One of the neat features about SharePoint 2013 is that Office Web Apps has been split off into it's "own product" so it doesn't have to be installed on a SharePoint server anymore. There are lots of reasons to do that, like being able to maintain a separate patching schedule, being able to do a…
Tag: SharePoint 2013
Another Apps for SharePoint Tip with the Error "The issuer of the token is not a trusted issuer"
I was working on a build of SharePoint that is post beta 2 today, and found that one of my custom high trust apps I had built would no longer work. In looking at the ULS logs I was getting the dreaded "The issuer of the token is not a trusted issuer" error message. I…
Working with Request Manager in SharePoint 2013
I haven't seen a lot of information out and about on this yet, so I thought I'd take a little time to frankly – get into some PowerShell – for Request Manager (RM). For those of you who aren't familiar with RM, it's a new piece of SharePoint 2013 designed to do SharePoint request routing…
Important Change for Custom Claims Providers in SharePoint 2013 – and Refresh of Some Favorite Claims Tools
This one's short but important – there's been a change in SharePoint 2013 when you install a custom claims provider. The IsUsedByDefault property is now set to False by default; in SharePoint 2010 it was True, which means as soon as you installed your custom claims provider everything "just worked". You will now have to…
Planning the Infrastructure Required for the new App Model in SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 brings with it a brand new application model, which we euphemistically refer to as the “app model” or “cloud app model”. While it brings a whole new set of opportunities from a development perspective, it also carries with it infrastructure requirements that you need to plan and build to support them. When I…
The User Profile Claim Provider in SharePoint 2013
This is one of those posts that's really about "unexciting" you rather than the other way around unfortunately. I got a question the other day from someone who noticed a new User Profile Claim Provider when creating a web application policy in central admin: Unfortunately this does not mean that there is a new provider…
Creating Managed Properties in a Site Collection in SharePoint 2013
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…
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…