SharePoint 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio

Yesterday’s Microsoft event in Cleveland was just as successful as the Columbus event! Both had 30+ attendees, and both had lots of great questions - expect a future blog post where I address some of the most interesting questions asked.

Randy Pagels discussing SharePoint Web and Unit Testing with Visual Studio 2012; Cleveland, Ohio

SharePoint 2013 in Columbus, Ohio

Yesterday’s Microsoft event in Columbus was well attended.  And there’s still time to register for tomorrow’s Cleveland event. Hoping to see some of the Cleveland SharePoint User Group members in attendance tomorrow.

Attendees at the “What’s New For Developers & Testers in SharePoint 2013” event, Columbus, Ohio

What’s New for Developers & Testers in SharePoint 2013

Next week, I’ll be co-presenting with Randy Pagels (Developer Technology Specialist for Microsoft) in a multi-city roadshow event focused on SharePoint 2013 and Visual Studio 2012:

This event allows attendees to get up to speed on the new and improved development and testing features available in SharePoint 2013 using Visual Studio 2012. Some of the key learning areas include:

• Understanding the Cloud App Model
• Learning about core platform enhancements
• Testing SharePoint performance with profiling tools
• Testing SharePoint code with Microsoft Fakes Framework

Click below to register for an event near you:

March 4	Columbus, OH	March 12	Minneapolis, MN
March 6	Cleveland, OH	March 14	Des Moines, IA
March 7 March 11	Kansas City, KS St. Louis, MO	March 15	Omaha, NE

The ABC’s of Building Apps for SharePoint 2013

I had a good time presenting to the [Columbus, Ohio] Buckeye SharePoint User Group this past week on the topic of building Apps in the new App Model in SharePoint 2013.

Based on the feedback, everyone seemed to like my new approach of demo-by-screenshot – I thought that might be more efficient than having everyone watch me work live in a VM with Visual Studio 2012, while holding our breath in anticipation of the inevitable demo disaster. :)

I’ll be continuing to speak on SharePoint 2013 next month in Columbus and Cleveland as part of Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2012 regional tour. But until then, here’s my slidedeck below from this week, or view it on Slideshare:

OneNote and Metadata in SharePoint – Add a Notebook to a Library – Part 4 of 5

As described in our original scenario, we want to create a relationship between our Client list and their related documents, including a new OneNote notebook.

OneNote notebooks are different from their sister programs in the Office application suite because a notebook consists of several related files, and thus are stored differently. As a result, you wouldn’t simply Upload a OneNote notebook into a document library. Let’s go thru the steps and options for adding our OneNote notebook to SharePoint:

OneNote and Metadata in SharePoint–Connecting Related Documents to Client Names–Part 3 of 5

As described in our original scenario, we want to create a relationship between our Client list and their related documents, so that ultimately we can make a relationship between our OneNote notebook, and the related Client. We created our Client Names list in Part 2, now lets see about making the connection with the documents.
Here we have a basic document library that contains several different documents:

But how do we know which Client the Expense Report belongs to, for instance? We’d have to open the document and read its contents to try to figure it out. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could add a column that could tell us that information right in the default view of our document library? Fear not – we can!

OneNote and Metadata in SharePoint–Creating a List of Client Names – Part 2 of 5

As described in our original scenario, we want to create of list of Client Names so that we can ultimately associate our OneNote notebook with one of them.

This list can be thought of as a standard Lookup list, as well as a repository for Client information. The Client Name will be used to fill dropdowns in other list columns or forms, but also provides a 1-click way for a user to see more detailed information about a Client associated with another item. I’ll show you what I mean, but first let’s create the list. You can use any of the following methods:

• The Standard Way
• The Import Way
• The SharePoint Designer Way
• The PowerShell Way
• The Visual Studio Way
• The External Content Type with Azure Way

Choose the option that works best for you – let’s begin! (click on images for larger views):