Getting the default document icon using Office 365 SharePoint REST API

If you assumed that SharePoint's REST API would return the document icon for your document by default, you'd be wrong. If you don't assume that, then you're smarter than me. Come to find out there is a separate API to call to get the icon. The REST API to get the icon is https://[tenant].sharepoint.com/_api/web/maptoicon(filename='filename.pdf', progid='', size='0')... Continue Reading →

Installing SharePoint 2013 Foundation

Come along with me on a small adventure into the world of free SharePoint. Yes, free! SharePoint Foundation 2013 is technically free (well, included in your existing Windows licenses) and can do a whole lot for you without needing to spend significant amounts of money on Server editions. I am going to walk through a mini-series... Continue Reading →

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