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…
Tag: SharePoint 2013
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…
Configuring Self Service Site Creation in SharePoint 2013
In SharePoint 2013 we add some great new features around self-service site creation (SSSC). You can configure things like whether to use a custom form to create the site collection, whether to create a subweb or site collection, what path should be used when the site collection is created, and whether to ask or require…
Using Dreamweaver and Design Manager with SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 includes a number of new features to make it easier than ever before to style and publish web sites. One of those features is Design Manager; it allows you to do things like create different channels for your content – such as one set of pages for full size browsers, one for mobile…
In SharePoint 2013 My Site Collection Will Be Created In What Content Database?
I thought I'd phrase my answer in the form of a question…no wait, that isn't exactly right. Okay, let me just say that this is one short little post that falls in the category of "It's the Little Things You Love" about SharePoint 2013. Today's feature call out is about something that has been asked for…
A Memory Issue To Watch in SharePoint 2013 Beta 2
As folks start working with the SharePoint 2013 beta 2 bits, you may randomly notice certain errors that once they start, don’t go away. You may get dialog boxes (coming from javascript) that mention a 500 service activation error, or you may see search queries just stop working, or you may look in the ULS log…