Author: Roy Kim (MVP)

Solutions architect and developer for the enterprise. Azure, SharePoint and Microsoft 365 Microsoft Azure MVP Technical Expertise: Azure, SharePoint, Office 365, .NET, JavaScript, Microsoft Azure, MS Business Intelligence, Solutions Architecture. roy@roykim.ca

SharePoint 2016 Preview Install – First look

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SharePoint 2016 Preview was released yesterday on Aug 24. Download from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48712 Announcement: https://blogs.office.com/2015/08/24/announcing-availability-of-sharepoint-server-2016-it-preview-and-cloud-hybrid-search/ After installing, here are my comments as I walk through for noticeable changes: Similar to Office 365, there is a similar 'App Launcher' at the top left. Newsfeed, OneDrive and Sites sit under your personal My Site. http://<hostname>/my/personal/<username>/... 2. Under List Settings, there …

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Preparing Developer Virtual Machine for SharePoint 2016 Preview

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In anticipation for the SharePoint Server 2016 Preview release this month of August 2015, I have prepared a Hyper-V virtual machine for development and evaluation purposes. System Requirements http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2015/05/12/what-s-new-in-sharepoint-server-2016-installation-and-deployment.aspx Scenario Deployment type and scale Processor RAM Hard disk Database server running a single SQL instance Development or evaluation installation with the minimum recommended services 64-bit, …

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SharePoint 2013 Custom AJAX filters on List View Web Parts

On By Roy Kim (MVP)In Development14 Comments

Requirement: Implement ‘exact match’ filter against the list view web part on text values and drop down values using AJAX for great user performance. An alternative to filtering in a fly out menu of the list view web part’s column values. Filter by ‘Title’ Filter by ‘Task Status’ Technique: I am essentially emulating the column …

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SharePoint 2013 Custom List View Web Part Refresh

On By Roy Kim (MVP)In Development7 Comments

In the SharePoint 2013 list view web part, the paging, filtering and sorting functionality is driven by the inplview.js file. This is supported by AJAX calls against a RESTful service inplview.aspx. I am able to extend the JavaScript inplview object to implement client side refresh as data is updated on the server. To configure the automatic refresh by OOTB (out-of-the-box) configuration, go to the Web Part …

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SharePoint 2013 Workflow Integration with the WaitForCustomEvent Activity

On By Roy Kim (MVP)In Administration, Architecture & Design3 Comments

Implementing an integration scenario with SharePoint 2013 Workflows using WaitForCustomEvent Activity in Visual Studio 2012 Technical Requirement: Integrate a SharePoint workflow with another application to call into the application and wait for a response with data. Applicable business scenarios A document management approval workflow notifies a CRM system of a customer engagement and provides a …

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SharePoint Designer 2013 | Publishing 2013 Workflow Error

On By Roy Kim (MVP)In SharePoint Designer4 Comments

Using SharePoint Designer 2013, I create and publish a simple custom workflow (2013 platform). I get the following within the error message: "There was no endpoint listening at net.pipe://localhost/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/appsts.svc that could accept the message." Background: I am able to browse to http://localhost:32843/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/securitytoken.svc with no issues or errors showing. I have installed Worfklow Manager (and update) on a WFE server …

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Visual Studio 2012 SharePoint 2013 List and Content Type Designer: Hands-on Observations

On By Roy Kim (MVP)In Development4 Comments

After spending some time on developing a SP Hosted App, I would like to share my insights and observations with the new Office Developer tools for SharePoint 2013 Prerequisite: Web Platform Installer > Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 Let's walk through my observations from site columns, to content types and to list …

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SharePoint 2013 Hosted App Development Presentation Deck

On By Roy Kim (MVP)In Development2 Comments

I had the pleasure to speak at the January 2013 Toronto SharePoint User Group meeting. Topic: SharePoint 2013 Hosted App - Deep Dive Implementation The last few months of I have been working on a photo slider app displaying a photo, title and caption. I wanted to learn the technologies, architecture and tooling. My presentation …

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