SharePoint 2013 Workflow – Integrating a Custom Association Form
Overview In SharePoint 2013, the integration of custom forms like Association form, initiation form etc, is different from the way we do it in SharePoint 2010. In 2010 we can use either a InfoPath or...
View ArticleManaging SharePoint Rendering on Mobile Browsers (iDevices)
Mobile browsers like Safari or Chrome render pages in a virtual "window" (the viewport), usually wider than the screen, so they don't need to squeeze every page layout into a tiny window (which would...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 Workflow Development – Handling Dynamic Values and Collections
SharePoint 2013 Workflow provides a new data type called DynamicValue. This new data type, in combination with the other workflow activities, makes our life much easier to work with services in...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 Workflow – Calling a WCF Service
In SharePoint 2013 workflows, since its been re-architectured and CSOM based, the need of making Web or WCF service calls are more and we may need to deal with data and operation contracts (complex...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 Workflow – Refresh/Push Latest Workflow Changes (Definitions)
During my tenure on last engagement, realized that pushing the latest changes on workflows in not working as expected and the latest changes are not effective until the sub site (web) was recreated. In...
View Article(B)Locking system pages on SharePoint sites
To prevent anonymous visitors from browsing system pages on a public-facing website, SharePoint offers the ViewFormPagesLockdown Feature. The hidden Feature, which is a part of the standard Publishing...
View ArticleUpdating SharePoint Content Search Webpart (CSWP) Default Cache Duration
On a search driven SharePoint site, Content Search Web Parts are configured to use the Anonymous Search Results Cache. The Anonymous Search Results Cache stores results of a query, refinement data for...
View ArticleSharePoint- Export/Import Managed Metadata Terms through CSV
This custom PowerShell script is to export the SharePoint Managed Metadata term store into a CSV file. Please make a note that this script would be handy when there is a need to move the managed...
View ArticleUpdating SharePoint Content Search Web Part (CSWP) properties after Deployment
In SharePoint Custom solutions, the Content Search Web Parts (CSWP) might require minor property updates after the deployment, which is not feasible through UI. The typical example could be...
View ArticleEncrypting SharePoint SQL Connections [Clustered & Non Clustered]
To configure the non-clustered server to accept encrypted connections Ensure the SQL Service Account (Ex: SVC01) has been enabled admin access on the SQL server machine. Login to SQL server using SVC01...
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