Setting a Rich Text Column in a SharePoint Form with jQuery – SharePoint 2010

I have gotten several questions on an older post of mine titled Setting a Rich Text Column in a SharePoint Form with jQuery from a guy named Travis. He’s been struggling to try to use the script in the post to get at the text in a Rich Text Editor (RTE) in SharePoint 2007. I just…

Thoughts on ‘In the New World Order, Microsoft’s Biggest Competition is IT’

There’s an excellent article on WindowsITPro, posted on September 5, 2013, by Rod Trent called In the New World Order, Microsoft’s Biggest Competition is IT. I encourage you to read the article in its entirety, but a few bits stand out for me. …for [Microsoft’s Cloud offerings] to actually work, Microsoft also has to alter…

SPServices Stories #16: Beginning SharePoint Development with KoSp – Knockout for SharePoint, REST API and SPServices

Introduction There were a few tweets from Ashok Raja today that caught my eye. Blogged: Introducing #KoSp – #Knockout binding handlers for #SharePoint 2013 and 2010 #RestAPI and #SPServices http://t.co/WC0TsfTqjf — Ashok Raja (@Ashok_Raja) September 10, 2013 Blogged: Beginning #SharePoint development with #KoSp – #Knockout for SharePoint , #RESTAPI and #SPServices http://t.co/ZQRyjsErKp — Ashok Raja (@Ashok_Raja)…

‘Essential SharePoint 2013’ Now Available

Check out the latest edition of Essential SharePoint, this time for the 2013 version of SharePoint: Essential SharePoint® 2013: Practical Guidance for Meaningful Business Results (3rd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Microsoft Technology Series). It’s authored by my friends Scott Jamison (@sjam), Susan Hanley (@susanhanley), and Chris Bortlik (@cbortlik) and is jam (see what I did there?) packed…

Thoughts on the Discontinuation of the Microsoft Masters Program by Microsoft Learning

I’m putting aside a fun post I’m working on about how my recent trip to Africa and seeing its wildlife on our safari relates to SharePoint to write this unfortunate post instead. As most of you know, Microsoft sent an email to all of its MCMs/MCSMs/MCMAs (I cannot keep acronyms – nay, initializations – straight….