Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to create a Document Set in SharePoint 2013


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How to create a Document Set in SharePoint 2013.


If you have a number of related documents, you have several options how to manage them. You could use a folder or metadata, but SharePoint 2013 also allows creating Document Sets to group files and easily manage them. A Document Set provides you with the ability to manage a number of files as one single item. You can run a workflow on a Document Set and use versioning. More information about Document Sets in SharePoint 2013 you can find on PlexHosted Wiki.

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Monday, April 28, 2014

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
Document IDs in SharePoint 2013


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Document IDs in SharePoint 2013.


SharePoint 2013 just like SharePoint 2010 includes Document IDs feature. This useful feature allows to create a reference to a document, which will be valid even in case the file is moved to another folder. By activating Document ID feature, each file in the site collection receives a unique ID, which is stored in a hidden column. You can display this column if necessary. Find out more about SharePoint 2013 Document IDs on the page below.

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Friday, April 25, 2014

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to manage tasks in SharePoint 2013


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How to manage tasks in SharePoint 2013.


SharePoint 2013 allows users to manage all tasks assigned to them in one centralized place – on the personal site. All user tasks can be found on the Tasks page of personal site and can be easily managed from there. When you create, change or delete task items on the personal Tasks page, all changes are written back to the original location, which allows to keep your team members aware of your updates. Learn more about this great SharePoint feature on PlexHosted Wiki.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
Managing Project Summary Web Part in SharePoint 2013


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Managing Project Summary Web Part in SharePoint 2013.


SharePoint 2013 project site provides users with the Project Summary Web Part. This web part provides a timeline view and the ability to identify tasks status, for example to check the late or upcoming tasks. This web part creates an overview of what is happening in a project. Learn more about Project Summary Web Part in PlexHosted Knowledgebase.

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Monday, April 21, 2014

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to create and manage subtasks in SharePoint 2013


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How to create and manage subtasks in SharePoint 2013.


Normally the project is divided into the number of tasks which presents the project stages. But what if the situation needs these tasks need to be divided on subtasks? Of course you can use two “Task” lists: one for primary tasks and one for subtasks, as a workaround for this situation. But this method is complicated and not reliable. Instead you could use “Subtasks” feature which is available in SharePoint 2013 to simplify this process. Take a look on how to create and manage subtasks in SharePoint 2013 on PlexHosted Wiki.

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Friday, April 18, 2014

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to use timeline in SharePoint 2013


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How to use timeline in SharePoint 2013.


Timeline provides a simple graphical interface and a high-level overview of the task items on the timeline. You can add or remove your tasks from the timeline, reorder tasks displayed on the timeline using simple “drag-and-drop” method. Also you can change the format and layout of the items displayed on the timeline. This article describes how to add a task to the timeline in the SharePoint Project site.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
Creating a Project site in SharePoint 2013


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Creating a Project site in SharePoint 2013.


SharePoint 2013 platform is a perfect tool for team collaboration and project management. In SharePoint you can create a Project site for the most effective team collaboration. This site contains useful apps like calendar, tasks, forms, and team mailboxes that allows project managers to get quick overview of what is going on in the current projects. Learn more about creating project sites in SharePoint 2013 on PlexHosted Wiki

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Monday, April 14, 2014

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to define your site visibility in SharePoint 2013


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How to define your site visibility in SharePoint 2013.


All local sites in the SharePoint 2013 site collection are indexed by search and available in search results by default. But in some cases you might want to exclude a site from search results, for example, if you are updating content on the site. In this case you can restrict this site within all its subsites from indexing. More information how to do it you can find in PlexHosted Knowledgebase.

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Friday, April 11, 2014

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to search for people in SharePoint 2013


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How to search for people in SharePoint 2013.


In SharePoint 2013 you can use People search vertical to find users inside your organization. The more information added to users profiles the better search results people search returns. All the results of people search can be sorted by name, relevance and social distance. Learn more about SharePoint 2013 people search on PlexHosted Wiki site.

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Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to customize search results page in SharePoint 2013


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How to customize search results page in SharePoint 2013.


Basic and Enterprise Search Center sites in SharePoint 2013 contain a number of pages including the default search page, advanced search page, people results search page etc. All search results pages are the web part pages that consist from the same set of search web parts. You can easily modify search results page according to your preferences, change web part settings and add or remove web parts. Take a look on how to do it on the page below.

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Monday, April 07, 2014

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Influencing the relevance rank in SharePoint 2013


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Search.
Influencing the relevance rank in SharePoint 2013.


SharePoint 2013 provides users with the ability to create custom search rules to influence search relevance rank. For example, you can create a custom query rule to define specific results set that will be shown above all other results when particular search query runs. Or you can setup a rule to display certain result on top of the search results for all search queries. The details how to setup query rules and influence search relevance rank you may find in PlexHosted Knowledgebase.

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Friday, April 04, 2014

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to use advanced search in SharePoint 2013


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How to use advanced search in SharePoint 2013.


SharePoint 2013 Search Center provides the ability to use the advanced search page. On this page you can construct a search query, narrow down the results by language, document format, content properties, include specific words or exclude them from the search query. More information about SharePoint 2013 advanced search you may find on the page below:

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Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Microsoft SharePoint 2013
How to configure search behavior in SharePoint 2013


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Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 Search.
How to configure search behavior in SharePoint 2013.


On the top level SharePoint site you can easily configure search behaviour according to specific needs of your organization. In the search settings you can specify the Search Center URL if you would like to use a custom center instead of the default one. Additionally, you can create and specify custom results page and all search queries will be sent to this page. Take a look how to do this on PlexHosted Wiki.

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