SharePoint, Developer & More

Talk about developer topics in general with a lot of focus on SharePoint

Create an index in a list using CSOM

I have been asked about how to create an list index programmatically in SharePoint 2010\2013\2016....

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 10/19/2015

What's new in SharePoint 2016?

** Before you read: This post is written right after the preview (beta) is released. The product...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 08/27/2015

Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and moving resources across resource groups

** Before you start reading: Long PowerShell scripts in this article have been wrapped to multiple...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 07/21/2015

How to increase the evolution period of a Site collection Eval site in SharePoint 2013

This is a quick blog article so it will be short and to the point. SharePoint 2013 allows you to run...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 01/22/2015

Some times when you design your page in SharePoint whether you use the publishing framework (Pages)...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 09/23/2014

6. Known issues and workarounds for PowerPivot & PowerView

This is an article part of a series of articles Introduction Hardware requirements and sizing...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 08/08/2014

5. Install and configure PowerPivot & PowerView in a scale out environment

This is an article part of a series of articles Introduction Hardware requirements and sizing...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 08/08/2014

1. Introduction - PowerPivot and PowerView for SharePoint 2013 & SQL 2012 in a Scale out environment

There are many great articles that talks about deploying PowerPivot and PowerView. Very few focus on...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 08/07/2014

Issues with executing a build for SharePoint Apps using TFS build service

We have some good resources on how you can configure your TFS build server to be able to build...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 07/11/2014

Remove “Access App” from “Add an app” page in SharePoint

In order to add a new list or a SharePoint app to a SharePoint site you go to Site Content and click...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 06/10/2014

Prepare your SharePoint 2013 farm for App development and debugging

There are many great articles that talks about how to configure your SharePoint 2013 farm for apps...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 06/14/2013

Save SharePoint 2013 publishing site as a template

We all know that SharePoint doesn’t support saving publishing sites as a template. I...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 06/13/2013

Cross-Site Scripting, SharePoint Apps, App Parts and Office 365

Almost all modern browsers have implemented techniques to detect and prevent cross site scripting...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 05/28/2013

Famous SharePoint URLs & Locations

Some times you want to jump right to a specific system list, page or go to the edit mode in a...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 05/23/2013

Unable to reinstall SharePoint in Dev - Error 1706

In a production environment, uninstalling SharePoint is not recommended. Reinstalling SharePoint is...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 05/09/2013

Prerequisites for creating SharePoint 2013 projects using Visual Studio 2012

Unlike Visual Studio 2010, you need to install an extra component to be able to create SharePoint...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 03/12/2013

Special SQL Server configuration and considerations for SharePoint 2010

[Revised & Updated on 02/20/2014] Introduction This article will help SQL DBAs new to SharePoint...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 11/20/2012

Windows Azure IaaS - Upload a custom built VM template

One of the new features of the Microsoft Azure Cloud services is the Virtual Machines service...

Author: Ahmed Farag Date: 11/05/2012