What you need for this book
The recipes in this book utilize the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 web interface, Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013, Microsoft InfoPath 2013, Windows PowerShell, and Microsoft C# .NET code. Most of the recipes that use the SharePoint web interface or SharePoint Designer can be used with SharePoint 2013 hosted on Office 365 as well as with a local SharePoint 2013 server. Recipes that use PowerShell or .NET code will require access to a local SharePoint 2013 server.
In order to make full use of all recipes in this book, it is highly recommended that you have a testing and development machine with the following software. These software applications can be obtained from the links provided or, in most cases, from MSDN with an active MSDN Subscription.
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx
- Microsoft SQL Server 2012 available at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
- Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise Edition available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh973397.aspx
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 or 2013 (not the Express edition) available at http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads
- Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 (not required for Visual Studio 2013) available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/apps/fp123627.aspx
- Microsoft InfoPath 2013 (part of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013) available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/jj192782.aspx
- Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013 available at http://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/download/details.aspx?id=35491
Tip
This book does not cover the installation or configuration of these software applications. Most of the trial downloads, as well as TechNet (http://technet.microsoft.com) and MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com), provide documentation on installing and configuring these software products.