SharePoint Dragons

The SharePoint 2013 Best Practices page contains an overview of all SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online feature overviews that are really worth your time: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/12438.sharepoint-2013-best-practices.aspx#Feature_Overview

In case you’re interested, this a small and free e-book about SharePoint 2013: http://www.slideshare.net/IntergenNZ/introducing-microsoft-sharepoint-2013-ebook

The SharePoint 2013 Best Practices was updated again and is becoming more extensive: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/12438.sharepoint-2013-best-practices.aspx

Interesting, if you execute a search query programmatically for the first time after an iisreset (using searchExecutor.ExecuteQueries(keywordQuery, handleException);) it fails miserably. This is a known defect that will be fixed in the Feb CU.

A quick tip: someone asked us how to set a reference to Microsoft.SharePoint.dll, because searching for the terms how to set reference to server object model in “sharepoint 2013” didn’t provide results. A simple thing. Just add a reference and click Extensions, like so (don’t forget to set the platform target to x64, otherwise it won’t function correctly without really telling you):

Recently, MS announced the new SharePoint 2013 exam plans and we found there’s lots of interest in the community. Yes, it’s going to be all different again. We contacted MS to shed some light on it, focusing on the new Microsoft Certificated Masters SharePoint (MCSM) certification. The most exciting thing is that there is now a hybrid format available of the exam, that only requires you to be away for a week (one week of instructor-led training at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, USA, followed by ten weeks of twice weekly, four-hour remotely-delivered interactive training sessions, state-of-the art lab environments are provided during the eleven week training program), great if you have a family! Bare costs for the exam are $18,500 (look here for more info).

First, check out this: Microsoft Certified Masters SharePoint

There are some prerequisites. If you start training before December 31, 2013:

· MCSA: Windows Server 2012

For training starting on or after January 1, 2014:

· MCSA: Windows Server 2012

· MCSE: SharePoint

· MCSD: SharePoint Applications (not yet released)

Check out the Detailed course contents and Program overview briefing 

To view the upcoming schedule, click here

The following script automates SharePoint 2013 installation and is based on PowerShell: http://autospinstaller.codeplex.com/ It’s quite cool!