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Since we put our App “Like for Outlook” in the Microsoft Office Store recently here´s some information how to install Apps for Outlook as an IT-administrator. What is deployed As an App for Office consists of an App manifest XML file and a webpage (which can be Provider-Hosted or SharePoint-Hosted) the Exchange admin needs to “install” (only) the App manifest file in the Exchange system for his company. In the manifest there´s specified where the App is hosted (the URL) as well as the permissions the app needs from the Host system (Outlook). See the relevant parts here: ...

We´re happy to announce our first App for Outlook called “Like for Outlook”! Have you ever wanted to send a “Like”-message in Microsoft Outlook like in social media networks? Now you can! With that little App for Outlook you can send a “Like” to the sender or the recipients of an email with one click! Click here and install the App from the Office Store. It´s free! Install the app Open the link Like for Outlook and you will be redirected to the Like for Outlook App in the Microsoft Office Store immediately. ...

Letzte Woche fand die fünfte ShareConf 2014 Konferenz wie schon im Vorjahr im noblen Van der Valk Airporthotel Düsseldorf statt. Die Teilnehmer konnnten sich in mehr als 50 Vorträgen über aktuelle Themen rund um Microsoft SharePoint Technologien informieren und sich mit Referenten und Kollegen austauschen. Wir von atwork waren mit drei Sessions dabei. Hier ein paar Schnappschüsse von der Konferenz. Hier finden Sie die Präsentationen unserer Vorträge online auf SlideShare: ...

“The next big thing is small.” Microsoft is starting a new project on https://www.windowsondevices.com/. If you are interested in developing an Internet of Things (IoT) solution have a look on that website. There you can sign up for a mini Windows device. Microsoft is interested in what kind of solutions new and experienced Windows developers can build with the brand new Intel Galileo hardware based on Windows as Operating System with the tools we already know and love. ...

In part 1 we created a Yammer App and organized all the necessary App data for the authentication. Now let´s develop a .NET sample app for accessing data from the Yammer network. Communication with Yammer services Once the authentication is done we can use the Yammer API REST-Services to get data. The URLs all start with https://www.yammer.com/api/v1/... followed by the service methods like https://www.yammer.com/api/v1/messages.json , users.json , groups.json and so on. ...

At SharePointkonferenz.at (#spkonfat) we from atwork - Martina and me - had a session about Yammer with the title “Who needs Yammer when we have SharePoint?” (see program). Martina gave an overview of Enterprise Social, differences between SharePoint Social and Yammer, experiences, projects and studies. When using social tools remember: “Social Enterprise is implemented 80% through organization culture and 20% through technology.” by Gartner, September 2012. It´s our recommendation to have key users in each company to promote and help employees to understand what it means to work like a network. ...

In addition to the many features of Microsoft Azure this platform is really cool for hosting websites, see https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/web-sites/. Since we not only want to reach our websites with the out-of-the-box Microsoft domain *.azurewebsites.net we can add our custom domains as well. This article shows how this works. Update: See also Manage custom domains in Azure Websites step-by-step First switch the Azure website to a non-free mode For using one or more custom domains we need to switch the website to the (non free) web hosting plans *Shared, Basic *or Standard. You can do this in the “Scale” menu of the specific website. The screenshot shows how. ...

Diese Woche fand die SharePoint Konferenz Wien statt (siehe auch hier). Am Montag war der Start mit drei Ganztagesworkshops, Dienstag und Mittwoch waren Konferenztage mit fünf und sechs Tracks mit je drei Sessions. Es waren wieder viele bekannte Sprecher aus der SharePoint-Community dabei. Das Programm war mit etwa 50 Sessions sehr umfangreich und reichte von Architektur bis Yammer. Veranstaltungsort war wie auch im Jahr zuvor die Event Pyramide im Süden von Wien. Dieses Jahr hatten wir Frühsommerwetter und angenehme Temperaturen. Somit war das Wetter perfekt für die Konferenz (dieses Jahr funktionierte die Klimatisierung wunderbar) und auch fürs Draußen Sitzen bei der Konferenzparty am Dienstag Abend. ...

Office 365 uses Azure Active Directory for storing user information. Since SharePoint and SharePoint Online both have it´s own User Profile Service and User Store it was clear for Microsoft that some of the user properties have to be shared between these two storages. So Microsoft built a synchronization – or at least an one way transport - between the Azure Active Directory (AAD) user objects and SharePoint Online (SPO) user profiles. ...

Die TechEd Europe findet dieses Jahr vom 28. Oktober bis 31. Oktober 2014 in Barcelona statt. Wie bereits in den letzten Jahren hier ein paar Infos für alle Teilnehmer rund um die TechEd Europe. Anmeldung Die Anmeldung ist bereits möglich. Bis 7. Juli gibt es einen EarlyBird Tarif um 1.695,- € (netto), danach liegt der Preis bei 1.995,- €. Für alle Studenten gibt es einen vergünstigen Tarif von 995,- €, für Lehrer bzw. Mitarbeitern von Bildungseinrichtungen gibt es einen vergünstigen Tarif von 1.195,- €. Gruppen ab 10 Personen erhalten ebenfalls bis zu 20% Discount. ...