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Aug 02

Build a SharePoint 2013 Web Part; Outlook.com: Fighting for the Workplace; Free Microsoft eBooks

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SharePoint Daily LogoMicrosoft is building a robotic “big brother” to watch over you at work.  -  Dooley

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How to: Build a SharePoint-hosted Client Web Part in SharePoint 2013 (Dot Net Mafia)
I am extremely interested in the new SharePoint 2013 App model so I have been doing a lot with them lately. The latest thing I was trying was building a SharePoint-hosted Client Web Part. I have found that there is not a lot of information out there yet on how to use these so I wanted to share some of the things I ran into.  This post on MSDN is good to help you get started with the setup of your app. Hopefully this info will help you get started. This post assumes you have installed Visual Studio 2012 RC as well as the SharePoint development tools. Continue reading this entry »
Jul 10

Large Files in SharePoint 2010; Windows 8 RTM in August; Will Microsoft Kill Skype?

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SharePoint Daily LogoDid anyone actually lose Internet access due to the DNSChanger Doomsday Virus? Based on the news over the weekend I was expecting the world to end or something.  -  Dooley

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SharePoint Applied: Large Files in SharePoint 2010 (CODE)
When a team at Microsoft first conceived of SharePoint, the product team decided that the content database was the best place to store file uploads in SharePoint. Before you pull out daggers, consider that there were many advantages to this choice. You can never have a virus corrupting the server in an upload that goes into the database. No filename issues. Transaction support. Easy backups, etc. Also, believe it or not, for a certain file size (smaller the better), databases can actually offer better performance than traditional file systems for storage. In addition, the product team decided to rely heavily on GUIDs and clustered indexes inside the content database – again, a choice with positives and negatives. Continue reading this entry »
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