Setting up SharePoint Foundation 2013 on Windows 2012 R2

If you wish to play around with SharePoint Foundation 2013, just take note that SharePoint Foundation 2013 is not supported in Windows 2012 R2.

If you try to install, you will fail at Install Pre-Requisites step itself. You will face issues such as not able to configure the Web/IIS Role properly.

Use SharePoint Foundation 2013 with SP1 instead.

It can be downloaded at: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42039

SharePoint 2013 Edition Comparison

I find this simple and straight forward.

http://www.fpweb.net/sharepoint-hosting/2013/compare-sharepoint-server-standard-enterprise/

Adding Filters into PerformancePoint KPI Scorecard

Assuming we have the below scorecard and filter.

1. Scorecard named "Subjects Scorecard" with a list if KPIs called "English" and "Computer Science".



2. Filter called "Choose Subjects"



Lets see how we can connect the filter to the scorecard.

1. As you may have already know, we need to create a dashboard page first.

2. Then add the filter and scorecard into the dashboard page



3. Next step is to create connection between them Click on the triangle arrow of the filter part and choose Create Connection.



4. You will be presented with the Connection window as below. On the Items tab, choose the scorecard name for Send values to



5. Then click on the Values tab. Choose the dropdown values as shown below. Click OK.



6. Save and Publish the dashboard.

7. Access the dashboard. The dashboard with filter will look like below.

                                          

SharePoint as Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

1. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/hh126808.aspx

2. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ecm/

3. http://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/sharepoint-2010-enterprise-content-management-for-the-masses-015770.php

4. http://blogs.technet.com/b/tothesharepoint/archive/2011/08/01/new-sharepoint-training-courses-enterprise-content-management-and-web-content-management.aspx

5. http://gilbane.com/whitepapers/Knowledge_Lake/knowledge_lake_white_paper_final.pdf

6. http://www.aiim.org/community/blogs/expert/Is-SharePoint-2010-Really-Ready-for-ECM

7. http://blog.hollygroup.com/2011/06/expectations-for-sharepoint-ecm-be.html

8. http://redmondmag.com/articles/2012/04/01/sharepoint-takes-a-bigger-piece-of-the-ecm-pie.aspx

9. http://www.colligo.com/blog/sharepoint/7-things-you-need-to-know-about-ecm-in-sharepoint%E2%80%93part-1/

StepsToCreateKPI

Just realized that I can upload a pdf document directly. Much easier that writing a post here with many pictures.

Click on this link --> StepsToCreateKPI  to read the article in pdf format.

SharePoint Governance Notes

Links
1. http://www.sharepointgovernance.org/default.aspx
2. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff800826.aspx
3. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263356.aspx
4. http://www.axceler.com/solutions/sharepoint-solutions/sharepoint-governance/index
5. http://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/sharepoint-governance-needed-now-more-than-ever-017199.php
6. http://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/thriving-in-a-state-of-sharepoint-governance-015127.php
7. http://dlairman.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/sharepoint-governance-why/
8. http://communities.quest.com/community/sharepointforall/experts-blogs/blog/2012/08/21/what-do-sharepoint-2013-sharepoint-governance-have-in-common-read-a-tech-brief-to-find-out
9. http://www.rharbridge.com/?p=752

Videos

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/video/tdbe12-sharepoint-governance-part1-scalability-governance.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/video/tdbe12-sharepoint-governance-part2-automating.aspx

Key Limitations of Using PerformancePoint Services

This is true for both SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013 when we are creating analytical charts, :-

i. We are limited to the type of charts that can be created in PPS

ii. We are not able to perform further customization or “touch ups” such as changing colors and adding descriptions to the axis. Everything is automatically generated and cannot be modified.

iii. Analytical charts can only be created if we use MS SQL Server Analysis Services as the data source.

iv. Details are not displayed on the chart. You have to hover over the sections. However you will not be able to see complete details at on glance.

Dashboard Designer 2013 Issue - Authentication Error

I got this error when trying to create a PerformancePoint item in SharePoint 2013.

" The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized."



and this post (workaround) saved my day :-).

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sk-SK/sharepointgeneralprevious/thread/90cb879e-1323-4e70-a2fc-1c45d6b0a756

 

SQL 2012 Improvements

A good read @ http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=481

and

@http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2011/11/01/my-top-5-sql-server-2012-features-by-aaron-bertrand-guest-blogger.aspx

Default authentication in SharePoint 2013 is claims

I just found out that Classic based authentication is deprecated in SharePoint 2013.

Read here for details: http://www.wictorwilen.se/sharepoint-2013-claims-is-the-new-black

It was written during SP 2013 preview but I guess it is true well: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219758.aspx

And how to check if your current web app is using which method ? 2 ways

Through UI : http://www.enjoysharepoint.com/Forum/Details/how-to-check-if-your-sharepoint-2010-web-application-uses-339.aspx

Using powershell : http://www.fewlines4biju.com/2012/08/how-to-check-if-your-sharepoint-2010.html

Error when trying to create a new Data Source (Data Connection) in PerformancePoint

If you get an error while trying to select a data source is Dashboard Designer, that may be because you have not associate the PerformancePoint Service App to the Web Application which hosts your site collection.

 



 

SharePoint 2013 !!

SharePoint 2013 previews here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261970(v=office.15)