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What is it? Microsoft has re-invented how third-party / custom-developed software can plug into SharePoint. Web part still remains; however Microsoft is pushing the new SharePoint App Model instead of web part. Apps are self-contained pieces of functionality that extends the capabilities of a SharePoint website. Apps will be executed outside the SharePoint Server, either in the on-premise server or in the Cloud based server.  This makes Apps easier for installation & clean-up.  A farm solution in SharePoint requires full trust whereas sandbox solutions are very restricted. In order to bridge this gap Microsoft has come up with this App model. Sandboxed Solutions are deprecated and new custom solutions should be provided through Apps. A new concept of App Store and App catalogue has been introduced for global and local app hosting respectively. Microsoft’s Motivation behind App Model SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 have gained large-scale adoption worldwi...

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In my recent project I have used FAST Search to crawl Oracle content source using BCS. We are getting error Error while crawling LOB contents. ( ILobSystem could not be found using criteria 'Id=xxxxx'. )  if we import BCS connector with updation after delete previous one and start crawl again. This is because of we have already indexed data in our indexer server and crawler is again trying to crawl the existing data that was not found. So we wrote a PowerShell script to delete/clear all indexed data for a particular content source. Copy the below PowerShell commands and create a .ps1 file, you have to modify only content source name and FAST Content SSA name. $sourceName = "Your content Source Name" $contentSSA = " Your FAST Content SSA Name" $source = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlContentSource -Identity $sourceName -SearchApplication $contentSSA $startaddresses = $source.StartAddresses | ForEach-Object { $_.OriginalString } $source...

In my recent project, we are using the RBS for upload files to SharePoint. While we are uploading a file to SharePoint, it is stored in content database. In RBS, insted of upload files to SharePoint content database, use file system to store files. In SharePoint Foundation 2010, a binary large object (BLOB) is a large block of data stored in a database that is known by its size and location instead of by its structure — for example a Microsoft Office 2010 document or a video file. By default, these BLOBs, also known as unstructured data, are stored directly in the SharePoint content database along with the associated metadata, or structured data. Because these BLOBs can be very large, it might be better to store BLOBs outside the content database. BLOBs are immutable. Accordingly, a new copy of the BLOB must be stored for each version of that BLOB. Because of this, as a database’s usage increases, the total size of its BLOB data can expand quickly and grow larger than...

I found a good article for integrate additional tools for build system, read below article for adding SPDispose tool. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepointdev/archive/2012/09/20/integrating-additional-tools-in-a-sharepoint-continuous-integration-build.aspx

SharePoint 2013 Architecture In general model has stayed same as in previous version Numerous platform level improvements and new capabilities Shredded Storage SQL Improvements Cache Service Request Management Themes Sharing Service applications in SharePoint 2013 New service applications available and improvements on existing ones Office Web Apps is no longer a service application Web Analytics is no longer service application, it’s part of search  Enterprise Content Management Site-level retention policies Compliance levels extended to sites Policies include: Retention policy for sites and Team Mailbox associated with site Project closure and expiration policy Discovery Center Designed for managing discovery cases and holds Establishes a portal through which you can access discovery cases to conduct searches, place content on hold, and export content eDiscovery capablities Support for searching and exporting content f...

Starting in late August Microsoft will begin publishing Content & Recordings to the MPN Site to assist your readiness for the new SharePoint. In the meantime we would suggest taking a look at the following content: New Development Model - Build Apps - Store http://Dev.sharepoint.com   Ignite Training - SharePoint for IT Pro http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/Fp123606 Ignite Training - SharePoint for Developer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/fp123633 SharePoint Conference http://www.mssharepointconference.com/Pages/default.aspx SharePoint 2013 training for IT pros(14 Modules) - Find IT pro-focused how-to training and walkthrough videos with this interactive course about SharePoint 2013 including changes and new features for search, social, plus deployment and performance/scalability. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/sharepoint/fp123606 SharePoint 2013 training for developers(18 Modules) - Developer-focused how t...