Sunday, December 29, 2013

How to change site logo in SharePoint 2013?

In this post we will discuss how we can change site logo in SharePoint 2013. Also you can check out my previous posts on:

- How to change the favicon in SharePoint 2013 site?

- Create Apps using Office 365 development tools Napa

- Create SharePoint 2013 Web Application

Follow below steps to change the logo in the SharePoint 2013 site:

From the Settings Icon click on Site Settings as shown in the fig below:


Then from the Site Settings page, Go to the Look and Feel section. Then click on Title, description and logo link as shown in the fig below:

This will open the dialog box to change the logo. In SharePoint 2013, there are 3 options to upload a logo. "FROM COMPUTER" will allow you to browse the logo from you computer. But it will put the logo in the Site Assets document library.

"FROM SHAREPOINT" allows you to browser from one of the Libraries.

Apart from this you can also directly paste your logo URL. check fig below for the 3 options.

After this click on OK, you logo will appear in the site.


Tuesday, December 24, 2013

5 Pillars of SharePoint 2013

In this post we will discuss about five pillars of SharePoint 2013. Also you can check out my previous posts on:

- Share with everyone new feature in SharePoint 2013

- Timeline web part in SharePoint 2013

- Create an application page in SharePoint 2013

The five pillars are Share, Organize, Discover, Build & Manage.


1- Share:
SharePoint 2013 has lots of improvements towards social features, like Newsfeed which allows to view and post updated like twitter. Also new feature such as follow documents, sites or people.

SharePoint 2013 introduces community site, which allows to build rich discussion environment which has common features like ratings, search etc.

Now in SharePoint 2013 you can embed video from external sources such as Youtube.

2- Organize:
Organize is another pillar of SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 provides enhancement towards document libraries. Like in SharePoint 2013 you can drag and drop files to the SharePoint library and you can sync using SkyDrive Pro.

Also there are few enhancements towards SharePoint list. Like in Task list timeline provides visual representation of the task.

3- Discover:
Search has been enhanced for better results. Enhancement towards navigation, also now you can search with multiple repositories in the same search query. Also now you can search people based on their expertise.

4- Build:
In this area there are lots of enhancements provided by Microsoft. There are lots of enhancements towards workflow, new workflow architecture and also better experience towards designing workflows.

SharePoint provided Apps which are very much useful. SharePoint 2013 provides a new application model that supports the development, installation, management, and use of apps.

5- Manage:
In SharePoint 2013, Security, site management and site upgrade has lots of enhancement. Also SharePoint 2013 eDiscovery feature has been very popular.


Friday, December 20, 2013

What is SharePoint Online?

In this post we will discuss what is SharePoint Online. Also you can check out my previous posts on:

- The tagging service is currently unavailable error in SharePoint 2013

- Hide search box in home page in SharePoint 2013

- New actions in SharePoint designer 2013 workflow: Call Web Service Action and Start workflow action

- SharePoint Online is a web-based service that is hosted outside your organization in the cloud, instead of residing on a server in your organization, or on-premises. And since it is in the cloud, IT infrastructure resides outside your office premises and the infrastructure is maintained by a third party.

- SharePoint Online is a cloud service that you can use to access information and to interact with your team from anywhere and from many types of devices.

- Previously to use SharePoint, we need to install SharePoint software in our organization, But now since cloud services are subscription based we do not need to install SharePoint on our premises.

- Microsoft provides cloud based service through Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint Online is a part of Microsoft Office 365 that also includes Microsoft Exchange Online for the web-hosted mail service, and Microsoft Lync Online for web-based conferencing.

- Microsoft provides various subscription options also, like you can saw Limits of SharePoint online in Office 365 Small Business plan and Limits for SharePoint Online for Office 365 Midsize Business Plan.

- But based on your requirement you can go for on-premises SharePoint deployment, or a cloud SharePoint Online solution, or a hybrid environment. The hybrid solution combines an on-premises SharePoint deployment with a SharePoint Online cloud solution and delivers a consistent user experience across a combined environment.

- If you are ready now, then you can check this article to know how to create site in SharePoint Online.


Thursday, December 19, 2013

Download language packs for SharePoint 2013

In this post we will discuss where to download language packs for SharePoint 2013, both for SharePoint server 2013 and SharePoint foundation 2013.

Also you can check out my previous posts on:
- Share with everyone new feature in SharePoint 2013

- New for visual webpart for SharePoint 2013 and Visual Studio 2012

- Timeline web part in SharePoint 2013

Language Packs for SharePoint Server 2013:
You can download Language Packs for SharePoint Server 2013 from this URL.

Before downloading you can select the proper language (from the dropdown list) for which you want to download like below:


Language Packs for SharePoint Foundation 2013:
You can download Language Packs for SharePoint Foundation 2013 from this URL.

Before downloading you can select the proper language (from the dropdown list) for which you want to download like below:


Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Create SharePoint 2013 Web Application

In this post we will discuss how to create SharePoint 2013 web application through Central Administration.

Also you can check out my previous posts on:

- Hide Quick Launch in SharePoint 2013

- What happen when you press F5 in Visual Studio in SharePoint 2013

- New actions in SharePoint designer 2013 workflow: Call Web Service Action and Start workflow action

Creation of web application in SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013 is almost same. Follow below steps:


Before that make sure you have farm level administration as well as you are a member of the local administrator group.

- Open SharePoint 2013 administration, then click on Application Management.

- Then this will open the Application Management page, there under Web Applications click on Manage web applications as shown in the fig below:


- This will open the Manage web application page, there click on New as shown in the fig below:


- The above step will open the "Create New Web Application" dialog box which is similar to SharePoint 2010.

- In that page, Select whether you want to create a new IIS web site or not, then in the Security Configuration section, you can select whether you want to allow anonymous access or not, whether you want to use SSL or not.

In the Authentication Type, Select which type of Authentication you want.

In the Sign in Page URL, you can select whether you want to use the default sign in page or you want a Custom Sign in Page.

Then give the Public URL, and it is better to create a new Application Pool. Then it will ask you a Service account credentials.

After that give the Database server details, like server name, database name and better to chose Windows Authentication mode.

Then Click on OK.

This will create the new web application.


Monday, December 9, 2013

What happen when you press F5 in Visual Studio in SharePoint 2013

In this post we will discuss what will happen when you press F5 while developing an App in SharePoint 2013 using Visual Studio 2012.
Also you can check out my previous posts on:

- Apps packaging in SharePoint 2013

- Create Apps using Office 365 development tools Napa

- Hide search box in home page in SharePoint 2013

F5 key debugging also is there in visual studio for SharePoint 2013. When you press F5 by default Visual Studio uses IIS Express as the localhost for debugging sessions.


To debug the app for SharePoint, you need to be connected to SharePoint Developer Site and allow the application to be trusted if needed.

Below are the steps performed by Visual Studio when you press F5 (followed from Professional sharepoint 2013 development book)

1. It builds the Web Application Project if needed.

2. It changes the URLs in the AppManifest.xml and other project fi les.

3. It packages only the SharePoint-specifi c artifacts into the Open Package Convention (OPC).

4. It uninstalls the SharePoint App.

5. It installs the SharePoint App (OPC) using the life cycle API.

6. It updates the Hosts fi le if Peer Name Resolution Protocol (PNRP) is not used.

7. It launches the Web Application Project in IIS or IIS Express if there is one.

8. It updates the web.confi g with the correct client ID.

9. If the LaunchUrl in the App manifest is set to a site page in the App Project, then launch the
browser to the LaunchUrl. If not, Visual Studio just launches the All apps page.

10. Visual Studio attaches the script debugger or Silverlight debugger.

You can also check What exactly happens when we do F5 in Visual Studio 2010 in SharePoint 2010?

Hope it will be helpful !


Saturday, December 7, 2013

Create Apps using Office 365 development tools Napa

Now you can create office apps using Napa. Napa is an Office 365 development tools to build apps for office or SharePoint directly out of a browser window.
You can also check out some SharePoint 2013 articles:

- Audio and Video content type in SharePoint 2013

- Enable Sign in as Different User Option in SharePoint 2013

- Image Rendition feature in SharePoint 2013

You do not need to install any other tools like visual studio. Only thing required is you should have an Office 365 account and a supported browser.

You can Sign up for an office 365 developer site and then then you can install Napa office development tools on your developer site. And that is required to create apps for office documents, mail items or SharePoint.

Napa, an Office 365 Development Tools gives you with a page to manage your projects. And you can use this page to create a mail app, content app, task pane app, or SharePoint app project as well as rename and delete projects.  You can also open any project in Visual Studio if you decide that you want to leverage features such as advanced debugging or the ability to use a web project as part of your app for Office or SharePoint.

Napa also provides a very good feature name as Share Project  through which you can share your apps with someone else. The Share Project feature creates a copy of the app project and provides you with a public link that you can give to anyone to enable them to view the copy of the app project.

You can see how to?
- Create your first mail app for Outlook by using "Napa" Office 365 Development Tools

- Create your first content app for Excel by using "Napa" Office 365 Development Tools

- Create your first task pane app by using "Napa" Office 365 Development Tools

- Create a basic app for SharePoint by using "Napa" Office 365 Development Tools


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