Finding the Missing SharePoint 2013 Slide Library

The Slide Library is not listed as an "App" or displayed in the old Create.aspx page (_layouts/create.aspx). But… you can still get it with a direct URL. I would not depend on it being there forever as the Slide Library is officially not in 2013, but for now you can create one.

The direct URL to create the old Slide Library:
http://yourserver/sites/yoursite/_layouts/15/slnew.aspx?FeatureId={0be49fe9-9bc9-409d-abf9-702753bd878d}&ListTemplate=2100


Update 11/9/12: I just tested the Office 365 (2013) Preview and it works there too!
Update 04/5/16: I just tested the Office 365 (current) and SP 2016 and it works there too!

SharePoint 2013 Education Templates

 

Does SharePoint 2013 have built-in education related sites, quizzes and tools for schools?

I'm starting my prep for the future SharePoint 2013 exams. In looking at the new PowerShell commands (there are 199 of them! 572 vs 771) I ran across these: Install-SPEduSites and New-SPEduClass. So far I can't find anything official on these new "education" features. PowerShell's help command only lists the name of the cmdlet and no description or other details.

 

Below is all I've found so far. I'll update this as I find more… and please post comments to anything you may find. This may be an incomplete feature that may never be supported in 2013, or it may be a feature that becomes official in a future service pack, or it may only be available under a special school only edition. Who knows at this point…

 

What I've found so far:

Microsoft Goes Back to School and Gets Smart: SharePoint 2013 & Education Services
http://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/microsoft-goes-back-to-school-and-gets-smart-sharepoint-2013-education-services-017197.php

SharePoint Education – Installing and Configuring
http://blog.furuknap.net/sharepoint-education-installing-and-configuring

Some key SharePoint 2013 features (scroll down towards the end to find "Education Services"): (thanks Tanya for the link!)
http://www.sharepointgeoff.com/sharepoint-2013-features/

It appears to be managed from Central Administration:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/831/centrald.png/

A question has been posted in the MSDN/TechNet forums, so a discussion has been started here:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneral/thread/4851485e-5089-494b-bddd-1362eaebb0bf

 

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Moving SharePoint 2013 Web Parts

 

In SharePoint 2007 and 2010 we moved web parts by dragging them. That's still true for SharePoint 2013 web part pages, but for the wiki-style home pages you now cut and paste them! That's an improvement for consistency in home page editing, but also means that users need to know two ways to work with web parts.

Now for the details:

• You can't Right-Click and Copy or Cut (no option in the popup menu)
• You can't click the Copy or Cut buttons in the ribbon (unless you also include some non-web part text in your copy selection)
• You can use Ctrl-C or Ctrl-X followed by a Ctrl-V in the new location if you first click the title bar area of the web part. The results are the same for both Copy and Cut. I.e. Copy followed by a Paste is actually a Cut and Paste operation. (strange!)   (So, if you want two of the same web part you have to insert it twice, not copy and paste.)
• Copy of a web part from page A to page B looks like it works, but does not. The web part appears in page B when you paste, but disappears when you click Save.  (Bug!)

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Cincinnati SharePoint User Group Meeting

Date: 11/1/2012, Thursday
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm.
Where: Max Technical Training, 4900 Parkway Dr. #160 Mason, OH.
Click on the link for directions http://www.maxtrain.com/directions/

 

Next meeting: 11/1/2012 - 6:30 PM (Pizza and networking at 6:00 PM!)

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November's presentation:

Vantiv team collaboration between the ePMO and Enterprise Collaboration Team is about to launch the second phase of MS Project Server 2010 / SharePoint 2010. This phase integrates all components including Project Management, Resource Management and Time Management.

Key members of this successful collaboration between business and technology will be presenting lessons learned as well as demo of:

• Vantiv’s customized version of MSPS
• Vantiv’s Project SharePoint sites
• Use of various reporting tools: SSRS, SSAS, Excel Reporting Service

Speakers will be:

Manager Enterprise Collaboration Team Jenn Siebel

SharePoint / MSPS Administrator Johnathon Vasiliadis

Vantiv ePMO Governance/Methodology Jona Huffer

 

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