Trust no one: especially about SharePoint Search

Some days ago, the customer said he want to be able to search files in OneDrive using O365 search. The solution is there: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn627526.aspx After Step 5, i went into the search site, selecting OneDrive result source, and i run the search with no parameter... wow only OneDrive results; after that i tried another...

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Customize search results "without" display templates in O365

I know, the blog post is provocatory, but, i mean, if you have to modify something on default search results you'll probably say: "hey this is a no problem, we can modify display templates" Ok..ok that's true, but if i have to inject something in all results display templates, you'll probably know there are tons of those display templates, so you would...

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Field validation formulas... and folder creation via CSOM

Lately i'm working on sandbox solutions, it seems customer prefers OOB solutions. Indeed i created (inspired from some blog posts written by people who knows things for real) those formulas for phone number and email: Phone (+39 080-1234567): =AND( (FIND("+";[Phone];1)=1); (ISNUMBER(VALUE(MID([Phone];2;FIND(" ";[Phone];1)-2)))); (ISNUMBER(VALUE(MID([Phone];FIND("...

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AngularJS to SP2013 REST repository

Hi there, this is just a fast post about repository in AngularJS using REST API on SharePoint 2013. Someone could say "why don't you use SP client context etc. etc." but this is not a pros/cons post, just a simple snippet in order to copy/paste the code when you'll need it :) . I decided to post it since it was not so immediate and i had to play with...

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Embarassing stories: console.log with IE Enterprise mode

I know, you're here and your soul is yelling: "why in the world, even if i'm working on IE11, there is someone who uses Enterprise mode, so i have to work in IE8 emulation mode?" I don't know why, but this is something which makes me hate this work, even because right now i'm working a lot with AngularJS. This post explains some simple tricks to make...

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Obsolete

As in the subject, i cannot work no more on ASPFM and VLibs, since: ASPFM could be replaced with the new wonderful Azure farm provisioning VLibs simply requires time, and right now, in my free time, i'm working on something more B2C That's it :) ....

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Howto search for memory leak and save your marriage

Someone said (on friday afternoon): "your application got a memory leak and it's your fault". Because of my wife became very nervous when i gotta work during the weekend i asked some help in order to understand how to work this problem as fast as possible, so let's start with...

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