Mavention sponsors Office 365 User Group event
On Tuesday 2 December, Mavention will be hosting an Office 365 User Group meeting. This community event will cover three presentations on the latest updates in Office 365, the possibilities of Unified...
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Mavention en Microsoft look back on a successful Office Delve event
The requirements and demands that employees place on their digital workplace have changed a great deal in recent years. The rise of social networks, mobile devices, cloud and trends such as The New Way...
View ArticleSlidedeck for Search Intents with Apps from SPCon14 available
With the SPCon14 hitting the second and last day it's time to post the slidedeck. I had great fun presenting on this awesome event. In my session we looked at using the new Application Model and how...
View ArticleSharePoint Connect 2014 Amsterdam presentation deck and more available
Earlier this week I had the honor of presenting a session about building solutions with Office Graph at the annual SharePoint Connect 2014 Amsterdam. The presentationRecently released Office Delve...
View ArticleProduct information system in Azure
Until recently, Syngenta's European sales representatives had to drag a heavy product information catalogue around with them wherever they went, so it was high time to go digital. Mavention implemented...
View ArticleSpeaking at SharePoint Evolution Conference 2015 in London
Earlier this week the agenda for the upcoming SharePoint Evolution Conference 2015 has been published. I have the honor of presenting three sessions.Building solutions with Office GraphDelve, formerly...
View ArticleOffice Graph API documentation updated with additional capabilities
Recently, during my Office Graph presentation at the SharePoint Connect Amsterdam, I mentioned a few hidden gems in the Office Graph API. Those capabilities have just been included in the official...
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Inconvenient list content type inheritance using CSOM
Adding new content types is easy in CSOM using the new ContentTypeCreationInformation class. This class does pretty much all the heavy lifting for you as Vesa describes in one of the blogs in the FTC...
View ArticleSharePoint Server MVP 2015
I have been re-awarded as Microsoft SharePoint Server MVP for 2015.I have just received a message from Microsoft that for my contributions in the SharePoint Server technical communities I have been...
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Delve respects your privacy
Using Delve is a great way of discovering new content. Even though it shows you content you might have not known about, everything you see, you can see because you are allowed to.Staying in the...
View ArticleSet your app’s name in Office Graph queries
When building Office Graph queries pass the name of your app in the ClientType parameter.The recently released Office Delve comes with an API that we can use to leverage the information stored in the...
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Getting all documents from a Delve board using the Office Graph
When building custom solutions with the Office Graph you might want to show boards and their documents. Find out how to get the list of documents from a specific board using the Office Graph API.In my...
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Programmatically retrieve the list of all Delve boards
When building custom solutions on top of the Office Graph you might want to include the list of relevant boards. Find out how to programmatically retrieve the list of all Office Delve boards.Boards in...
View Article7 ideas for using Delve boards
Last week Microsoft started releasing boards in Office Delve – a new feature that helps you organize content you discover with Office Delve. If you’re wondering what you might use Delve boards for,...
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Confusing Access Denied and managing Navigation Office 365
Not that long ago Microsoft started to roll out the option to disable custom scripts in your Office 365 Tenant. You can read up on it in the article Turn scripting capabilities on and off on the...
View ArticleSharePoint Apps and Modal Dialogs
Building apps for SharePoint using the app model is a great way of extending functionalities to the platform. Over the last few projects we ended up adding buttons to the ribbon with the App Model....
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Least-privileged administration in SharePoint 2013 SQL Server Role DBCREATOR
When installing SharePoint you need an account to set up each server in the farm. This setup account also needs access to SQL Server. However, you probably do not use the default Domain Administrator...
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Stay in the know of the relevant content in sites you follow
SharePoint makes it easy for you to follow sites. But how do you keep track of the relevant content in all those sites?So you follow a siteSharePoint allows us to follow sites. Originally the idea was...
View ArticleAlbert-Jan Schot (MVP) speaks at DIWUG event on 28 January
The DIWUG event that is set to take place on Wednesday, 28 January promises to be another inspiring SharePoint evening. DIWUG (Dutch Information Worker User Group) is a Dutch SharePoint community. On...
View ArticleMavention Head Sponsor of Intranet Conference 2015
The 7th edition of the Intranet Conference will take place on Tuesday, 17 March 2015. The conference brings together professionals from different fields with one thing in common: an interest in...
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