for questions completely specific to the MS-provided SharePoint cloud service (Office 365/BPOS)
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1answer
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Is there a way to securely encrypt content in SharePoint Online?
I need to encrypt (or at least digitally sign) a package of content that is sent from the SharePoint Online server, down to the browser, and then cross-site post (JSONP) the ecrypted content to ...
9
votes
6answers
425 views
Is SharePoint right technology for our project?
We are currently building a new public (extranet) client document portal. This should be system very similar to box.com where we can exchange documents with our clients. We will also allow the client ...
9
votes
2answers
3k views
How do I connect with SharePoint Online Web Services in order to access list and taxonomy data?
I am using the SharePoint SOAP web services to try collecting list and taxonomy data from a site on SharePoint Online.
The following code works nicely when connected to a standalone SharePoint farm. ...
9
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1answer
635 views
Sharepoint Online (365) Programmatically working with Managed Metadata
So, you want to migrate some documents that have managed metadata columns from another source into SharePoint Online.
Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy is blocked.
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Taxonomy ...
7
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1answer
1k views
List View Lookup Threshold Exception not thrown when submitted without Query element
SharePoint 2010 includes a list view lookup threshold as part of its resource throttling. Columns that count as a lookup include Lookup, taxonomy (managed metadata), and User (PersonOrGroup)
The ...
6
votes
8answers
338 views
SharePoint 2010 Playground Site
I'm a seasoned developer and CMS consumer, but I've never used SharePoint specifically. Is there a website where I can quickly create and manage a SharePoint site, without installing the entire stack ...
6
votes
2answers
762 views
Object cache in sandbox solutions
I am building a SharePoint sandbox solution which consists of multiple web parts. I want to be able to somehow cache POCO objects (Plain Old CLR Objects) in such a way that the cache is persisted ...
6
votes
1answer
174 views
How to migrate SharePoint 2007 Data to Office 365?
I have SharePoint 2007 site on my server which have lists, libraries, custom web-parts, workflows etc. and i have another SharePoint Server on Office 365 which also have some lists,libraries and ...
6
votes
1answer
220 views
Modal Dialogs and Minimal Download Strategy
I am having the following issue in SharePoint 2013 Online (Office 365 Preview): when I try to display in a modal dialog a page that relies on MDS (Minimal Download Strategy), the dialog opens but then ...
6
votes
1answer
120 views
How to programatically determine if you are running in on premise Sandbox or SharePoint Online
How could you programatically determine if code is running in an on-premise Sandbox model or SharePoint Online sandbox?
5
votes
3answers
336 views
SharePoint Online web template debugging
I'm trying to develop a custom web template to use with SharePoint Online. I created an empty web online and saved it as a template (without content). I then loaded that WSP into Visual Studio and ...
5
votes
1answer
4k views
How to enable sub menu on the global menu?
We recently signed up for Office 365 and are in the process of building out oure SharePoint site.
We started with the default site, a Team Site and have built out the following site map:
Site
Sub ...
5
votes
1answer
512 views
Recommended Visual Studio solution design for new SharePoint 2010 intranet
I'm currently working on a large SharePoint 2010 published intranet development project. The initial months of planning have been completed and we're now gearing up to commence the actual dev/build.
...
5
votes
3answers
2k views
Site Assets vs. Style Library
I usually store my JavaScript/jQuery files in the Site Assets library, but I see on forums that others are using the Style Library.
What are the respective benefits of each?
5
votes
3answers
377 views
Best practice organization of sites on Sharepoint Online?
I'm trying out Office 365 for my company, as a sort of intranet/collaboration platform, and I was wondering what is the best practice for the information architecture of a Sharepoint site, with ...
5
votes
1answer
604 views
Migrate dokuwiki to SharePoint
We have a dokuwiki site that I want to migrate to SharePoint. I know I can go through and copy and paste, but I have hundreds of pages to copy over.
5
votes
3answers
3k views
How to export a site from SharePoint online?
I've got a publishing site (root site, with subsites) containing web pages and documents (as do the subsites). I'd like to export it and restore it to a local SharePoint instance - any ideas how to ...
5
votes
2answers
416 views
How to create a sandboxed workflow action within Microsoft SharePoint Online 365
I have followed the steps on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff798499.aspx in order to create a custom sandboxed workflow action, and have deployed this into a site workflow in Microsoft ...
4
votes
4answers
135 views
Learn Sharepoint
Im newbie and I wanna learn sharepoint 2010 from scratch about doing customized coding. Not learning about the template part.
What book/material can you suggest?
4
votes
2answers
227 views
how do you say blank to sharepoint?
I want to create a view whereby it does not include any items which does not have the 'next review date' as blank, i.e. only includes items which have this field populated. How do I say blank to a ...
4
votes
1answer
828 views
Send email via code in Office365
I am developing a custom web part in an Office 365 environment. I am trying to send email to a user during the execution of the code in the web part.
I have tried two alternatives:
...
4
votes
1answer
218 views
Use AjaxControlToolKit in Sharepoint Online
I use following link for reference :
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepoint2010general/thread/c995bcf6-b8c7-46de-af27-f54bc8d6e182#2b0f9864-fb6f-4ad2-aef4-1e51d41dfb60
But From ...
4
votes
2answers
644 views
Creating a poll in Sharepoint Online (lists or other approach)
There seem to be many web parts available for on-premise versions of SharePoint but I've not been able to find an easy way of doing them on SharePoint Online.
My idea was to create a list that had a ...
4
votes
3answers
1k views
How do I find out what's wrong with my sandboxed solution in SharePoint Online?
I have created a custom web part which presents a form to create a SharePoint site below the current site, while performing some ancillary actions like updating a list of subsites on the front page to ...
4
votes
1answer
425 views
Is it possible to export a site workflow?
If I have a Site Workflow on my development machine, what's the best way to deploy it onto the production system which is hosted on Microsoft SharePoint Online?
I have found a way of doing it which ...
4
votes
2answers
790 views
Office 365 SharePoint Authentication from Objective-C on IOS
I want to create an IOS app that connects to my Office365 SharePoint team site using the list rest services. How do I do authentication? Any examples?
4
votes
2answers
283 views
Add new Content Type to Multiple Document Libraries in SharePoint online(Office 365)
I have one Sample Document Library on SharePoint Online (office 365). this Library has 5 different document content type. And using this Library as a template i have created 300 new Document Libraries ...
3
votes
2answers
563 views
Register a full trust proxy in SharePoint Online
I am attempting to prove out that you can use a full trust proxy with SharePoint online. If you take a look at SPProxyOperation on MSDN, you'll see the little note that says Available In SharePoint ...
3
votes
2answers
388 views
Calling WCF Service from a workflow in Sharepoint Online
Is there any way to call a WCF service from a sharepoint online workflow (Sandboxed Solution)? I have looked up quite a few samples but they all seem to use farm solutions which is obviously not an ...
3
votes
2answers
485 views
OpenXML in a sandboxed web part Sharepoint 2010
Is is possible to use OpenXML in SandBox.
CODE:
WordprocessingDocument myDoc = WordprocessingDocument.Open(mem, true);
The above class WordprocessingDocument is giveing error as
ERROR:
The ...
3
votes
2answers
881 views
Logging into SharePoint through C# programatically
I am trying to login programatically to a SharePoint app and get the HTML code of specific page within that website. Is there a way how I can do that programatically?
I am having problems with the ...
3
votes
3answers
850 views
How to create Site (SPWeb) on Sharepoint Online
I have a problem creating Sites on Sharepoint Online. The code that works on-premise do not work on Sharepoint Online.
I do not want to bother you with the code, i just want a clean start.
So my ...
3
votes
2answers
725 views
How do I change SharePoint Online Logo?
Anyone know how I can add my logo to SharePoint Online team site?
3
votes
2answers
1k views
How to move site templates from SharePoint 2010 (on-premise) to SharePoint Online (Office 365)?
I tried to migrate a site template from an on premise installation to SharePoint 2010 Online (Office 365). When I try to create a new site I get the following error:
The site template requires ...
3
votes
2answers
642 views
Change URL's address of SharePoint Online
I try to change the URL address from https://company.sharepoint.com - I using SharePoint Online (Office 365). Can Microsoft change this address? Or can I create address/record in my private domain, ...
3
votes
2answers
1k views
How do you add Meta-tags/CSS/JavaScript to head on SharePoint Online (without unghosting the MasterPage)
I’ve found a few semi-related articles on how to add meta-tags to the head (without changing the definition of the page I believe). I need to do this in a couple different ways… first of all I need to ...
3
votes
1answer
171 views
How can I pass authentication for asmx service in SharePoint 2013 (Online)?
I found that CSOM API don't allow modifying user profiles properties in SharePoint 2013, but this function is still in asmx user profile service.
I know that SharePoint online users oAuth for ...
3
votes
3answers
165 views
Can I use EntityFramework and sql azure with Sharepoint Online?
I would like to connect to an entity model from a sandboxed webpart in sharepoint online. Is this possible?
Is it possible to connect to sql azure from a sandboxed webpart?
3
votes
0answers
248 views
Gantt Chart in SharePoint— Timeline view disappears
The first time I load the page, the timeline view of tasks appears no problem. However, when I start to add an item, scroll along the timeline, or otherwise take an action on the page, the timeline ...
2
votes
7answers
3k views
Custom List form loading error “Error while executing web part: System.StackOverflowException: Operation caused a stack overflow”
I have a custom list with around 250+ columns.
I have customized the new, edit and display forms of the list. I used more xsl templates to display all the columns in DataFormWebPart.
But after some ...
2
votes
3answers
1k views
How to add users as site collection administrator group through code
I am having various site collections and I want to add few users into administrator group. So that more people will have access to edit the groups. I can add users to the site collection ...
2
votes
3answers
537 views
Get current Login Name inside RunWithElevatedPrivileges
How to get current Login Name.I'm getting "Sharepoint\System" as Login Name for every user. I need to get the name of the user.
public override void ItemAdded(SPItemEventProperties properties)
{
...
2
votes
1answer
139 views
Can we have privileges to access 14 hive folder in Office 365 (SharePoint Online) ?
I am using SharePoint Online (Office 365) i want to know that can we have privileges to access 14 hive folder in Office 365 ?
2
votes
3answers
985 views
Caml query builder Office 365 Sharepoint Online
Does anyone knows where to find a CAML query builder that I can use for Office 365, Sharepoint Online?
(if there exists one)
2
votes
1answer
84 views
Contribute permissions for specific parts of a site
We're assessing SharePoint to use for our intranet site.
I want specific groups of users to be able to edit some hierarchies of content but not others. For example, HR contributors should be able to ...
2
votes
1answer
1k views
Is it possible to get detailed error messages in SharePoint Online?
When doing any sort of development/testing work against SharePoint Online, there are bound to be some errors. Some errors manifest in the form of exceptions, which can be logged to a special-purpose ...
2
votes
2answers
638 views
Get listitem using jquery or javascript from Office 365(Sharepoint Online)?
there are good solutions to get data from office 365, and move it to another platform using client object model.. i.e Wictor Wilen solution. its work in code behind.
i have tried to get list data ...
2
votes
1answer
36 views
Reading from text files within a sandboxed solution
So I have a set of plain text files included in some directories within sandboxed solution. I want to use these text files to programmatically insert data to SharePoint Online using an event receiver.
...
2
votes
2answers
151 views
compare items of two sharepoint lists
I have 2 custom lists of same structure(brandname column).I need to compare each item of 2 lists and print the mismatched items of 2nd list.
Can any one show me with caml query example.
I have ...
2
votes
3answers
185 views
SharePoint Apps - If not Silverlight then…?
So up until now I have written Silverlight apps and put them on my SharePoint Online pages as web parts.
If I wanted to move away from Silverlight, so that my apps could run on phones, tablets etc. ...
