This post discusses the Service Application architecture in SharePoint 2013 and compares the key changes in architecture model with SharePoint 2010. The building model for Service Applications is same as it introduced in SP 2010.Like in SP 2010 service applications can be consumed from within the web application.
Distributed Cache Service in SharePoint 2013
This post discusses the Distributed Cache service in SharePoint 2013. Distributed Cache is a new service that ships with SharePoint 2013 based on Windows Server App Fabric Distributed Cache. This service is used in new features like Authentication Token cache and Social features in My site. When you install SharePoint 2013, you end up with running a windows service named AppFabric Caching. You...
Analytics features in SharePoint 2013
The Analytics Platform in SharePoint 2013 replaces the Web Analytics Service application in 2010. Analytics engine has been completely redesigned in SharePoint 2013. This post discusses the New Analytic engine features in SP 2013. SharePoint 2013 Analytics Features Item-to-Item recommendations based on user behavior Example: People who viewed this also viewed xyz Promote search results based on...
Configuring SQL Server to listen a non-default port
SQL Server allows you to reassign the ports used by default instance or named instances. Using SQL Server Configuration Manager, you can reassign the TCP port. Your SQL Server environment is more secure when you change the default ports to a difference number.
Follow the below steps to configure the SQL Server Instance to listen a different port
Sorting Month Name in Date Dimension in SQL Server
In order to sort the month name in your date dimension, you need to define an attribute relationship and Sort Order in the Date Dimension. This post discusses about defining a new attribute in date dimension based on existing column in the underlying dimension table.
Step 1: Open the Date Dimension designer then switch to Attribute Relationships tab
SharePoint 2013 System Requirements
This post discusses the Hardware, Software Requirements and browser support for installing SharePoint 2013. Hardware Requirements for Application and Web Server Hardware requirements for Web tier and Application tier whether environment is single or multiple server farms Processor –> 64 bit 4 cores RAM –> At least 8GB RAM for Production Servers and no less than 4GB for developer or...
Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5 Released
I am excited to share the download link and features link for Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5 from Jason Zander and Hanselman
Download Visual Studio 2012
Happy coding!
Integrating JQuery into SharePoint
Integrating JQuery into SharePoint involves putting JQuery library in where it can be accessed from SharePoint Environment. This post discusses about different options available for deploying and loading JQuery library in SharePoint page and then create a webpart using JQuery. Deploying JQuery to SharePoint To manage the JQuery library files in central location , adding them to the layouts...
Enabling Contained Databases in SQL Server 2012
Authentication mechanism to login to SQL Server database engine is either Windows authentication or SQL Server account. Sometimes you will face authentication issues with database portability, example when you migrate a database from one SQL Server instance to another SQL Server instance, DBA has to ensure that all logins in Source SQL Server instance is existed on the target SQL Server...
Power View in SQL Server 2012
Power View is a new feature available in SQL Server 2012 reporting services, It is a browser based application which requires Reporting Services to run in SharePoint Integration mode. The datasource for Power View application is either a analysis services CUBE or Power Pivot work book that needs to deploy to SharePoint document library. This post explains about creating a Power View Report...