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SharePoint Search Best Practices

By jscott, on October 26th, 2011%

SharePoint search tips are of particular interest to us here at Beyond Search. We strive to sort the chafe from the wheat and sometimes turning to the source material is the best way to do that. We noted a quite useful series of best practice articles … . . . → Read More: SharePoint Search Best Practices

ggrep: Grep Based Search And Replace Tool For Windows

By jscott, on October 1st, 2011%

Grep is a command line utility which was originally developed for UNIX based operating systems. This text-search utility searches files or standard input for lines matching a regular expression. There are many implementations of grep available for othe… . . . → Read More: ggrep: Grep Based Search And Replace Tool For Windows

Choosing a search technology for SharePoint projects

By jscott, on September 24th, 2011%

Has the question of SharePoint Search vs. FAST Search come up in your planning sessions? Do your users have requirements that can “only” be met with FAST Search? Is Search Server Express an appropriate decision in your environment? Microsoft has pr… . . . → Read More: Choosing a search technology for SharePoint projects

Microsoft Debugger Download Available: DebugDiag 1.2

By jscott, on September 22nd, 2011%

A nifty download is now available from Microsoft. After a long beta phase, Microsoft has released the final version of a debugger called DebugDiag 1.2. Some highlights include a SharePoint Analysis Script, a Performance Analysis Script, and native heap… . . . → Read More: Microsoft Debugger Download Available: DebugDiag 1.2

SharePoint People Picker

By jscott, on September 18th, 2011%

The general public mostly views Silverlight as the application that allows them to watch streaming Netflix movies on their PC or Mac, but to SharePoint developers it is an entire toolbox to create clever and interesting web parts. The Share-n-Dipity Bl… . . . → Read More: SharePoint People Picker

An X Ray of the SharePoint User Subsystem

By jscott, on September 15th, 2011%

SharePoint 2010 is a complex program that integrates many small details to create large architecture schemes for content management to be used by multiple users. On the SharePoint Developer Team Blog, we found the article, “User Profile Subsystem in … . . . → Read More: An X Ray of the SharePoint User Subsystem

CSS Reference Chart for SharePoint 2010

By jscott, on September 13th, 2011%

Cascading Style Sheets are one of the preferred ways to make changes to many SharePoint page templates. Here’s a short, but good article from The SharePoint Experience about, “SharePoint 2010 CSS Reference Chart.” The chart highlights the major s… . . . → Read More: CSS Reference Chart for SharePoint 2010

Managing Email with SharePoint

By jscott, on September 12th, 2011%

Email often means Microsoft Exchange. We came across an interesting article which suggests that SharePoint can also manage email. The CMS Wire story is a “Case Study: SharePoint as an E-mail Management System.” Our question: Why would we even think… . . . → Read More: Managing Email with SharePoint

Simplifying Email within SharePoint: An ABB Case Study

By jscott, on September 4th, 2011%

We all have many e-mail addresses these days and it makes extremely difficult to keep up with all of them. Employees at ABB—the power and automations technologies group—had to trek through nearly a dozen platforms to access e-mail, locates notes, u… . . . → Read More: Simplifying Email within SharePoint: An ABB Case Study

Making Libraries Easier to View in SharePoint

By jscott, on July 25th, 2011%

Working with a single monitor and multiple windows open is a constant pain, especially with a teeny, tiny laptop. Switching between the windows is frustrating, but the smart computer user averts this problem by hooking up two or more monitors to their … . . . → Read More: Making Libraries Easier to View in SharePoint

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