Secure storage of credentials in PowerShell

If you search the internet, you will find many different blog/forum posts that show how to store credentials for later use in PowerShell. Most of...

Microsoft Azure IaaS Goverance, Provisioning and Desired State Configuration

I have a confession to make…for the last six months, I have been working as a SharePoint architect in an infrastructure group. Yes, I had...

Formatting numbers as string in PowerShell

I had to look this up again today (easily the 5th time in the last month). So, to make it easier to look up the 6th...

ChicagosNext Hackathon

I am thrilled to point you to a community/charity event that has been scheduled to leverage the large number of technology professionals in Chicago for...

Troubleshooting S2S Configuration

I was working on a project recently with an interesting issue. The organization has an on premise SharePoint farm. They are developing Apps for SharePoint that...

Article: Reading the SharePoint Change Log from CSOM

I've posted an article that discusses Reading the SharePoint change log from CSOM [https://www.schaeflein.net/reading-the-sharepoint-change-log-from-csom]....

Using Office 365 Exchange Online for SharePoint on premise outgoing email

A client of mine is in the process of migrating to Office 365. In this particular migration, their Exchange infrastructure moved first, the result being that...

Microsoft Cloudshow Episode on Identity

In mid-November, I had the privilege of sitting down with Andrew Connell to talk about my favorite topic for his podcast ( http://www.microsoftcloudshow.com/podcast/...

Understanding OAuth tokens and their lifetime

I received a question in email the other day – what is the lifetime of a SharePoint OAuth token? Interesting question, so I did some research. First,...

MSIS7102: Requested Authentication Method is not supported on the STS

A quick post, which if it gets enough Search Engine love will save someone else time… In response to a customer issue in which an iPad...

SharePoint 2013 REST filter for Yes/No fields

Did you know that if you search for Odata filter examples on boolean fields you will be sorely disappointed? I did however, find this wonderful tidbit...

SharePoint REST syntax for methods

From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn292556.aspx: To specify multiple parameters, include the parameter as a name-value pair, and separate the parameters with...

Setting Workflow Status

A recent project required a workflow that routed approval thru various departments and had a somewhat complex process once the item was approved. As I was...

Metadata endpoint for SharePoint 2013 REST

At the DevIntersections conference this week in Las Vegas, the speakers in the SharePoint track were gathered in the “intersections” room waiting for the seats to...

Community Project: Content Organizer Link Web Part

For document libraries that are targets of Content Organizer rules, the upload link will redirect to the Drop Off Library. Contributors can also navigate directly to...