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Microsoft has announced the retirement of SharePoint 2013 workflows. This change impacts users relying on these workflows in SharePoint Server and SharePoint Online environments. Below, we outline the key details and recommended actions to help you transition smoothly. What’s Happening? SharePoint 2013 workflows, built on Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0, are being phased out. Microsoft will […]

SharePoint Online, or what is also known as SharePoint in Microsoft 365, is a cloud-based solution that allows users to manage and share content across an organization. At it's core, the online version of SharePoint is an incredibly robust collaboration platform.

A custom of ours was receiving this message when trying to access the help feature in Project Web App in a SharePoint 2016 environment. To troubleshoot the issue I first checked to see if the CAB files for help existed.  In a SharePoint 2016 farm they are located at, 1033 is english: C:program FilesCommon Filesmicrosoft […]

We’ve recently been assisting a client with a migration from Project Online to full blown Office 365. This project included rebranding the user experience, which led to a need to move the Project materials under a new site. With these sorts of moves, one of the due diligence steps we like to perform is to […]

When attempting to attach files to lists you may receive the a dialog box stating “File names can’t contain the following characters:  & “ ? < > # {} % ~ ?/.”.  This is recently been noted as an issue with the August 2015 cumulative update for SharePoint 2015.     As I understand it […]

We are pleased to see the release of the February 2015 Public Update (PU) for Project, Project Server and SharePoint for 2013, and Project and Project Server and SharePoint 2010.  This is the first time all the updates have been included in a PU - rather than a Cumulative Update (CU) for some fixes and […]

Hello, I cannot even recall how many times I have seen this error when working on either moving a Microsoft Project Server or SharePoint instance to a different server/domain/etc., or performing an upgrade.  Lets just say I’ve encountered it many times.  This time was a bit unique, and related to a Microsoft Project Server 2007 […]

I was recently asked by a client how long their Microsoft product support lasted and I stumbled upon the Product Lifecycle database.   I have taken an extract for products pertaining to the Project Server family.   I would encourage you to bookmark the database page so you can stay on top of any Microsoft Product Support […]

Please note that there was an update notice to the update that was released yesterday… “[Update 2014-11-12] When trying to download the fix for KB 2889944 (SharePoint Server 2013 November 2014 CU) you will notice that there are 4 files listed rather than the usual 3 files. One of the files is corrupt and does […]

“The Azure Preview Portal now supports the automated creation of a basic or high-availability SharePoint farm in Microsoft Azure.” To read the full article click here. Need Microsoft Azure assistance?  Or assistance with SharePoint 2013.  We can help, contact us today.

The August 2014 CU was delivered with caution from Microsoft’s Senior Escalation Engineer.  I would urge you to read the article in its entirety but make note that….   “This CU does NOT(!) include all SharePoint 2013 fixes previously released! It is recommended to install July 2014 CU before installing this CU. The CU does […]

Microsoft is making it easier for SharePoint administrators to manage control within their environment.  SharePoint Online now allows you to: Choose between a Simple or Advanced SharePoint Online admin user experience. Control which Office 365 top navigation items your users see. Block SharePoint 2013 workflows from being used from your environment. Please note that this […]

It can be confusing trying to figure out the new Product set from Microsoft.  What should I choose? Office 365? Azure? SharePoint Online? etc…   I wanted to focus on the benefits of Azure and I found an article on the MSDN blogs.    Why choose Azure? Here four reasons that are broken down in this […]

Here is a great article that outlines key releases for Office, Dynamics, Windows Phone and others.  Check it out… Do you need assistance with Office 365, SharePoint, Project Sever 2013 or Azure?  Contact Us – We can Help!

“Yes, you are reading correct! The July 2014 CU. The bi-monthly CU release cycle is gone. The product group is now releasing CUs every month rather than every other month.” Read the full article here. Well folks, it looks like Microsoft will supply Cumulative updates even sooner.  This may make it even harder to keep […]

Yes!  You have followed the “minimum” requirements recommended by Microsoft but there are other recommendations (such as Distributed Cache) that you should consider when setting up SharePoint. Read the full article here. Need help with your SharePoint Installation/Configuration?   We can help!  Contact us for more information.

For those of you looking to explore deeper into SharePoint this is a very cool article that talks about the following awesome features of SharePoint 2013 Workflows: 1.  Web Services 2.  Loops 3.  Stages 4. Pausing 5. Visual Designer To read the entire article click here. Did you know that MS Project Now specializes in […]

I was recently installing SharePoint 2013 on a ‘Windows Server 2012 datacenter edition’ machine and came across a few issues. Prerequisites install should be smooth as per my expectation but it wasn’t. First interesting behavior: I had SharePoint 2013 OS image (.iso) on C drive and had to mount it for install. When you run […]