SharePoint Musings

Synopsis I recently ran into this issue while deploying SharePoint Server 2013.  Everything seemed to go according to plan, before SharePoint Gods decided to throw yet another lightning bolt my way. Shortly after getting the software prerequisites successfully installed (accompanied by a couple of reboots of course), it was time to install the SharePoint Server software bits.  About a minute after executing the bootstrap (setup.exe) this error message comes up: "Setup is unable to proceed due to the following error(s): This product requires Microsoft .Net Framework 4.5" Here is an exact screenshot: Unless I was loosing my mind, I was pretty confident the software prerequisites installation completed successfully, which performs all the necessary checks and balances on the system, including the installation of .Net Framework 4.5. The Problem After running around and attempting to re-install .Net Framework 4.5, which by the way didn't resolve the

Yesterday Microsoft announced general availability of SharePoint 2016 along with a slew of new features coming our way in the near future.  This marks a very exciting time for those operating in the SharePoint ecosystem.  If you haven't had a chance to attend Microsoft's virtual live event, and have a couple of yours to burn, you can still register and view the recording here: Future of SharePoint . If you just care about the cliff notes, here is a quick summary of whats being made available as of yesterday and some exciting new features we'll get to leverage down the road.  This applies to both Office 365 SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server 2016 on-premises counterpart. Available this quarter - Q2 2016 Modern document library experience (in flight to First Release tenants) SharePoint library UI is getting a makeover.  New simplified UI (much like OneDrive) allows for adding columns on the fly as well as slicing and dicing how data is presented by applying views