SPSHOU SharePoint 2013 Best Practices
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The document outlines best practices for using SharePoint, particularly targeted at beginners attending SharePoint Saturday in Houston. It provides a comprehensive list of tips including browser compatibility, file naming conventions, and using Active Directory for permissions. The author, Theresa Eller, shares her background and involvement in the community while encouraging users to optimize their SharePoint experience.
SPSHOU SharePoint 2013 Best Practices
- 1. SharePoint 101 Best Practices for Beginners Theresa Eller | sharepointmadam@gmail.com | @SharePointMadam sharepointmadam.blogspot.com | www.slideshare.net/sharepointmadam
- 2. Welcome to SharePoint Saturday Houston! Thank you for being a part of the 7th Annual SharePoint Saturday for the greater Houston area! • Please turn off all electronic devices or set them to vibrate. • If you must take a phone call, please do so in the hall so as not to disturb others. • Special thanks to our Diamond Sponsor, HSPUG
- 3. Thanks to all of our Sponsors!
- 4. Information • Speaker presentation slides should be available from the SPSHOU website within a week or so. • The Houston SharePoint User Group will have its next meeting Wednesday April 20th. Please join us at www.h-spug.org.
- 5. About Me • Business Systems Analyst at MD Anderson Cancer Center • Create no-code solutions using SharePoint 2013 on-premises, InfoPath, and Nintex Workflows • Microsoft Office Specialist certified in SharePoint 2013 • Frequent speaker and blogger in the international SharePoint and SQL communities Proud dog mom to Shay & Cookie
- 6. Community Involvement • SharePoint Saturday is a FREE one-day event featuring sessions from SharePoint MVPs and professionals around the world • SharePoint Saturday Paris 2015 • Find me at these locations • SQL Saturday Houston (May 14 at San Jacinto College South Campus) • SharePoint Saturday Atlanta (June 11 at GSU Alpharetta Center) • sharepointmadam.blogspot.com • Video featured on Webucator’s YouTube channel • @SharePointMadam
- 7. Secrets for a Better SharePoint Experience 1. Use a supported browser 2. Work around IE11 known issues 3. Turn on Compatibility View 4. Do the math with permissions groups 5. Adding Active Directory (AD) groups 6. Remove stored SharePoint credentials 7. SharePoint 2013 + Office 2013 8. File names & prohibited characters 9. Folders vs. Metadata 10. Excel incompatible features 11. Enable Export to Excel 12. Import a spreadsheet 13. Unlock a locked file (maybe) 14. Calendar overlay 15. Connect a SharePoint calendar to Outlook 16. Document preview 17. Co-authoring documents 18. Versioning 19. Prepare for the List View Threshold 20. Changing views in web parts 21. Open vs. Closed Web Parts 22. Drag and drop up to 100 files 23. Windows explorer 24. Recycle bin 25. Proximity operator: NEAR 26. Proximity operator: ONEAR 27. About Me & Ask Me About are searchable 28. View all your Tasks on MySite 29. Software Boundaries & Limits
- 8. Browsers
- 9. Supported Browsers Browser Compatibility Browsers Not Recommended Certain web browsers could cause some SharePoint 2013 functionality to be downgraded, limited, or available only through alternative steps. Versions 8, 10, 11 32-bit Latest Released Version PC or Mac
- 10. Work Around IE11 Known Issues Known Errors • JSON error • Excel Online toolbar inactivity Solution • Place InfoPath form in InfoPath Form Web Part • Emulate IE10 • Press F12 for Developer Tools • Change the Emulation (or Document Mode) to 10
- 11. Turn on Compatibility View • Web Part properties cannot be modified
- 12. Permissions
- 13. Do the Math with Permissions Groups 200 employees 10 SharePoint sites 2000 assignments 200 employees x 1 SharePoint group 200 assignments 1 SharePoint group X 10 SharePoint sites 10 assignments 200 10 = 210 assignments
- 14. Adding Active Directory (AD) Groups AD Groups • Active Directory or Security groups • Can be used to grant permissions in SharePoint • Typically maintained by Active Directory team • SharePoint Admin may be able to view but not edit Emailed-Enabled Security Groups • Active Directory group that can also be used as a distribution list for email (Outlook) • Can be used to grant permissions in SharePoint • Can be owned by someone outside of AD team to add and remove members
- 15. Remove Stored Credentials • Every time you change your password, go into the Credential Manager(a.k.a. Windows Vault) and remove your stored SharePoint credentials • Avoids the repeated prompt for credentials when accessing SharePoint after a password change • May also unlock a locked file
- 16. The Office Suite
- 17. SharePoint 2013 + Office Suite 2013 • Use the Office Suite version that corresponds to your SharePoint version • Don’t have multiple versions of Office products • e.g., Office 2013 with Visio 2010 • Use the 32-bit version of Office unless you have a valid reason for using 64-bit (e.g., Power BI processing power) • Otherwise… • Error may appear • Files may not open • Features may be missing
- 19. File Names & Prohibited Characters • Limited to 255 characters • Special characters should be avoided • e.g., Space = %20 • 3 characters instead of 1 • Doubled (to 6 characters) when opening or editing a document • You cannot • Use the period character consecutively in the middle of a file/folder name • Use the period character at the end of a file/folder name • Start a file/foldername with a period character • Using an underscore character (_) at the beginning of a file/folder name will make the file/folder hidden Tilde (~) Number Sign (#) Percent (%) Ampersand (&) Asterisk (*) Braces ({ }) Backslash () Colon (:) Angle Brackets (< >) Question Mark (?) Slash (/) Plus Sign (+) Pipe (|) Quotation Marks (“ ”) Prohibited characters in file/folder names Using an underscore character (_) at the beginning of a file/folder name will make the file/folder hidden
- 20. Folders vs. Metadata Folders • Folder names are not searchable • Slash (/) is represented as %2F • Takes up space in URL • Can be turned off for lists and libraries Metadata • Indexed metadata is searchable • Can create up to 20 indexes per list or library • SharePoint 2016 will automatically index more columns • Reusable across a site collection or within a site • Each column is metadata
- 21. Excel Incompatible Features • Password Protection is a common unsupported feature • Information bar with the list of unsupported features does not display when the file is loaded from a Web Part • List originated for SP2007 • • List updated for SP2013 • https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff595319.aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms496823.aspx
- 22. Enable Export to Excel
- 23. Import a Spreadsheet • Use a Table or Named Range to simplify data selection
- 24. Unlock a Locked File (maybe) • Checked-in file may remain locked for up to 10 minutes • Reasons files get locked • An attempt by another user to open the file within 10 minutes System crashes while file is open • File is closed unexpectedly • Check in was not successful • Network connection is lost while file is open • Possible Solutions • Wait 24 hours • Clear your browser cache and restart your browser • Clear your cache in credential manager • Close all instances of file type • Kill the file type service in Task Manager Sources listed in the Notes section
- 25. Calendar Overlay • Assigns a different color to each calendar view • Can display up to 10 calendar views on a single calendar
- 26. Connect a SharePoint Calendar to Outlook Separate Calendars both viewable in Outlook
- 27. Document Preview • Hover over a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or PDF file in the Search results to see a preview of the document • Browse through the document without opening it
- 28. Co-Authoring Documents •Automatically enabled if Check Out is not required Up to 10 people can simultaneously edit a file
- 29. CYA with Versioning • Versioning
- 30. Prepare for the List View Threshold Possible GOOD Solutions • Prior to hitting 5,000 items or within the exemption window • Index columns that should be searchable • Create views that keep the displayed number of items/files below 5,000 • Import data from another source, such as SQL Possible TEMPORARY Solutions • Disable throttling for the list or library • Requires PowerShell • Increase the limit • Increases the risk of locking a table and losing data
- 31. Changing Views in Web Parts (1 of 2) Web Part View (Default Style) Modify the View (Shaded Style) Web Part View (Still Default Style)
- 32. Changing Views in Web Parts (2 of 2) • Edit the Web Part and select Standard • Click OK at the warning about changing the view • To see the changed view, click OK to close the List Views window and Save the page
- 33. Open vs. Closed Web Parts • Edit Page to see open web parts on a page • After “.aspx” in URL, type “?contents=1” to see list of open and closed web parts All web parts on a page open; then the closed web parts are hidden.
- 34. Drag & Drop up to 100 Files
- 35. Windows Explorer Good Uses • Drag and drop files into a library • Move and copy files Bad Uses • Create folders • Folders are not your friend! • Delete multiple files at once Files are PERMANENTLY deleted in Windows Explorer
- 36. Recycle Bin Site Level Site Collection Level • After site level retention is met, deleted items move into the site collection recycle bin • Default retention is half of the site level retention • E.g., 30 days at site level, then 15 days at site collection level • Can be restored by site collection administrator • Almost anything deleted goes into the recycle bin • List • List Item • Document Library • File • SharePoint Site (SP2013+) • Can be restored by site owner • Default retention is 30 days
- 37. Proximity Operator: NEAR • Searches for expressions (words or phrases) within close proximity to each other • Default is 8 expressions • Order of the expressions is ignored • NEAR must be in all capital letters • SharePoint NEAR Training • SharePoint NEAR(2) Training • Searches for “SharePoint” within 2 expressions (words) of “Training”
- 38. Proximity Operator: ONEAR • Searches for expressions in the order specified • SharePoint ONEAR Training • ONEAR must be in all capital letters • SharePoint ONEAR(2) Training • Searches for “Training” no more than 2 expressions after “SharePoint”
- 39. MySite
- 40. About Me & Ask Me About are Searchable • In the About me section, enter your bio • In Ask Me About, enter topics with which you can help people • These keywords will be searchable
- 41. View All Your Tasks on MySite • Under your photo, click Tasks • Tasks from all SharePoint sites will appear here • Tasks may take up to 4 hours to appear on MySite
- 43. Software Boundaries & Limits • Site Collections • 500,000 personal • 250,000 other • Sites & Subsites • 250,000 per site collection • Web Parts • 25 per wiki or Web Part page • Documents • 30,000,000 per library • Items • 30,000,000 per list • Versions • 400,000 major • 511 minor • File Size • 2GB (up to SP2013) • 10GB (SP 2016) https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx
- 44. Questions? Theresa Eller | sharepointmadam@gmail.com | @SharePointMadam sharepointmadam.blogspot.com | www.slideshare.net/sharepointmadam