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Office 365 usage report APIs in preview

We'll get to configuring and using the Office 365 Usage Reports based on the beta endpoint of the...

Author: Shawn Leonard [MSFT] Date: 09/13/2017

SharePoint - Setting a View Definition

I try to encourage a minimalist approach towards working with SharePoint.   Why write code, when a...

Author: Shawn Leonard [MSFT] Date: 08/08/2017

Custom actions (quick guide)

https://dev.office.com/sharepoint/docs/sp-add-ins/create-custom-actions-to-deploy-with-sharepoint-ad...

Author: Shawn Leonard [MSFT] Date: 08/04/2017

How to enable SharePoint Designer 2013 Advanced Mode.

SharePoint Designer is on its way out but it is still one of the critical ways to modify and manage...

Author: Shawn Leonard [MSFT] Date: 06/09/2016

SharePoint web services: read version history for column changes

A recent project requirements were to display version history; specifically the value changes in...

Author: Shawn Leonard [MSFT] Date: 06/04/2016

Access Services and my data

This post is targeted at users who have a local set of data in a MS Excel file, MS Access database,...

Author: Shawn Leonard [MSFT] Date: 06/03/2016

SharePoint Development - Part 3 (KnockoutJs)

In the previous blog we created and customized a list.    We applied some very basic customization's...

Author: Shawn Leonard [MSFT] Date: 05/27/2016

SharePoint Development - Part 2 (Customization)

In the previous blog we created a list and used all out of the box controls.   I can tweak a list...

Author: Shawn Leonard [MSFT] Date: 05/27/2016

SharePoint Development - Part 2 (Configuration)

Out of the box is good experience.  You gain security trimming, web controls, grids, searching,...

Author: Shawn Leonard [MSFT] Date: 05/27/2016

SharePoint Development - Part 1 (InfoPath)

InfoPath 2010/2013 was a promising platform which allowed non-developers to enable and...

Author: Shawn Leonard [MSFT] Date: 05/27/2016

SharePoint Development Overview

SharePoint has been around for a while. You may have started in the early days with Full Trust code,...

Author: Shawn Leonard [MSFT] Date: 05/27/2016

User Profile Service - Active Directory Import issues/debugging

You work with a hybrid cloud or a virtualized environment where security is a high priority. If your...

Author: Shawn Leonard [MSFT] Date: 02/10/2016

Client Side Rendering - Cross Site Lookup

Client-Side Rendering (CSR) Lookup Column (v1.0) I typically suggest that every organization should...

Author: Shawn Leonard [MSFT] Date: 02/02/2016

Querying attributes from Active Directory using ADFS with a 3rd party Identity Provider

I know there are a lot of other blogs explaining how to query Active Directory for attributes....

Author: Dade Register [MSFT] Date: 09/14/2015