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Make the workspace field visible in an existing SharePoint 2013 calendar

In a previous post I explained how to enable meeting workspaces in SharePoint 2013. The solution also includes a calendar list template with the meeting workspace field visible. You can use this template to create new calendar lists and use meeting workspaces there. But what if you want to use meeting workspaces on an existing […]

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How to: Initially filter a SharePoint view by current user

In a previous post I already explained how to create a default filter using our List Filter Web Part. In this post I want to explain how to initially filter a view by the current user. As you might already know it’s quite simple to create a filtered view that displays, for example, all items […]

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Meeting room reservation from a SharePoint calendar

The Calendar E-Mail Extension gives you the ability to invite attendees directly from a SharePoint calendar to your events. You can then view their responses in the calendar and edit any information if needed. The meeting room reservation feature additionally allows you to check the availability of Exchange rooms and equipment and then book them […]

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How to: Automatically create a training certificate in SharePoint

With our Employee Training Management solution you can manage your employee training program on SharePoint. It’s very easy to provide catalogs of courses and training events, distribute course material and to manage the enrollments of your employees. Out of the box it is not possible to automatically generate a training certificate after successfully completing a […]

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Calendar E-Mail Extension – How to troubleshoot incoming email issues

With the Calendar E-Mail Extension you can send invites from a SharePoint calendar to attendees’ mailboxes and handle their replies. But this is only one feature provided by the Calendar E-Mail Extension. It is also possible to send an invite to the SharePoint calendar from Outlook. In this post I will explain how meeting requests […]

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How to: Create training events for a certain group of people only

Applies to Employee Training Management. In this post I will show you how to create training events for a certain group of people only, for example for a certain department. Of course there is more than one approach but I think the following is the easiest one. I will use a simple SharePoint Designer Workflow […]

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Not supported calendar message – possible reasons and solutions

With the Calendar E-Mail Extension you can organize meetings in a SharePoint Calendar and invite attendees directly from SharePoint via e-mail meeting requests. If your attendees receive an email with an attachment “not supported calendar message.ics” instead of a valid meeting request, it is possible that something is configured incorrectly in your Exchange or that […]

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How to: Validate the enrollment deadline in Employee Training Management

If you schedule a training event using our Employee Training Management for SharePoint, you can set an enrollment deadline. After the enrollment deadline users are no longer allowed to enroll in the training. We do not check if the enrollment deadline is before the end date of the training, but if you have this requirement, […]

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Employee Training Management – Edit enrollments

The edit form of an enrollment is empty by default, however you can add additional fields to the enrollment content type to make them available in the edit form. By default there are no columns visible in the edit form, but you can add new columns to the enrollment list/content type(s). If you want to […]

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Employee Training Management – Use a choice instead of a text field for location

One of our customers wanted to use a drop down choice instead of a text field to define the location where a training takes place. If you have the same requirement, this is what you can do. The location is usually a text field and this cannot be changed. What you can do is to […]

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