Technical Rollup Mail – SharePoint & ISS – September 2013
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SharePoint Technologies
Save the date: Join us for SharePoint Conference 2014
Registration opens in September, but head over now to sharepointconference.com to learn more about the conference, watch videos of SharePoint Conference 2012, read about SPC history, and start planning for March on the agenda page.
Toyota spreads the joys of "car life" with cloud-based web development and content management
After evaluating offerings from several companies, Toyota chose Windows Azure Infrastructure Services for its development environment and the Microsoft SharePoint 2013 web application and content management solution. Toyota worked with Microsoft Services to plan and build the new site using Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, and the redesigned GAZOO.com was launched on May 30, 2013.
Upgrade learning roadmap–revisited
Not long ago, we launched a set of Learning Roadmaps for SharePoint 2013. It seems like they’re going over fairly well, but we wanted to try out a more visual, less formal version of the roadmap content type and see what you think. I’ve reworked the Upgrade roadmap to include visuals as landmarks for each section and a friendlier tone throughout. Would love to hear what you think about this approach.
Updates to search ranking models in SharePoint Server 2013
If you use SharePoint Server 2013, the Cumulative Update package published in August contains an updated and expanded set of ranking models for search. Details of the contents of the update, including download information can be found here: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817616. If you use SharePoint Online, you will have access to these ranking models automatically when the service is updated.
Deploying Workflow Manager 1.0 for Sharepoint 2013 the right way
There’s not a lot of high quality documentation for Workflow Manager 1.0. What exists is generally accurate, however it’s the key missing information and lack of detail which presents challenges in the field. Spence Harbar, a SharePoint MCM and MCP has put together a cracking guide on how it should be done. The objective is not to cover background conceptual or architectural aspects of Workflow Manager or Service Bus specifically, as these are well covered already elsewhere. Rather the objective is to provide clear and accurate explanation along with repeatable deployment and configuration details for common scenarios faced by the SharePoint practitioner.
Find answers and visualize data with SharePoint
In this blog article, we'll look at the BI features in Office 365 and how these can be use to disover and display patterns with-in your business data
Microsoft Internet Information Server
Free ebook: Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Release, Including IIS
Microsoft Press has just announced a free ebook version of "Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Release." This free ebook covers the Preview Release, including IIS, as well as a recap of features added to IIS 8. IIS coverage starts on page 79.
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Documents
SharePoint Technologies
New Storage and SQL Server capacity planning article for SharePoint Server 2013
The much anticipated, "Storage and SQL Server capacity planning and configuration (SharePoint Server 2013)" article is now live on TechNet. The product group invested many hours of testing both SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 and SQL Server 2012 with SharePoint Server 2013. Use the resulting data in this article as a guideline to help you plan and deploy SQL Server in your SharePoint Server 2013 farm.
Enterprise search architectures for SharePoint Server 2013
This design sample shows the search architecture for a variety of sizes of server farms.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30383
SharePoint 2010: Getting Started with Development on SharePoint 2010 Hands-on Labs in C# and Visual Basic
Use these 10 hands-on lab manuals for SharePoint 2010 to get started learning SharePoint 2010 development.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17215
Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Forms-Based Authentication with SharePoint Server 2013
This paper explains how to configure and demonstrate form-based authentication for SharePoint Server 2013 based on the Test Lab Guide: Configure SharePoint Server 2013 in a Three-Tier Farm (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30386).
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34684
Which hybrid topology should I use? For SharePoint Server 2013 with Office 365
This model explains how to choose a topology for using SharePoint Server 2013 with Office 365 in a hybrid environment.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39948
Open Specifications Posters
The Open Specifications Posters (PDF format) make it easy for interoperability developers to explore the Open Specifications overview documents for Office client, Lync, SharePoint, Office file formats, Exchange Server, SQL Server, and Windows.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29941
Evaluate social computing for business needs in SharePoint Server 2013
SharePoint Server 2013 offers social computing features to facilitate discovery, coordination, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and discussion among employees in an enterprise.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39943
Moodle and Office 365 Guidance
Download guidance on configuring and installing the Microsoft provided plugin for integration with Moodle, an open source course management system for educators.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39932
Case Study: United Airlines and SharePoint Server 2013
This case study gives an overview of new SharePoint Server 2013 Web Content Management and search features, and also how United Airlines used these features to improve their Service Catalog.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39934
Overview of Shredded Storage in SharePoint 2013
This white paper provides an overview of Shredded Storage in SharePoint Server 2013 and the evolution of the SharePoint Products Storage model.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39719
Discover SharePoint: download guides
Follow these guides to learn how SharePoint can help you work better together, or visit https://DiscoverSharePoint.com.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39351
Test Lab Guide: Configure Intranet and Team Sites with SharePoint Server 2013
This paper explains how to set up multiple web applications, site collections, subsites, and pages for intranet departments and teams.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30379
Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Permissions with SharePoint Server 2013
This paper provides a brief introduction to SharePoint Server 2013 and illustrates how to configure permissions.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39040
Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate SAML-based Claims Authentication with SharePoint Server 2013
This paper provides a brief introduction to SharePoint Server 2013 and illustrates how to create a three-tier test lab that uses SAML-based claims authentication.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30385
Test Lab Guide: Configure SharePoint Server 2013 in a Three-Tier Farm
This paper provides a brief introduction to SharePoint Server 2013 and illustrates how to create a three-tier test lab.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30386
Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Forms-Based Authentication with SharePoint Server 2013
This paper explains how to configure and demonstrate form-based authentication for SharePoint Server 2013 based on the Test Lab Guide: Configure SharePoint Server 2013 in a Three-Tier Farm (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30386).
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34684
Microsoft Internet Information Server
Easy MySQL Backups and Restores Using phpMyAdmin
Thanks to the Web Platform Installer deploying a site with Wordpress and MySQL is a breeze. There are a few tools to maintain your MySQL databases and MySQL Workbench is an obvious choice. However if you are working remotely and only have access to a web browser then a free tool called phpMyAdmin is great solution.
https://www.orcsweb.com/blog/peter/phpmyadmin-mysql-backups-restores/
Fine tuning Dynamic Worker-Process Page-out on IIS 8.5
With the release of Windows 2012 R2, IIS now offers the option of configuring sites to suspend after they have been idle for a while (in addition to the option of terminate, which existed since IIS 7). We have discussed this feature in the past both in this blog, and during our TechEd North America presentation. This time, though, we are going to take a look into fine-tuning the settings for optimal performance.
Mitigating SQL Injection Attacks in IIS 7.5
It is surprising with all the advances in Internet technologies that there is still a lot of old school code being used and reused. Because of that, there are some topics that will be around for many years to come.
IIS compression overrides the VARY header
It was recently discovered by one of our customers, 51Degrees, that IIS has an issue where if content compression and caching are both enabled, IIS will overwrite the VARY header. When this happens, this affects caching behavior, making it ineffective. This behavior will be addressed in a future version of IIS, but until then, 51Degrees have developed a work-around for this. The workaround entails creating two custom modules for IIS, which are able to store and recover the value of the VARY header after it gets overwritten.
James from 51Degrees wrote a detailed guide for this on the company blog, so it might be useful for others as well (as well as anyone who needs to develop custom modules for IIS).
https://51degrees.mobi/Support/Documentation/NET/IISModification.aspx
Downloads
SharePoint Technologies
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Microsoft Internet Information Server
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This is your single source for finding Microsoft Internet Information Services tools, samples, extensions, filters and modules created by Microsoft and the IIS community.
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