Creating connectable Web Parts is a good thing for you and your users -- and the default interfaces that come with SharePoint form the architecture you should use to create those Web Parts. In my last ...

Microsoft recently released two new Web Part toolkits and a Web services toolkit for SharePoint Products and Technologies. The new tools enable connectivity from multiple vendors using XML Web ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

Here's a quick survey of the newest Web Parts available for SharePoint, including Power BI, Planner and Office 365 Connectors. In a recent installment, I explained how to add a Power BI report to ...

The toolkits build upon the OASIS-backed Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) specification that aims to make it easier for portlets (or portal applications) built for one portal environment to ...

Web 2.0 means different things to different people. To Microsoft's Office team, Web 2.0 does not mean a Web-centric version of Microsoft Office, a la Google Apps. It does mean add-ons to SharePoint ...

For my first blog post of 2015, I’ve compiled a list of New Year’s resolutions for SharePoint Power Users. These are my favorite tips and best practices to improve user experiences for SharePoint ...

When I talk to clients about their new SharePoint website I often hear the question “can SharePoint do that?” and quite frankly, it makes me cringe. When I hear this kind of question so early on in a ...

Note that while URLs with anchor links can be used in the Text and the Quick Links web parts, the anchor link URL will not work in navigation links. Using headings helps make your page more accessible ...

In my last column, I covered how you can create your own consumer Web Parts to pull data from the Web Parts that come with SharePoint -- the Web Parts that SharePoint generates for every List in your ...