Enterprise Search in SharePoint 2013
As I have been increasingly working with Enterprise Search in SharePoint 2013, I have found myself continuously re-researching specific topics. Thus, I have decided to publish this post and keep ot up to date with search content and configuration selfishly for my own reference, but if some else finds it useful - yayy! :)
News on the Office Store Front: Subscription Apps!
This is really big news on the Office Store front, at least in my humble opinion, and straight from the Office News blog: http://blogs.office.com/b/office-news/archive/2013/10/01/office-store-investments-bring-new-opportunities-to-developers.aspx.
CalSPUG - October 17, 2013
I am very excited to tell you that Ruven Gotz (yes his blog is also part of spinsiders.com) will be presenting the topic "Taxonomies, Content Types and Metadata, Oh My!" this October at our regular CalSPUG meeting day on the third Thursday of the month (Oct. 17th). Doors open at 5:00, presentation should start around 5:30 with food and drinks provided! To register, please do so here: http://calspug-2013-10-17.eventbrite.ca/.
Multi-Farm Architectures for SharePoint 2013
I have been asked about this topic a few times in recent weeks and really wanted to keep this diagram handy, so I thought what better place to put it than my blog! Microsoft has provided a lovely info document on this exact topic which can be found here.
Visio Shapes for Office 365 / SharePoint 2013
This little things are pretty useful for diagramming out Office 365 & SharePoint 2013 environments: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35772
Office 365 Pricing for Nonprofits Released
... well, kind of. We're still waiting on some Office 365 for Small Business Nonprofit pricing, but it shouldn't be too long. Complete details can be found here. Here are the highlights (prices are in CAD):
Microsoft EA - Office 365 Tenants
Important little thing to know when dealing with larger companies in particular: Microsoft only allows one Office 365 tenant per Enterprise Agreement.
SharePoint Online - Content Viewing Audit Logs
Little important thing to note when evaluating SharePoint Online "Wave 15": SharePoint Online does not have the components to enable View audit log reports.
Moving to Office 365
With the full GA release of Office 365 Wave "15", I thought it was about time I started to really see what I could do with this platform. I have been an avid SkyDrive and Outlook.com user for my personal email for sometime now, so why not see what else I can do with the cloud & Office 365 with my little experimental company. I should also mentioned that my little company is a Microsoft registered partner and I have enrolled in the Cloud Essentials program to make this endeavour a bit more cost effective.
MySPC Calendar Syncing
Now that SharePoint Conference 2012 is just a couple days away, I am sure everyone is busy selecting all the sessions they are wanting to attend via MySPC. As I was admiring my completed calendar, I began to wonder: How I am I going to get this on my phone. I attempted to import it into my corporate Outlook but that was futile as my iTunes is not on my company laptop. Back to the drawing board... What about outlook.com??? Eureka! I can add a public calendar to my Outlook.com account!