If you haven’t already read Part 1 of this blog series, I strongly encourage you do now. As I wrote at the end of Part1, User Confidentiality and Segregation is by far the least well known and most challenging aspect of the People Picker when used with Forms-Based Authentication. The main issue at stake revolves […]
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In SharePoint 2010 and 2013, the People Picker has at least 4 major limitations when used in conjunction with Forms-Based Authentication: User Search can only be performed on user names or emails User Search only returns user names Group Search does not support wildcard search User confidentiality and segregation is usually not guaranteed Let’s take […]
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A lot of customers have lately started to tell us that the standard Extradium Sign In Web Part (see below) really doesn’t cut it for internal users. And they’re right. For an internal user who is already authenticated on the network, having to click on “Sign in with Windows credentials” on an extranet site hosted […]
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I recently found out that Microsoft made a significant modification in their licensing model for extranet and internet uses of SharePoint 2013 and wanted to share that update with you, since it may impact your deployment options of SharePoint outside the firewall. If you remember how things worked in SharePoint Server 2010, you had to […]
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There is no doubt that CodePlex is a gold mine for any well-versed Microsoft developer. However, it clearly falls short when it comes to providing real-world solutions that organizations can safely rely on in their product environment. As many of our customers and partners have told us, the SharePoint 2010 FBA Pack is no exception […]
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