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Sharing in Windows 8 Apps
This post will show an example of sharing using a Windows 8 app. Background I am working on a team...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 05/19/2014
Call Multiple Services With One Login Prompt Using ADAL
This blog will show how to create a client application using Active Directory Authentication Library...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/23/2014
Build Android Apps With Xamarin Using Portable Class Libraries
This post will show how to use Xamarin.Android and Visual Studio 2013 to build an app for Android...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/21/2014
Calling O365 APIs from your Web API on behalf of a user
This post will show how to create a custom Web API that calls the Office 365 APIs on behalf of a...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/15/2014
Using Portable Class Libraries to Reuse Models and ViewModels
This post will show you how to create a portable class library (PCL) to reuse logic across client...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/09/2014
Deploying a SharePoint App to Azure As Part of a Build
This post will show how to use continuous integration with a SharePoint provider-hosted app deployed...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/02/2014
Git for Team Foundation Developers - Merging
This post will show how to merge using Git. This is the third post in a series. Git for Team...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/28/2014
Git for Team Foundation Developers–Branches
This post will illustrate branching with Git. This is the second post in a series. Git for...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/27/2014
Building a SharePoint App as a Timer Job
This post will show how to create an app as a timer job. Background One of the complicated parts of...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/02/2014
Creating a SharePoint 2013 App With Azure Web Sites
This post will show how to create a SharePoint 2013 app for Office 365 and publish it to an Azure...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/24/2014
Call O365 using CSOM with a Console Application
This post shows how to use the SharePointOnlineCredentials class to authenticate to O365 from a...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/23/2014
Setting a SharePoint Person or Group Field Value with CSOM
I recently was asked a question about setting a Person or Group field value in a list using...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/30/2013
What Every Developer Needs to Know About SharePoint Apps, CSOM, and Anonymous Publishing Sites
This post will show what works and what doesn’t with CSOM and REST in a SharePoint 2013 publishing...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/24/2013
Enabling the Developer Site Collection Feature in SharePoint Online
I have been doing a bit of work updating some of our content for apps lately, and I found a couple...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 10/05/2013
Introducing SharePointContext for Provider-Hosted SharePoint Apps!
One of the more frustrating parts of building provider-hosted apps for SharePoint 2013 was that you...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/24/2013
Moving Path Based to Host Named Site Collections
This post illustrates a problem with detaching content databases that contain site collections...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 09/09/2013
Creating a Fiddler Extension for SharePoint 2013 App Tokens
This post will show how to create a Fiddler extension to inspect SharePoint 2013 context and access...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/25/2013
ALM for SharePoint Apps – Understanding Provider Hosted App Publishing
This post shows how to create a publishing profile for provider-hosted apps and use them as part of...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/20/2013
ALM for SharePoint Apps: Customizing the Build Process with a Custom Workflow Activity
This post shows how to create a custom customize the build process for provider-hosted apps with a...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/16/2013
ALM for SharePoint Apps: Implementing Continuous Integration
This post shows how to implement continuous integration for a provider-hosted app in SharePoint...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/15/2013
ALM for SharePoint Apps: Configuring a TFS Build Server with Team Foundation Service
This post shows how to configure a TFS Team Build 2012 server with Team Foundation Service in the...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/15/2013
Access Services 2013 Setup for an On-Premises Installation
This blog post will show you how to configure Access Services 2013 to use in your own environment....
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 07/14/2013
Build Session: Understanding Authentication and Permissions with Apps for SharePoint and Office
I am privileged to present at the Build 2013 conference Understanding Authentication and Permissions...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/26/2013
SharePoint 2013 (kb2726992) - The installation of this package failed
While patching one of my SharePoint 2013 farms with the April 2013 Cumulative Update, I kept...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/11/2013
My Deck from SharePoint and Windows PowerShell
I am presenting tonight to the Arizona PowerShell User Group on “SharePoint and Windows...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/05/2013
Fixing People Picker for SAML Claims Users Using LDAP
One of the things that frustrates customers when implementing claims authentication in SharePoint is...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 05/26/2013
SharePoint 2013 User Profile Sync for Claims Users
I have been working with claims authentication quite a bit lately, and something that can be...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 05/23/2013
Create the Best App for Office 2013 in 5 Minutes
While speaking in Kuala Lumpur for the Ignite developer training, Chris O’Connor (aka...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 05/06/2013
Clarifying Guidance on SharePoint Security Groups versus Active Directory Domain Services Groups
I received the following question on the SPYam group on Yammer, and decided to share the information...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 05/06/2013
How to Allow Only Users Who Have a Community Badge to Your SharePoint 2013 Site
This post will show how you can secure a web site based on if a user has been given a badge in a...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/22/2013
Inside SharePoint 2013 OAuth Context Tokens
This post will show you how to inspect the SharePoint 2013 context token to better understand how...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/05/2013
Access 2013–Not Your Father’s Access
I worked this weekend to prepare for a presentation this week at the Dallas SharePoint TechFest,...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/02/2013
New Features in Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012
The Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 have been released and have some...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/01/2013
SharePoint 2013 App Only Policy Made Easy
This post demonstrates the app only policy for SharePoint 2013 app development and show how to...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/23/2013
Configuring LDAP for FBA in SharePoint 2010 or SharePoint 2013 with PowerShell
This post provides PowerShell script to easily configure forms based authentication using LDAP in...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 01/31/2013
Enable Exchange Mailboxes for All Users in an OU
This is more of a note to myself than anything, but what the heck, why not share it with everyone...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 01/23/2013
Creating High Trust SharePoint Apps with Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 - Preview 2
This post shows how to create a High Trust app using Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 11/27/2012
Configuring Access Services 2013 on Premises
UPDATE: See Access Services 2013 Setup for an On-Premises Installation for updated guidance for...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/30/2012
Setting Up FBA and SQL Membership in SharePoint 2010 with PowerShell
This post provides PowerShell script to easily configure SQL FBA in SharePoint 2010. A long time...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 08/29/2012
Setting Object Cache Accounts in SharePoint 2010
This post will show how to set the PortalSuperUser and PortalSuperReader accounts for SharePoint...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 06/02/2012
Querying Active Directory Using Principal Extensions in System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement
I recently had a project where I needed to query the extensionAttribute1 – extensionAttribute15...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 04/11/2012
What Every SharePoint Admin Needs to Know About Host Named Site Collections
This post intends to tell you everything you need to know about host named site collections so that...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 03/27/2012
Updating SharePoint Managed Metadata Columns with PowerShell
This post shows how to update a field with a managed metadata term. Background As with all software...
Author: Kirk Evans[MSFT] Date: 02/15/2012