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SharePoint 2013 – Hide Recent from Left Navigation

Web Solutions/IntranetsBy Catapult Systems December 3, 2014

This has already been written about, but I couldn’t find a good step-by-step guide that had all the pieces clearly laid out. So, that’s the goal of this post. The “Recent” section in the left navigation of SharePoint 2013 is incredibly annoying. In my opinion, it’s something that should be off by default, but…

Office 365 Video YamJam

Web Solutions, Web Solutions/IntranetsBy Catapult Systems November 26, 2014

If you’d like to get the scoop on some of the features, functions, limitations, and considerations for Office 365 Video, then check out this YamJam: https://www.yammer.com/itpronetwork/uploaded_files/27257276. If you’re not a member of the IT Pro Network on Yammer, you should be able to request an invitation. There’s really a lot of good content here that…

SharePoint Saturday Phoenix 2014 – Recap

Web Solutions, Web Solutions/IntranetsBy Catapult Systems November 23, 2014

I had a great time at SharePoint Saturday Phoenix yesterday. My session went very well and there was a good turnout. If you’re interested in obtaining the content from my presentation, you can access it via OneDrive at http://1drv.ms/1x7lHiR. Thanks to everyone who came out. ASU is a great venue and we look forward to seeing…

SharePoint Online PowerShell Connect-SPOService Error

Web Solutions, Web Solutions/IntranetsBy Catapult Systems November 19, 2014

I’ve had a lot of trouble recently with connecting my PC to my SharePoint Online tenants via PowerShell. The process is fairly simple and this article is the best starting point: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161388(v=office.15).aspx. Having done all the right things, I was running into the following error upon every time I’d run the Connect-SPOService cmdlet: “The Application…

SharePoint Saturday Phoenix 2014

Web Solutions, Web Solutions/IntranetsBy Catapult Systems November 17, 2014

I’m speaking at SharePoint Saturday in Phoenix in just a few short days. We’re at ASU! I’m excited to check it out as I’ve never been over there. My wife and I packed up our lives and moved out to Phoenix in May, so there are several things we need to do yet. In any case, to register and…

Bulk Update AD Objects with a CSV File

Web Solutions, Web Solutions/IntranetsBy Catapult Systems November 12, 2014

Project Description PowerShell script that updates AD objects based on a CSV schema. First, a big thank you to Cary Landers and Nuno Mota. This effort was adapted from: https://companydirectory.codeplex.com/ by Cary Landers https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/f7b246a4-95a2-4408-b1a1-73b53003883c by Nuno Mota This script does the following: Iterates through records in a CSV For each record, looks up the AD object’s distinguishedName based…

SharePoint 2013 Displaying People Search Results in Multiple Columns

Web Solutions, Web Solutions/IntranetsBy Catapult Systems November 10, 2014

I recently had a need to take the normal people search results in SharePoint Online and make them look better. In particular, use all that white space to the right of the default search results listing. Forgive the photos below. I wanted to keep the large resolution to demonstrate the functionality here. Default People Search…

SP2013 Geolocation Manager

Web Solutions, Web Solutions/IntranetsBy Catapult Systems November 3, 2014

Adding a Geolocation column to a list in SharePoint 2013 is a bit of a pain because there’s no built-in user interface to do so. Instead, you have to add it with code. Check out Tobias Zimmergren’s article to get acquainted with the Geolocation column in SharePoint 2013: http://zimmergren.net/technical/sp-2013-getting-started-with-the-new-geolocation-field-in-sharepoint-2013. Now, to the point of my…

PHXO365UG – Next Meeting – 09/17/2014

Web Solutions, Web Solutions/IntranetsBy Catapult Systems August 30, 2014

The first meeting of the Phoenix Office 365 User Group was a huge success! I was hoping for 5 or so people to show up, given that it was the first meeting, but we ended up with a total of 9 attendees! Thanks again to those of you that were able to make it…

SharePoint 2013 – Link Display Template for Search Results

Web Solutions/IntranetsBy Catapult Systems August 11, 2014

Scenario It’s odd, but SharePoint handles links in search results differently than you might expect. To clarify, I’m talking about those items that have a content type of “Link,” meaning they’re typically in a Links list a SharePoint site. By default, links will be displayed in search results just fine, but when you click…