Mavention Balsamiq template for Delve
Using mockups is a great way to quickly visualize concepts that you are working on, and even though as a developer you might not use them often they could help you when explaining ideas to anyone. And...
View ArticleSharePoint Server MVP 2014 award
I have been just rewarded as a Microsoft SharePoint Server MVP for 2014.I have just received the message from Microsoft that for my contributions in SharePoint Server technical communities I have been...
View ArticleFind All Activated Web Analytics Features
When upgrading SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 the web analytics service application and features should be removed prior to the upgrade process. This is because web analytics is now part of the...
View ArticleKeeping track of recently viewed documents with the Mavention Documents I...
When working with many different documents you can easily loose track of which documents you have seen and where in your portal they were located. Particularly with the recent release of Unified Groups...
View ArticleSharePoint App Localization and REST calls on existing lists
As the Office store now supports a Dutch version that allows for Dutch apps. App localization just got a little more interesting.It might be a good idea to localize your apps when you are creating Apps...
View ArticleKeeping track of new trending documents with Mavention Popular Documents
Office Delve allows you to easily discover new documents relevant for you. But how do you keep track which documents you have already seen and which are new?Discovering relevant content with Office...
View ArticleOffice Delve: Finding without Searching!
A successful organisation adapts easily to a rapidly changing environment. This calls for well-informed employees who are able to respond to new and changing circumstances. With Delve, information...
View ArticleProvider hosted app deployment gives file not found error
The development tasks I worked on the last few months where mostly focused on Office365 and (provider hosted) Apps. Since it is not necessary to have a local SharePoint farm for these tasks there is...
View ArticleSpeaking at SharePoint Saturday Stockholm 2015
At the upcoming SharePoint Saturday Stockholm I will be co-presenting a session about Office Graph.Office Delve and Office GraphRecently Microsoft released Office Delve – a user experience available in...
View ArticleBuilding solutions with Office Graph
Since the release of Office Delve we’ve been researching at Mavention the possible applications for Office Graph – the engine powering Office Delve that captures activity in Office 365 and offers new...
View ArticlePin Delve to your Start screen
Using Delve is a great way to discover what’s happening around you in your organization. Being able to access it easily from everywhere will make it easier for you to use Delve.Office DelveMicrosoft...
View ArticleTesting availability on your Azure API Management API's
I recently started using Azure API Management to expose some web services. As it is a great way to control access and usage of the services you provide. When setting things up we encountered that...
View ArticleMavention Trending Around me in Sites I Follow available in the Office Store
Office Delve is a great way to discover new content that are relevant for you. It ships with a few views that help you to keep track of all those relevant documents. With the help of Office Graph...
View ArticleMavention Office Graph Query Tester available in the Office Store
Recently I wrote about the different Office Graph solutions that we were working on at Mavention. Some of the solutions I mentioned were already available in the Office Store while some were still work...
View ArticleMavention Profile Completeness Update
Yet another update for the Mavention Profile Completeness app has just been approved to the Office Store. With this update the focus was to improve the options available for configuring the app part....
View ArticleMavention Trending Around My Interests
Recently we released the Mavention Trending Around me in Sites I Follow. By leveraging the Office Graph model we made it possible to see trending documents from the sites you follow. Based on the same...
View ArticleParsing HTML with PowerShell without a browser object
In a recent post I wrote about using PowerShell to execute actions against a browser object. A great option if you are working with HTML and need to interact. By creating a browser object you can get...
View ArticleExclude external users from search results in Office 365
One of the great features in Office 365 is external sharing. It allows you to quickly share content with users outside your organization. However once an external user logs into the SharePoint by...
View ArticleFree App for Office: Post to Yammer
If you want to share a document with colleagues, do you add it to an e-mail as an attachment? Believe it or not, sending e-mail attachments are now a thing of the past. With an App called ‘Post to...
View ArticleInconvenient $expand in OData REST query
Using REST is a great way to retrieve data in your SharePoint apps. You can easily write it in the browser and review the result of the request. That way you can easily tweak the data retrieval before...
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