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Content approval and recurring event

A few days ago I experienced an interesting issue when using the Calendar E-Mail Extension with content approval enabled. This is what happened: I created a new recurring event I approved the event I deleted a single occurrence of my series event When I then logged in as another user (without manage lists and approval […]

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How to: Automatically invite the author of an event using the Calendar E-Mail Extension

In this post I will describe how to automatically invite the creator of a SharePoint calendar event to the event using the Calendar E-Mail Extension. The Calendar E-Mail Extension enables you to send meeting requests and updates to attendees. The author of the event does not receive an e-mail invite automatically, but there are 2 […]

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Tips to highlight recurring events in a SharePoint Calendar

A few of our customers who use our Employee Training Management or Calendar E-Mail Extension ​have had some usability issues regarding recurring events in SharePoint Calendars. The main issues are that: recurring events and one-off events cannot be distinguished in the calendar view; if you open a single occurrence of a recurring event, you can […]

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How to: Enable meeting workspaces in SharePoint 2013

Meeting workspaces are a discontinued feature in SharePoint 2013. They are still available but are hidden in the webtemp.xml file. In a previous post I described how to ​make meeting workspaces available in SharePoint 2013 by changing the Hidden attribute in this webtemp.xml file in the 15 HIVE. This works fairly well, but it’s always […]

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How to: Highlight different events in a calendar view

In this post I will describe how to highlight different kinds of events in a calendar view using the calendar overlay feature. Later I will show you a way to change the event colors for a calendar without being overlaid​. The calendar overlay is a nice feature, the only problem is if a user selects […]

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How to: Migrate a site collection with a Sapiens.at solution from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

In this post I will describe how to migrate a site collection from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 using a Sapiens.at solution. By using a Sapiens.at solution, I mean either one created from a Sapiens.at site template, such as the Employee Training Management, or using a Sapiens.at feature such as the Calendar E-Mail Extension, the […]

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How to: Migrate events from a SharePoint Calendar to the Calendar E-Mail Extension

Applies to the Calendar E-Mail Extension. In this post I will describe how to migrate existing events from a standard SharePoint Calendar to events using the Calendar E-Mail Extension and therefore enhance these event’s with the ability to send invitations to attendees. First of all you don’t have to create a new calendar (with e-mail […]

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Forward meeting requests to a SharePoint calendar

With our Calendar E-Mail Extension you can send meeting requests from a SharePoint calendar to attendees’ mailboxes and handle their replies. But this is only one feature provided by the Calendar E-Mail Extension. What’s also possible is to send an invite to the SharePoint calendar from Outlook and as a result display all events in […]

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SharePoint Calendar E-Mail Extension Hotfix

Installation Download and extract the setup files. Browse the folder Sapiens.at.Setup.CEE/SP201x/Calendar E-Mail Extension. Run Setup.exe (as Administrator) and choose Repair. Recycle the Application Pool(s) and restart the SharePoint Timer Service. In the List Settings of the Calendar go to “Calendar E-Mail Extension – Settings”, in the Time Zone section select the time zone you are […]

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How to: Install and activate a new license key

In this post I will describe how to install and activate a new license key. This is important if a trial version of any of our SharePoint solutions is already installed and you want to use a full license key without repairing/reinstalling the solution. To purchase a license key, go to the product page, click […]

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