UN SharePoint Hack. Should I worry?
I assume by now that you are aware of the United Nations (U.N.) hack. The attackers are estimated to have retrieved 400 GB of sensitive data. The interesting problem with this attack is that...
Category: Coding
Nothing special…
Not anything special at all, except telling you I actually have a website for my company SharePlicity now. I have been meaning to create one for a long time but just never had time....
Speaking at SharePoint Conference North America 2019!!
Last year, I was honored to speak at the very first SharePoint Conference North America, or what I refer to as the resurrected SharePoint Conferences from days gone past. It was a fantastic conference,...
Code Security Audit using “npm audit”
In a previous post, I wrote about “Security Scanning SharePoint Framework” components. https://www.helloitsliam.com/2018/07/04/security-scanning-a-sharepoint-framework-solution This post is a continuance of this. When you have set up your workstation for SharePoint Framework Development, the last step...
SharePoint Customization versus Application
Since I started working with SharePoint, what seems like a lifetime ago now, people have wanted to extend or customize it in many ways. From writing full-trust C# code to hacking the user interface...
Security Features missing from Office 365
Office 365 is a great platform of choice for any collaboration and sharing that you may need as an organization. Over the years Microsoft has added great Security features to help in protecting Office...
SharePoint Framework on Ubuntu Linux
I usually use a Windows 10 machine or MacBook Pro for SharePoint Framework development. However, I have always been a fan of Ubuntu Linux. I had just built a brand-new Ubuntu Desktop and wanted...
Security Scanning a SharePoint Framework Solution
The SharePoint Framework has been around for a while now and is being adopted by many of you, whether using on-premises SharePoint 2016 or SharePoint Online. The tooling is made up of common web...
Classic versus SharePoint Framework Customization
Over the past few years, a topic that comes up more and more is whether these customization and development approaches within SharePoint are safe. I, myself have built Managed Code and Sandbox solutions, as...
Is JavaScript Safe for SharePoint?
The typical consultant answer is correct “It Depends.” I am also expecting that there are multiple views on this and there are many I am sure who might say “Yes” and “No” and even...
