SharePoint 2013 Archives - FMT

CSWP is one of the features made available to SharePoint 2013 on-prem with availability on SharePoint Online closely following. This Web part uses the search results from a query and gives us the ability to load these search results and give an improved user experience for users of a publishing site. One of the primary usages of the CSWP is branding for publishing sites. As per MSDN - The Content Search Web Part (CSWP) is a Web Part introduced in SharePoint 2013 that uses various styling options to display dynamic content on SharePoint pages. How it works A CSWP query returns results and allows you to format the display so that it can be more meaningful for end users. We have multiple web part properties here. Search criteria, Display Templates, Property Mapping and Settings are the specialties of this web part. The rest of the properties window is similar to […]

SharePoint 2013 introduced exciting workflow updates that increase the reliability and scalability of workflows. Before we discuss SharePoint 2013 workflows it’s important to first understand the 2010 workflows. The 2010 workflows are not as reliable as the new 2013 workflows due to their lack of scalability and availability. However, one of the major benefits of SharePoint 2010 workflows is that you can send emails across domains which wasn’t carried over in SharePoint 2013 through the send email action. Microsoft improved SharePoint 2013 workflows in two ways: Performance and Development. Development Updates Let’s discuss development first, and then we will look into the performance part later. Two major features in 2013 workflows was adding loops to the workflow actions in SharePoint designer, and supporting workflow designer in Visual Studio. Leveraging visual diagrams makes it a lot easier to present and understand workflows. (Please note that visual designer needs Visio 2013 professional). […]