Setting up a development environment for Office 365 and SharePoint Online

As we more and more evolve from working exclusively with SharePoint on-premises with our complex local SharePoint farm rigged with several virtual machines eating up our highly spec'd laptop, the new way of working with SharePoint in-cloud offers a more attractive setup for us developers. My background before starting with SharePoint, as for most others, … Continue reading Setting up a development environment for Office 365 and SharePoint Online →

The Managed Metadata Service or Connection is currently not available in SharePoint 2013

ProblemError in Central Admin when accessing the Managed Metadata service application:The Managed Metadata Service or Connection is currently not available. The Application Pool or Managed Metadata Web Service may not have been started. Please Contact your Administrator. Error in ULS log:Failed to get term store for proxy 'Managed Metadata Service'. Exception: System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was … Continue reading The Managed Metadata Service or Connection is currently not available in SharePoint 2013 →

Preparing a new server with Windows Server 2012 for development and testing

As a SharePoint developer, I am quite often required to set up new servers for development and testing. Every time I set up a new server, I do a basic configuration before I start installing the specific software I need (SQL Server, SharePoint, Visual Studio etc.). The purpose of doing these preparations is to enable … Continue reading Preparing a new server with Windows Server 2012 for development and testing →

Installing workflow service for SharePoint 2013 Preview

The workflow service in SharePoint 2013 Preview is no longer a part of the standard SharePoint server installation, and is provided by the Windows Workflow Manager (Azure). The service it self is a huge improvement to the product, but requires additional step as it has to be installed and configured post-installation of SharePoint Server 2013. … Continue reading Installing workflow service for SharePoint 2013 Preview →

Setting up internet access for Hyper-V with NAT in Windows 8

In my work with development of SharePoint solutions, I heavily rely on virtualized environments on my own laptop computer. Working inside virtualized environments complicates the configuration of your own infrastructure, and to get and acceptable user experience inside the virtual machines a working internet connection is a requirement. Earlier Hyper-V was only supported on the … Continue reading Setting up internet access for Hyper-V with NAT in Windows 8 →