Category Archives: SharePoint 2013

Enable email notifications for Tasks list in SharePoint 2013

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Bernado

———————– Update: I have not tested this myself, but apparently the option now appears on the UI with April 2013 CU: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/8ee6bd15-6aae-43c1-a853-66ae6523adbc/assigned-to-email-alert-issue?forum=sharepointgeneral. Update: Despite the link above, I tested this on SP1 with June 2014 CU and still could not … Continue reading →

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AppFabric Distributed Cache keeps crashing in SharePoint 2013 – Fixed!

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Bernado

I rebuilt the farm and suddenly find my brand new AppFabric (aka Distributed Cache service) crashing continuously. I restarted the service in Services.msc and after a few minutes it would stop again. Event Viewer shows the two errors below every … Continue reading →

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Using Trending #Tags web part outside of MySites

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Bernado

By default the Trending #tags web part is added to your Newsfeed in MySites. To use this web part outside of MySites you will first have to export it from the MySites’s landing page (e.g. http://server/my/default.aspx) as a DWP, then … Continue reading →

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Making My Tasks web part available outside of MySites

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Bernado

The My Tasks web part exists in MySites by default, and can be found under the Content Rollup category. To make this web part available outside of MySites, activate the “My Tasks Dashboard” feature. This is a hidden Web-scoped feature. The … Continue reading →

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Newsfeed in SharePoint 2013 – What can you expect?

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Bernado

While there are lots of high level information out there about what you can expect with the Newsfeed in SP2013, I have not been able to find a list of the types of updates you can expect to see on … Continue reading →

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Making the Newsfeed web part available outside of My Sites in SharePoint 2013

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Bernado

The Newsfeed is a key piece in SP2013’s approach to social computing. It appears on the landing page of My Site as below: This is actually a web part titled Newsfeed, and can be found under the Social Collaboration category. … Continue reading →

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