This post explains the steps to configure Excel Services in SharePoint 2013 server farm. The first step in configuration is , navigate to the SharePoint central admin and start the Excel Services service on your application server.
To start the service click Manage Services on server under System Settings section in central admin
Start the excel calculation service as shown below
Windows Azure services infrastructure allows you to deploy all kinds of different roles, You can build great applications with SharePoint but they may not be ready for platform-as-service . The great part of windows Azure is ability to deploy the applications as software as service without writing any code. This post outlines the steps to deploy the SharePoint application to windows...
Developing client applications with SharePoint client side object model (CSOM) is an attractive option when SharePoint solutions are hosted in cloud environment where access to the root folder is not permitted. SharePoint exposes three object models using Managed code using Silverlight using JavaScript Each of these object models provides an interface for the functionality exposed in Microsoft...
Using Design Manager in SharePoint 2013, you can convert .html file into a Master Page. After completion of the conversion process both HTML and Master Pages are get associated with each other, so when you change the HTML file and save, the changes are synced to the associated Master Page. If you use Design Manager in SharePoint 2013 then you do not have to know about SharePoint specific mark-up...
This post outlines how to create a new query rule that will render the visual best bet. You need to create a document library and upload some assets to be used as visual best bet. After creating and configuring the query rule then you should be able to see the Visual Best bet when user search for particular term. The Visual Best bet contains a link to federating SharePoint with the term that...
Social Features in SharePoint 2013 were an extension for the features introduced in SharePoint 2010. You can read this post to know what those new extensions in SharePoint 2013. This post outlines the social features which are included in SharePoint 2013 community sites. You can read the community site features here. Creating and Configuring Community site Navigate to the home page in your...
My Site is a personal site in SharePoint for user. You can read this post to know how to create a My Site in SharePoint 2013. This post focuses on the Social Features which are included in ShareP0int 2013 My Sites. Activity Posting in My Sites – Follow the below step to post updates to a My Site in SharePoint. Navigate to the My Site by clicking the Newsfeed link in the site collection page...
SharePoint supports state machine and sequential workflows. In Sequential Workflow the activities are placed in logical order with a start and an end. Sequential workflows can be used in automated processes where a manual interaction like moving documents to library. In SharePoint, Workflows can be associated with libraries, lists and sites. Site workflows are introduced in SharePoint 2010 and...
SharePoint fires different events when you create custom event receivers. The events triggered by SharePoint are List Item events, List Email events, List Workflow events and Feature events. These can further classified into synchronous and asynchronous events. Synchronous events are executed on the same thread as the code, before sending response to the browser. Asynchronous events are those...
This post outlines the Architecture and Structure of Community Site Features in SharePoint 2013. Social Features that introduced in SharePoint 2013 can be read here. The following are the Features of Social Community site Discussion and Moderation Reputation model Discovery and Membership Community sites offer a form of experience that categorize and cultivate discussions for a broad group of...