How to setup DirSync with Project Online
Last week, the Active Directory team released a new version of a tool called “DirSync”. This is a tool who makes it possible to synchronize Active Directory accounts from your on-prem environment with Office 365. The version they release was a special one. Let me quote: I’m happy to let you know that we’ve made it [...]
No CommentsUsing Project Online OData with Excel Web App
Project online has some great reporting features. One of the features that I really like is the OData service. This OData service is not only available for Project online, but also for on-premise deployments. To access this feed, all you have to do is browse to the following url: “/pwa/_api/ProjectData”. One of the tools to “explore” [...]
No CommentsQuick PowerShell note: Get available constructors
When you’re working with PowerShell, you occasionally will be using .Net types to create objects . One thing that I noticed is that it’s quite difficult to know the correct types of the arguments that you can pass to the different constructor methods. Some piece of PowerShell that I had was: [crayon-51c181fd89bb2/] In that (small) example, [...]
No CommentsA single Project Site for both TFS and Project Server
I got a question from a friend of mine (Pieter Turcq) today, who asked me if it’s possible to use one single Project Site (in SharePoint) for both TFS and Project Server? Well, actually you can. In this post, I will show you what the requirements are and how you can easily achieve this. But first [...]
3 CommentsDebugging SharePoint 2013 remote events using the Windows Azure Service Bus
In this post, I will talk about how you can debug remote events within a SharePoint 2013 App. Especially with the Autohosted App Model (I made a post about that a while ago). Let me first start with a small and really easy to understand app that I will use to highlight the topic of this [...]
No CommentsOffline SharePoint 2013 Prerequisites installation on Windows Server 2012
When I was at a customer recently, I had that nice situation of a Windows Server 2012 without an active internet connection. Before you can install SharePoint 2013, you need to execute the “prerequisiteinstaller.exe”. The only problem with this is the fact that you do need to have an internet connection. A while ago, I [...]
No CommentsDeploying SharePoint 2013 Apps with TFS 2012
In this third part about SharePoint 2013 Apps with TFS 2012, I will talk about how you can deploy your package to your SharePoint 2013 (or SharePoint Online) instance. (Note that I’m using the “AutoHosted” App model) First you have to complete the steps described in my previous posts: Building SharePoint 2013 Apps with TFS [...]
No CommentsIntegrate your Yammer feed into SharePoint Online
In this post, I will show you how easy it is to integrate your yammer feed into a SharePoint Online site. I’ll be making use of the “Yammer Web Part for SharePoint Online”. Note that this does not cover the way SharePoint and Yammer integrate when you’re using an on-prem installation with the “full blown” [...]
No CommentsGet your populated Office 365 demo environment
Did you know that, as a Microsoft Partner, you can get a free demonstration environment and some guide materials for the new Office and Office 2013 without requiring a full installation locally? Well, I didn’t until James Akrigg (@jakrigg) posted the following tweet: Curious as I am, I wanted my own demo environment. As I [...]
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