Category Archives: Office 365

Making decisions on current Microsoft ESN Offerings – SharePoint 2013 Social vs. Yammer, What do we choose right now?

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

Update March 19th 2013: Jared Spataro has released roadmap update which lays out more details for SharePoint and Yammer Socials. His response is if you have options to use both Yammer and SharePoint, Use Yammer as your Social platform. http://blogs.office.com/b/sharepoint/archive/2013/03/19/yammer-and-sharepoint-enterprise-social-roadmap-update.aspx … Continue reading →

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What’s New in SharePoint 2013 Social – Major Features, Characteristics, and Limitations

Posted on February 10, 2013 by

Recently I have been building demos and playing with SharePoint 2013 social features. As I have been playing with Social features and watching SPC12 social session videos, I have been keeping notes especially notable characteristics & limitations of new features. … Continue reading →

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SPC12 SharePoint 2013 Social Sessions Reviews

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

Recently I have started catching up SPC12 videos while driving to nearly 3 hours commute every day at client site. Instead of worrying about long commute, I had decided to listen to SPC12 videos while driving. Last two weeks, I have … Continue reading →

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Step by Step – Provisioning New Site Collection based on Custom Site Template in SharePoint Online 2010

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Please note that this article mainly applies to SharePoint Online 2010. Although it can be used in both SharePoint Online 2013 and SharePoint On-Premises installation, there are better options available. If you are new to SharePoint Online 2010 and Office … Continue reading →

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New SharePoint 2013 WCM features are Not available in SharePoint Online 2013 and SharePoint 2013 Standard

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

I have been researching all the key features of SharePoint 2013 WCM recently. One of my goals was to build integrated environment to demo all the new SP2013 investments of Search, Social, and WCM in SharePoint online environment. As I … Continue reading →

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How we did SharePoint Online 2010 Intranet Project – High Level Items to Consider

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

Note: This article relates to SharePoint online 2010 version and majority of the items would relates to SharePoint online 2013 as well. Recently I have worked as SharePoint Architect responsible for highly successful, 2500 seat, Office 365 and SharePoint Online … Continue reading →

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What’s New in SharePoint Online 2013 Administration and How it Differs from SPO 2010 Version

Posted on October 14, 2012 by

NOTE: Please note that unless it’s stated, this article provides overview of SharePoint Online 2013 Preview for Office 365 Standard Edition, Enterprise Customers. Most of this information is based on Preview Beta. Office 365 Preview & SharePoint Online 2013 Preview … Continue reading →

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How SharePoint Online 2010 to SharePoint Online 2013 Upgrade will work?

Posted on October 14, 2012 by

Note: This is NOT Official Microsoft word but my observations based on what I have seen in SharePoint Online 2010, SharePoint Online 2013 Preview, and SharePoint 2013 On-Premises Preview bits. As Microsoft have RTMed SharePoint 2013 couple days ago and stated … Continue reading →

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My First Experience with “Napa” Office 365 Development Tools

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

This Tagline for NAPA development tools for SharePoint Online 2013 and Office 365 Preview sums up everything what you really want to know about what NAPA is intended for SharePoint Online development – “If you have an Office 365 account, a … Continue reading →

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Step by Step – Invite External Users in SharePoint 2010 Online & Office 365

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

Last Updated: Based on May 25, 2012 Office 365 Update NOTE: Please note that unless it’s stated, this article provides overview of SharePoint Online Standard for Office 365 Enterprise Customers. I personally think, this is most common deployment model for … Continue reading →

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