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SharePoint Templates: Site Templates for SharePoint 2013

(Last updated in 2018) SharePoint 2013 offers a vast variety of out-of-the-box site templates. One of the success factors of your SharePoint deployment is choosing the most suitable site template that meets your business needs….

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Basic PowerShell cmdlets to Upgrade Content Databases from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

In my previous article about upgrading from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013, I explained how to complete this task by using the Database Attach upgrade method. This technique implies the necessity to use some PowerShell…

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Setting up the CloudShare SharePoint 2013 RTM Farm to Support Apps

With the recent Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of SharePoint 2013, I figured it was time to see what the new app development model is all about. Spinning up the farm When it comes to getting…

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How to insert custom JavaScript code in SharePoint 2013 pages – Part I!

Adding custom JavaScript code to SharePoint 2013 site pages is just one of the many extensibility points available in the platform. In this article, I will show you how to add client logic to your…

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How to fix SharePoint 2013 Web Application error “The context has expired and can no longer be used”

I came across this odd error a couple of times in the past few weeks, so I wrote a quick guide that might help you get rid of it. If you see this error after…

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How to Enable Anonymous access to a SharePoint 2013 site!

As is the case in previous versions, you can configure SharePoint 2013 sites to be accessed by anonymous users. In this article I will show the steps needed to configure anonymous access to an existing…

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SharePoint Themes: SharePoint 2013 Site Themes

Whether you are using SharePoint as your enterprise portal or company website, your clients and users pay a great attention to your website design. In my experience, one of the critical success factors for implementation…

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Harnessing the cloud to improve ALM processes

Too often, current application lifecycle management (ALM) practices are cumbersome to the point that they slow down the development process. The tremendous number of variables in the ALM process makes software development work resource intensive…

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Step-By-Step Guide to Installing Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Server

We get a lot of requests for templates that include Microsoft Dynamics stack. Recently, we published a new template containing Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a customer relationship management product. Dynamics CRM features…

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How to create a SharePoint 2013 custom cmdlet!

As you know, SharePoint is not only a product but also a development platform. Being a platform you can extend it. You do this by creating custom elements at any level using a rich object…

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What’s new in the SharePoint 2013 Client Side Object Model!

So the question here is: What’s new in SharePoint 2013 CSOM? Well, of course the API is there (in the 15 hive) and Microsoft has increased the possibilities of building applications with the CSOM adding…

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Microsoft has just changed the way you develop … again

At CloudShare we are all about increasing developer efficiency and making application lifecycle processes transparent. What better way is there to do this than bringing the latest release of Microsoft’s Visual Studio to CloudShare. We…

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