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Recently I found out that some of my blog posts have been copied from different people to their own blogs. This is flattering, however sometimes valuable information is lost if only parts are copied. I can only hope that if people copy my texts, they also add a link to my blog, so the readers know where the origin is.

For you as a reader is sometimes very hard to distinguish between a genuine text and a copy. That is why I started to mark my blog posts with a "This post is genuine" logo. You can see it here as well on the left side of this post. It will certainly not stop the people from copying my blog posts, and that's not my intent. But it will make it for you as a reader much easier to verify.

P.S. even if I don't mark every my posts with the genuine logo, it doesn't mean that those without are copied by myself. It just means I'm sometimes too lazy or have the opinion it's not necessary.

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Pictures of the European SharePoint Conference 2014

Like last year I've visited the European SharePoint Conference. This year the conference took place in Barcelona and I must admit it's a very interessting place to be. If you have never been to Barca so far, you should add it to your list. So far here are a few impression from this years event.

Arrival in Barcelona

The conference place from outside

The lobby of the conference place

Check-In and grab your gear

These two guys were having a bath in the morning

Break time in the hotel garden

Keynotes

Jumping between the sessions

People twittering IRL

More chatting going on

The exhibitors are waiting for us

Session in progress

Girls just want'a have fun

Gala dinner

Av. Diagonal

1st Place in the AvePoint Walk Challenge

La sagrada familia

Impressive from the outside and even more from the inside

Fontana Magica in all it's glory

You might get wet

Ops :)

Best Tapas in town. Trust me!

View from Montjuïc

The BFG9000

Castell de Montjuïc

Looking down from Castell de Montjuïc on the city

People in the streets are having a party

The Barcalona lizard

Entrance to Park Güell

The grand staircase

Updated SP1 for SharePoint 2013 has been rereleased

Stefan Goßner announced on his blog that the updated version of Service Pack 1 has been released.

Please be aware that the knowledge base articles for the updated Service Pack are different from the recalled Service Pack:

• KB 2880551 - SharePoint Foundation 2013 SP1
• KB 2880552 - SharePoint Server 2013 SP1
• KB 2880553 - Project Server 2013 SP1
• KB 2880554 - SharePoint Server Language Pack
• KB 2880555 - SharePoint Foundation Language Pack
• KB 2880558 - Office Web Apps Server 2013 SP1

The files can be downloaded from here:

• SharePoint Foundation 2013 Service Pack 1
• SharePoint Foundation 2013 Language Pack Service Pack 1
• SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1
• SharePoint Server 2013 Language Pack Service Pack 1
• Project Server 2013 Service Pack 1
• Office Web Apps Server 2013 Service Pack 1

For more information you can read the official announcement on Bill Baer's blog.

Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2013 has been retracted

Microsoft has retracted the Service Pack 1 for SharePoint Server 2013, SharePoint Foundation 2013, SharePoint Designer 2013 and Office Web Apps Server 2013. The reason for this move is stated by Microsoft in the knowlege base article:

We have recently uncovered an issue with this Service Pack 1 package that may prevent customers who have Service Pack 1 from deploying future public or cumulative updates.

If you have already downloaded the Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2013, it is recommended you wait with the installation for an updated version of the Service Pack 1.

If you have already installed the Service Pack 1, you should not expect any problems. However Microsoft will release a patch to fix the problem in your Service Pack 1 version. It is recommended to wait for this fix before your install any other patches. Bill Baer has a post that covers this issue.

SharePoint 2013 with SP1 also known as Slipstream installations are not affected by this issue.

The Retro Powershell - Looking good in 8-Bit | Part 2

Last year I wrote a post how to style your PowerShell to look more like the good 'ol Commodore 64. Unfortunately the font of the PowerShell didn't look quite right. In this post I'll show you how to patch this as well so you get the true feeling.

My two cents | Microsoft Office for iPad

On yesterday’s Microsoft Press event it was announced that Office is coming to the iPad. It was a rather small event and overall it was surprisingly quite short as well. That nothing else was shown at the event might be a dignify to the importance of this announcement. First Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella came on stage and said few words about the strategy Microsoft has for the future in cloud computing. Minutes later Julie White, the Office general manager, took on and showed the press the new Word, Excel and Powerpoint version for iOS devices.

None of Apples leaders showed up at the press event. However CEO Tim Cook was giving his virtual Congrats via Twitter to Satya Nadella and his team for the Office on iPad launch.

Welcome to the #iPad and @AppStore! @satyanadella and Office for iPad
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) 27. März 2014

In return Nadella answered the message from Cook with a Tweet of his own.

Thanks @tim_cook, excited to bring the magic of @Office to iPad customers #cloud4mobile
— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) 27. März 2014

This is the true excitement behind the launch. With Cook at Apple and Nadella at Microsoft the two big players in the field are taking actions to harmonize their relationship. Could you imagine this event with Jobs and Balmer? Yep, you would only need to add popcorn to the equation.

Crossroads: Adding a Cisco Switch into your Hyper-V installation

This Blog is mainly about SharePoint, but from time to time there are other topics that might be of interest. That’s why I’ll start a new section called Crossroads were I’ll keep you posted about other news that will fit into the broader context of SharePoint.

Today I’ll start with the question: Did you know, that you can add a virtual Cisco Switch to your Hyper-V installation? Best part is, you might even use it free of charge.

Update on InfoPath and SharePoint Forms

As Microsoft has announced on their blog, Infopath will be discontinued after the version 2013. This means the next version of SharePoint will not support the Infopath Forms Services. However they are already investigating in an alternative. This will be necessary for several reasons.