Maybe someone already blogged about this but I could not find it. I needed to create new tasks in a tasks list on my SharePoint 2013 site but I could not get it to accept a value for the AssignedToId as I wanted to not only create the task but also assign it to the…
Training Resources for Visio
Visio 2013 Editions Confused by the different editions? This chart breaks down the three editions and their high level features. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio/microsoft-visio-2013-plans-and-pricing-compare-visio-options-FX103791591.aspx Visio 2013 Feature list by edition This chart is a feature by feature comparison helping you understand which versions have which features. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio/microsoft-visio-2013-visio-version-comparison-FX103791748.aspx Visio Services capabilities http://blogs.office.com/b/visio/archive/2012/09/18/sharing-diagrams-with-visio-services.aspx End user and developer training videos Visit…
World’s Simplest OData service
Well maybe not the simplest…but very very simple. From time to time I need to do some testing against an OData service that is simple and implements basic functionality. Sometimes I want this service to be accessible on the web, sometimes I just want it to be private to my VM. For these scenarios I…
WiX for Visio add-ons and content deployment
Since Visual Studio has deprecated the standard MSI setup project in favor of WiX or other third party Windows Installer tools I have received many questions about using WiX for deploying Visio content; stencils, templates, add-ons, add-ins, etc. Nikolay Belyh has already released an extension to WiX/Visual Studio for this… You need the WiX Toolset…
Turn up logging for Visio Services
As users start publishing Visio diagrams, especially data connected diagrams, to Visio Services you may find the need to troubleshoot rendering and refreshing errors. All Visio Services activities are logged to the trace log. Where is your trace log? By default it is located at Also, by default, Visio Services is set to a Medium…
Using Visio with a touch device
Today Microsoft released a video that demonstrates the various touch controls for use when creating diagrams with Visio 2013 Professional. Click here to watch the video and learn more about using touch based devices with Visio. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/videos/build-visio-diagrams-using-touch-VA104085194.aspx
Automate moving data connected Visio diagrams
As many of you know, connecting data to Visio diagrams is easy and sharing them via Visio Services in SharePoint is even easier. But what happens when you decide to move a data connected Visio diagram to another site, site collection, or even a different farm? If you take a Visio diagram that is connected…
Mixing Visio versions and SharePoint versions…what works and what does not?
Following up on an article I wrote earlier about handling Visio 2013 files in SharePoint 2010, I wanted to break down the capabilities that are available when mixing Visio client and SharePoint versions. Visio 2013 client + SharePoint 2010 Coauthoring – Yes For co-authoring to work, each user must be using Visio 2013 Professional and…
SharePoint 2013 Updates ( as of April 2013 )
For those of you getting ready to update your SharePoint 2013 RTM farm to the March 2013 CU, here is a list of updates and their version numbers… Build Number Build Name SKU KB Article 15.0.4420.1017 RTM SharePoint Foundation 2013 15.0.4420.1017 RTM SharePoint Server 2013 15.0.4420.1017 RTM Project Server 2013 15.0.4420.1017 RTM…
Visio 2013 Developer Training Released
I am pleased to announce a comprehensive series of Visio Services training modules are now available online on MSDN. These modules are all based on Visio Professional 2013 and SharePoint 2013 and they all include downloads for the files that were used for all of the demos seen in the videos. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/fp161532