Category Archives: Social

Using Trending #Tags web part outside of MySites

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

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?

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

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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