Updated: Programmatically Declare and Undeclare Records in Record Library
Programmatically declaring and undeclaring records can be useful in case you need to modify dates or metadata to trigger retention. An example of this would be: Multiple court case documents sitting...
View ArticleTesting Short-Term Retention Policies in SharePoint 2010
If you need to set up a testing environment for retention policies in SharePoint 2010 and you decide to create a retention stage that looks like the following: Declared Record + 1 Day Move to...
View ArticleManaging ItemUpdating and ItemUpdated Events Firing Twice in a SharePoint...
Here is a very complete article written by Damon Armstrong on ItemUpdating and ItemUpdated event receivers firing twice on SharePoint 2010, and how to work around this issue....
View ArticleCool Visual Studio 2010 Extensions to help with SharePoint 2010 Development
I have been preparing the next release of my re-usable VM for SharePoint 2010 development that is used by all the developers at Orangutech. I decided to add a few extensions that would make development...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 Customer Preview is Out!
The long awaited next version of SharePoint is finally out in Customer Preview. Microsoft seems to be heavily pushing the Office 365 platform to rapidly enable customers to test the new platform. Of...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 Search – FAST Integration
SharePoint 2013 finally released yesterday as a technical preview. This article is based on the July 2012 technical preview release and this functionality could change before final release. SharePoint...
View ArticleThe Demise of Sandboxed Solutions in SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 introduces the new SharePoint App model that essentially replaces the sandbox model of solution development. Apps are self contained and easily deployable even more so than sandbox...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 : 2010 Backwards Compatibility
SharePoint 2013 finally introduces backwards compatibility in SharePoint 2013 allowing you to use your SharePoint 2013 farm as a 2010 farm. This will also make life easier for developers as they will...
View ArticleLanguage Packs are out for SharePoint 2013 but…
They are not publicly available yet. Only through MSDN Subscriptions so I cannot update my Language Pack downloader just yet. Expect an update when Microsoft releases these downloads off to the public....
View ArticleMicrosoft Outlook 2010 Update KB2687623 Breaks VSTO MailItem.SaveAs() to URL
I was presented with a head scratcher issue yesterday. This customer has a custom ribbon button for Outlook 2010 that takes the currently selected email and submits it to their SharePoint 2010 document...
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Language Packs for SharePoint 2013
Microsoft has finally released the SharePoint 2013 Language Packs as a public download. These are the same downloads that have been available to MSDN subscribers since RTM release. The link to the...
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Language Packs for SP2 of SharePoint 2010 Server and Foundation
The language pack download tool at http://splanguagepacks.codeplex.com/ has been updated to support the Service Pack 2 of SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Foundation. Get it from the Codeplex page...
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Language Packs for SharePoint Foundation 2013
The language pack download tool at http://splanguagepacks.codeplex.com/ has been updated to support SharePoint Foundation 2013. Get it from the Codeplex page or directly using this link:...
View ArticleSmtp4Dev – As a windows service
I have been using the Codeplex solution Smtp4Dev for many years and have always wished there was a windows service version of this application available instead of having the application running in the...
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Microsoft Ignite and SharePoint 2016 Zero-Downtime Updates
I am down in Chicago for the Microsoft Ignite Conference which is turning out to be the largest Microsoft Conference ever, 23,000 attendees. The McCormick Place is on a scale that makes the Vegas...
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