There are many cool things about search in SharePoint 2013, and one that I think is really going to help growing search verticals for departments and business units is the ability to create managed properties down to the site collection level. Managed properties are frequently used in search verticals because they give you a way to define custom…
Year: 2012
Integrating People Metadata In Content Searches Using Query Rules in SharePoint 2013
Okay, that’s admittedly kind of a long goofy title, so what is Steve talking about here? Well, let me phrase it this way – a few days ago I saw a question flying around that went something like this: I have folks that work for different departments in my organization, like Sales, Finance, etc. When…
OAuth and the Rehydrated User in SharePoint 2013 – How’d They do That and What do I Need to Know
First let me say that one of the things I like about blogging about random SharePoint mystery meat is the fact that I can use completely colloquial language like my blog title. Something that’s nearly impossible to get away with, unless, say, you are creating a new version of SharePoint. Anyone see the amusingly social…
Troubleshooting My Site Creation in SharePoint 2013
I've seen a few examples – some myself and some from others – of issues getting My Sites created in beta 2 of SharePoint 2013. It can be a little tough to track down, because we use a queued approach now to creating personal sites, so you need to do a little digging to track…
One Important SAML Claims Property to Never Touch in SharePoint 2013
Hi folks, it has come to my attention that there is one particular property on the SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuer in SharePoint 2013 that you should absolutely never ever touch or try to change in any way. 2013 introduces a new property on the SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuer called the MetadataEndPoint, and I won't even bother getting into what that property is…
Configuration Required for Sharing Feature in SharePoint 2013
Some of you may have noticed the new Share button in SharePoint 2013. Without going into great detail, the Sharing metaphor is plugged in throughout SharePoint as a means for anyone to request and grant access, for themselves or someone else. If you are logged into a site where you are not a site collection…
Mapping User Profiles for SAML Users with an AD Import in SharePoint 2013
This is a topic that becomes very important in SharePoint 2013, and that is making sure you have a fully populated user profile application. In SharePoint 2013 the user profile system plays a critical role in the OAuth infrastructure, which is what allows certain trusted application scenarios to succeed by allowing other applications to act…
Searching Property Bags in SharePoint 2013
This is one of the 1001 or great new things about search in SharePoint 2013. In fact if I had the copious free time that would actually be kind of a fun challenge, writing a 1001 new things I like about Search, but I digress. In this particular case, I'm talking about adding properties to…
An Important Tip About Client ID Values for S2S Apps in SharePoint 2013
Here's something that might cost you a TON of time if you aren't careful, so please take a few minutes to read this. You should be seeing some documentation pretty shortly that describes how to create what we call an S2S application, which means Server to Server trust application. You will also see this called a…
FBA Configuration Manager for SharePoint 2013
Nothing really earth shattering here – the previous version of FBA Configuration Manager for SharePoint 2010 (http://blogs.technet.com/b/speschka/archive/2010/07/28/sharepoint-2010-forms-based-authentication-configuration-manager.aspx) won't deploy directly to SharePoint 2013 so the attachment to this post includes a new version compiled the latest version of SharePoint. It also includes the late breaking fix for random errors about the Xml node belonging to…