Update: The UI change was a move toward the depreciation of the Public Website feature. Old customers will have the access to the Public Website feature for next two years. New customers won’t have this function offered anymore. For more information, please visit the knowledge base article Information about upcoming changes to SharePoint Online Public Website…
Microsoft leaks details about Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1
A couple of days ago, Microsoft mistakenly posted information about the upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 release on the Windows Phone OEM portal. The information was available to the broad public but the mistake was noticed relatively fast and Microsoft reacted by moving it to the part of the site accessible only by OEMs….
External sharing with Office 365 – Part 2: How to share SharePoint content with external users?
Part 1: Introduction Part 2: How to share SharePoint content with external users? <- you are here 🙂 In my last post about external sharing with Office 365 we covered options, possibilities and limitations of Office 365 in terms of the sharing content with external users. Now when we know what we can and can’t…
Where the heck the Windows Phone 8.1 support for Passbook went away?!
Really, Microsoft? Come on! Windows Phone 8.1 introduced support for the iPhone / iOS Passbook files. I was really glad to see this because this was something I was really jealous about on iFruit users. It was introduced with the Developer Preview and it was carried along to the RTM. But, a couple of days…
Say goodbye to the bi-monthly SharePoint Cumulative Updates…
… and welcome the monthly updates! Yes, that’s right. Instead of releasing SharePoint CUs every two months, the product group decided to release them every month instead. Yay! The first in the row is the July 2014 CU. Here are the download links: SharePoint 2013 KB 2882999 – SharePoint Foundation 2013 July 2014 CU KB…
External sharing with Office 365, part 1: Introduction
Part 1: Introduction <- you are here 🙂 Part 2: How to share SharePoint content with external users? Introduction In today’s world of dynamic workplaces and dynamic projects, we are faced with a lot of challenges. We are working with various people in various teams, sometimes within our own departments only but most of the…
Nokia Lumia 630 review
Disclaimer: Information contained within this article represents my own opinions and is a result of personal experiences with the hardware and software. Some images in this article are copyrighted by Nokia / Microsoft Mobile Oy. Update: Offline maps can be stored on the SD card. Look at the Storage section for the updated information. After…
Is roaming becoming a matter of past?
Few weeks back I got an SMS from Base, my mobile provider. Just as a background, Base is a subsidiary company of E-Plus, one of four main providers in Germany. Now, I usually do not write products or service reviews, except it is explicitly tied to SharePoint, Microsoft and similar topics. And, after all, this…
Serious issues within Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2013 [Updated]
UPDATE [2014-04-24]: Service Pack 1 is released again. Download links and the deployment guidance are available under http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2014/04/08/service-pack-for-sharepoint-server-2013-1-recalled.aspx Did you already install SP1 for SharePoint 2013? If not, good for you! Microsoft found out some serious bugs within SP1 for SharePoint 2013 and is currently fixing them. As a prevention, Microsoft disabled download links for…
Internet Explorer 11 issues with SharePoint
Although a rather old problem (old as IE 11, actually), a couple of my clients have had experienced it lately so I decided to write a quick post on it. SharePoint does not work properly with IE 11. Period. In fact, neither 2007, 2010 or 2013 versions do. There are quite some issues with the…
SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure adventures 