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November 14, 2012

Step by Step: Building Search-Driven Applications in SharePoint 2013 (SharePoint Conference – SPC12)

Search-driven solutions are applications that use a search engine to drive the data access and results presentation. Simple examples of such applications include image or travel searches in Bing. Microsoft SharePoint 2013 offers developers new ways to extend search to create search-based solutions and Apps. In this session, we will build a Search-driven SharePoint app that allows a law firm

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November 14, 2012

People Search & Extensibility in SharePoint 2013 (SharePoint Conference – SPC12)

Learn about People Search capabilities in SharePoint 2013, and how to leverage external content sources (LOB) to create custom experiences based on user profile properties. Finally, learn how to deliver a user context aware personalized search experience. This session was given by Sana Khan, Mikael Svenson Summary: People are the real value of your organization People

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November 13, 2012

Best Practices for Designing Websites with SharePoint 2013 (SharePoint Conference – SPC12)

A deep dive on new features and capabilities that now allows designers greater flexibility for creating great looking web sites with SharePoint 2013. We will cover the new design manager, support for HTML editing tools, mobile channels, imaged and video renditions, SEO friendly site maps/URL’s and more. This session is given by Alyssa Levitz, Ethan Gur-esh. Sorry there internet connection wasn’t working

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November 13, 2012

Customizing Search Experiences in SharePoint 2013 (SharePoint Conference – SPC12 – Liveblog)

Learn how to create beautiful search experiences not only in your search centers but also in your portals using the new Content Search Web Part. We will show how Display Templates that use HTML and JavaScript make creating great custom experiences easy. We will also talk about the innovative new search capabilities like Result Types in SharePoint 2013 which allows

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November 12, 2012

Introduction to the Cloud App Model for SP2013 and Office: Part 2 (SharePoint Conference – SPC12 – Liveblog)

In part 2 of this 2 part series, we will take a deeper dive into apps for Office and SharePoint. This session will focus on authentication scenarios, user experience guidance and general best practices in developing apps for Office and SharePoint. This session will take the apps from Part 1, and enhance them so that they demonstrate the best practices

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November 12, 2012