d)   Start

    Once the service is in started mode then check the results again by clicking on the managed metadata service application, it has to open the page without any errors\exceptions.

    If you face the same error message as mentioned above then please execute IISRESET once and that’s it.

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