Microsoft have released two new courses on their online learning platform Microsoft Learn targeted at beginners. The two new courses are Web Development for Beginners and Machine Learning for Beginners.
Should we customise SharePoint?
I have been having lots of discussions with my clients recently regarding whether to customise SharePoint 2013, especially SharePoint online and I thought I would document some of my thoughts in regards to this scenario. My thoughts on this subject have evolved over the last year or so. Having spent some time working directly for... Continue Reading →
SharePoint 2010: Accessing the Managed Metadata Service via Code
I was recently asked to provide some code which could query the managed metadata service of a SharePoint 2010 implementation and extract the terms for use in a separate web site. This turned out to be a bit more complicated than I initially thought as the architecture called for use of the SharePoint Web Services,... Continue Reading →
Error Uploading Solution to SharePoint Solution Gallery
If when you upload a solution to the solution gallery in SharePoint 2010 you receive the following error. "This solution contains invalid markup or elements that cannot be deployed as part of a sandboxed solution. Solution manifest for solution '64afe4f8-6a99-42e8-9845-43fc18cc49f8' failed validation, file manifest.xml, line 10, character 4: The element 'Solution' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/' has invalid... Continue Reading →
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