Category: SharePoint 2013

Search in SharePoint 2013 Foundation versus full blown server.

Note: As with other blog posts on the SharePoint 2013 preview, this is BETA testing only and is subject to change before RTM. If you’re reading this after release, please bear in mind things can and will most likely have changed. One of the biggest limitations in SharePoint 2010 Foundation and indeed before that in …

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SPSUK Dec 8th–Session agenda is now live

If you’re coming to SharePoint Saturday on December 8th, you can now find the session agenda for the day live on the SharePoint Saturday site.. http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/uk/Pages/meetings.aspx If you’re not coming.. why not, go and sign up now! http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/uk/default.aspx There’s some great sessions running, and if you can’t find one that interests you, come and heckle …

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Taming the Noderunner process in SharePoint 2013 search.

An MS employee posted an update regarding the Noderunner search process in SharePoint 2013 and the current issues it has regarding leaving memory. http://blogs.technet.com/b/mpriem/archive/2012/09/05/sharepoint-2013-preview-hungry-search-service.aspx The technique of limiting the Noderunner.exe.config file with a setting in the memoryLimitMegabytes works really well.. Too well in fact if you’re trying to reconfigure your search topology in PowerShell. When …

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I love the look of in-place searching in SP2013

DISCLAIMER: This post is based on the Beta version of SP2013 and all information is subject to change One of the first things that you may notice in SharePoint 2013 is that search is EVERYWHERE! Nowhere is this more obvious than when you click into a document library to see the new style drag & …

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SharePoint Saturday UK 2012

The latest edition of SharePoint Saturday UK will be coming to Nottingham on December 8th 2012 thanks to the chaps at Lightning Tools and Intelligent Decisioning. This is the only major Free conference in the UK that covers SharePoint and attracts a host of speakers and professionals to cover the many diverse topics surrounding SharePoint. …

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Sorry, something went wrong–SP2013 and Development VMs

I tend to run around with a laptop that contains a whole bunch of Virtual Machines for my SharePoint work. The latest bunch are running the SharePoint 2013 Beta release which really doesn’t seem to take too kindly to having the VM’s suspended on a regular basis. The problem seems to lie with the security …

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Nickname search in SharePoint 2013

NOTE: This info applies to the SharePoint Standard 2013 BETA and as such is subject to change between now and RTM! Do not rely on this information as being gospel until confirmed at release! After posting my Nickname post this morning, I wondered what was happening with this in SharePoint 2013. As I just so …

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