Inspired by Wictor Wilén yearly blog series I try to summarize my year – last year I wanted to write one but I did not gather enough stuff to fill a page – lets try it again: Wow, 2013 was an interesting year and the time has come for my annual blog post to sum up the year that soon has passed us and looking a bit into the crystal ball for the next one.

Another episode of the toolbox – who thought this would happen again? Teaser In this episode I show how to use the Color Palette Tool for SharePoint 2013 and show how easy it is to create Themes for SharePoint 2013 with it. Video: English / German Slides: slideshare.net/melchermaximilian/toolbox-color-palette-tool Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38182 Side Note I bought a new microphone – a SAMSON Go Mic – and I am really happy with it. Do you like the sound quality?

Recently I talked to some clients because of a “Search-First” SharePoint 2013 migration (more about this topic will follow). During a training this week I got aware of a serious issue with the “Search-first” approach, especially with the really nice Office Web Apps 2013 Search Previews you get for free (read only!). Problem Some clients want to start their migration with setting up a new SharePoint 2013 farm. This new farm then crawls the old SharePoint 2010 farm.