SharePoint Online V On-Premises

Hello community
I am looking into whether the organisation I am working at the moment should carry on with the current SharePoint environment (on prem) or to look into SharePoint Online. There are certain issues ie search, workflows, etc which have not been implemented
whereby it is fit for purpose.
I am after a comprehensive guide to the pros and cons of the two environments eg quality/frequency of updates, overheads, eg administration.
I work for an educational institute so funds are limited and we do not have any specialist SharePoint Administrators or Developers on board!
Thanks in advance!

Hi
here is your answer
http://www.milleniummultimedia.com/lists/sharepoint%202013%20server%20on%20premise%20versus%20office%2036/allitems.aspx#.VRPRtOFMLQo
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[code lang="ps"]
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According to your description, my understanding is that you want to display hybrid search results in SharePoint Server 2013.
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn197173(v=office.15).aspx
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/// <param name="contextId">The context identifier.</param>
/// <returns>Returns the date if found, otherwise returns DateTime.MinValue</returns>
private static DateTime? AssignDateField(SPListItem listItem, string fieldName, string contextId)
DateTime? fieldValue = null;
if (listItem.Fields.ContainsField(fieldName) && listItem[fieldName] != null)
fieldValue = Convert.ToDateTime(listItem[fieldName].ToString());
else
LogIssue(listItem.Web, null, contextId, string.Format("Field not available : {0}", fieldName));
return fieldValue;
/// <summary>
/// Creates the folder.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="listdoc">The list.</param>
/// <param name="folderName">Name of the folder.</param>
private static void CreateFolder(SPList listdoc, string folderName)
LogIssue(listdoc.ParentWeb, null, "List Id : " + listdoc.ID, "Creating folder {0} in {1}", folderName, listdoc.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl);
// Updated by Indusnet
SPListItem folder1 = listdoc.Items.Add(listdoc.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl, SPFileSystemObjectType.Folder);
folder1["Name"] = folderName;
folder1.Update();
listdoc.Update();
// End Updated
/// <summary>
/// Assigns the user field.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="listItem">The list item.</param>
/// <param name="fieldName">Name of the field.</param>
/// <param name="contextId">The context identifier.</param>
/// <returns>Returns the user if found, otherwise null.</returns>
private static SPUser AssignUserField(SPListItem listItem, string fieldName, string contextId)
SPUser user = null;
if (listItem.Fields.ContainsField(fieldName) && listItem[fieldName] != null)
var userField = (SPFieldUser)listItem.Fields.GetField(fieldName);
var fieldValue = (SPFieldUserValue)userField.GetFieldValue(listItem["electrical_proj_manager"].ToString());
user = fieldValue.User;
else
LogIssue(listItem.Web, null, contextId, string.Format("Field not available : {0}", fieldName));
return user;
/// <summary>
/// Attempts the copy process.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="listItem">The list item.</param>
/// <returns>True if it successfully processed, false otherwise.</returns>
private bool AttemptCopyProcess(SPListItem listItem)
if (listItem.ParentList.Title != "Enquiry_Template")
LogIssue(listItem.Web, null, "List Id : " + listItem.ID, "ListItem titles is not Enquiry_Template, aborting.");
return false;
var finalNum = "15-" + new Random().Next(0, 9999).ToString("D4");
this.Initialize(listItem, finalNum);
if (this.noBid != "Yes")
LogIssue(listItem.Web, null, "List Id : " + listItem.ID, "The noBid field does not equal Yes, aborting.");
return false;
this.CopyFiles(listItem.Web, finalNum);
this.CreateFolders(listItem.Web);
return true;
/// <summary>
/// Copies the files.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="web">The web.</param>
/// <param name="finalNum">The final number.</param>
private void CopyFiles(SPWeb web, string finalNum)
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Setting the copying of files ...");
var mechanicalQuoteList = web.Lists["Quotation Analysis Mechanical"];
var electricalQuoteList = web.Lists["Quotation Analysis Electrical"];
var tenderSummarList = web.Lists["TenderSummaryLib"];
var estimatingList = web.Lists["EstimatingRFI"];
var tenderSheduleList = web.Lists["Tender and Drawing Schedule"];
var tenderPricingList = web.Lists["Est_Tender_Pricing_Document"];
var url1 = mechanicalQuoteList.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl;
var url = electricalQuoteList.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl;
var url2 = tenderSummarList.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl;
var urlA = estimatingList.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl;
var urlB = tenderSheduleList.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl;
var urlC = tenderPricingList.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl;
var foldername1 = string.Empty;
var foldername = string.Empty;
var foldername2 = string.Empty;
var foldernameA = string.Empty;
var foldernameB = string.Empty;
var foldernameC = string.Empty;
var folder1 = web.Folders[url1 + "/" + foldername1];
var folder = web.Folders[url + "/" + foldername];
var folder2 = web.Folders[url2 + "/" + foldername2];
var folderA = web.Folders[urlA + "/" + foldernameA];
var folderB = web.Folders[urlB + "/" + foldernameB];
var folderC = web.Folders[urlC + "/" + foldernameC];
if (!folder1.Exists && !folder.Exists && !folder2.Exists && !folderA.Exists && !folderB.Exists && !folderC.Exists)
var folders1 = web.GetFolder(url1).SubFolders;
var folders = web.GetFolder(url).SubFolders;
var folders2 = web.GetFolder(url2).SubFolders;
var foldersA = web.GetFolder(urlA).SubFolders;
var foldersB = web.GetFolder(urlB).SubFolders;
var foldersC = web.GetFolder(urlC).SubFolders;
folders1.Add(foldername1);
folders.Add(foldername);
folders2.Add(foldername2);
foldersA.Add(foldernameA);
foldersB.Add(foldernameB);
foldersC.Add(foldernameC);
var file1 = web.GetFile(web.Site.Url + TemplateUrl1);
var file = web.GetFile(web.Site.Url + TemplateUrl);
var file2 = web.GetFile(web.Site.Url + TemplateUrl2);
var fileA = web.GetFile(web.Site.Url + RfiTemplateUrl);
var fileB = web.GetFile(web.Site.Url + DrawingTemplateUrl);
var fileC = web.GetFile(web.Site.Url + TenderReturnTemplateUrl);
if (file1 != null && file != null && file2 != null && fileA != null && fileB != null && fileC != null)
var fileName = string.Format("{0}/{1}{2}", folder1.ServerRelativeUrl, this.projectName, ".xlsm");
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copying file 1 {0} to {1}...", file1.Name, fileName);
var byteArray1 = file1.OpenBinary();
var uploadedFile1 = folder1.Files.Add(fileName, byteArray1, true);
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "File 1 Uploaded with new ID of {0}", uploadedFile1.Item.ID);
this.EventFiringEnabled = false;
var listitem1 = uploadedFile1.Item;
listitem1["Name"] = this.projectName;
listitem1["EnquiryNo"] = finalNum;
listitem1["Project_Name"] = this.projectName;
listitem1["Tender_Received"] = this.tenderReceived;
listitem1["Tender_Return"] = this.tenderReturn;
listitem1["Quotation_Analysis_Mech_Url"] = "https://my site url/Quotation%20Analysis%20Mechanical/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=" + listitem1.ID;
listitem1.SystemUpdate(false);
this.EventFiringEnabled = true;
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copied file 1.");
fileName = string.Format("{0}/{1}{2}", folder.ServerRelativeUrl, this.projectName, ".xlsm");
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copying file 2 {0} to {1}...", file.Name, fileName);
var byteArray = file.OpenBinary();
var uploadedFile = folder.Files.Add(fileName, byteArray, true);
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "File 2 Uploaded with new ID of {0}", uploadedFile.Item.ID);
this.EventFiringEnabled = false;
var listitem = uploadedFile.Item;
listitem["Name"] = this.projectName;
listitem["EnquiryNo"] = finalNum;
listitem["Project_Name"] = this.projectName;
listitem["Tender_Received"] = this.tenderReceived;
listitem["Tender_Return"] = this.tenderReturn;
listitem["Quotation_Analysis_Elec_Url"] = "https://my site url/Quotation%20Analysis%20Electrical/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=" + listitem.ID;
listitem.SystemUpdate(false);
this.EventFiringEnabled = true;
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copied file 2.");
fileName = string.Format("{0}/{1}{2}", folderA.ServerRelativeUrl, this.projectName, ".docx");
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copying file 3 {0} to {1}...", fileA.Name, fileName);
var byteArrayA = fileA.OpenBinary();
var uploadedFileA = folderA.Files.Add(fileName, byteArrayA, true);
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "File 3 Uploaded with new ID of {0}", uploadedFileA.Item.ID);
this.EventFiringEnabled = false;
var listitemA = uploadedFileA.Item;
listitemA["Name"] = this.projectName;
listitemA["EnquiryNo"] = finalNum;
listitemA["Project_Name"] = this.projectName;
listitemA["Date"] = this.docDate;
listitemA["Description"] = this.description;
listitemA["ProjectNo"] = this.projectNumber;
listitemA["RFIUrl"] = "https://my site url/EstimatingRFI/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=" + listitemA.ID;
listitemA.SystemUpdate(false);
this.EventFiringEnabled = true;
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copied file 3.");
fileName = string.Format("{0}/{1}{2}", folderB.ServerRelativeUrl, this.projectName, ".docx");
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copying file 4 {0} to {1}...", fileB.Name, fileName);
var byteArrayB = fileB.OpenBinary();
var uploadedFileB = folderB.Files.Add(fileName, byteArrayB, true);
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "File 4 Uploaded with new ID of {0}", uploadedFileB.Item.ID);
this.EventFiringEnabled = false;
var listitemB = uploadedFileB.Item;
listitemB["Name"] = this.projectName;
listitemB["EnquiryNo"] = finalNum;
listitemB["Project_Name"] = this.projectName;
listitemB["Date"] = this.docDate;
listitemB["Description"] = this.description;
listitemB["ProjectNo"] = this.projectNumber;
listitemB["DrawingURL"] = "https://my site url/Tender%20and%20Drawing%20Schedule/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=" + listitemB.ID;
listitemB.SystemUpdate(false);
this.EventFiringEnabled = true;
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copied file 4.");
fileName = string.Format("{0}/{1}{2}", folderC.ServerRelativeUrl, this.projectName, ".xlsm");
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copying file 5 {0} to {1}...", fileC.Name, fileName);
var byteArrayC = fileC.OpenBinary();
var uploadedFileC = folderC.Files.Add(fileName, byteArrayC, true);
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "File 5 Uploaded with new ID of {0}", uploadedFileC.Item.ID);
this.EventFiringEnabled = false;
var listitemC = uploadedFileC.Item;
listitemC["Name"] = this.projectName;
listitemC["EnquiryNo"] = finalNum;
listitemC["Project_Name"] = this.projectName;
listitemC["Date"] = this.docDate;
listitemC["Description"] = this.description;
listitemC["ProjectNo"] = this.projectNumber;
listitemC["PricingURL"] = "https://my site url/Est_Tender_Pricing_Document/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=" + listitemC.ID;
listitemC.SystemUpdate(false);
this.EventFiringEnabled = true;
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copied file 5.");
fileName = string.Format("{0}/{1}{2}", folder2.ServerRelativeUrl, this.projectName, ".xlsm");
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copying file 5 {0} to {1}...", file2.Name, fileName);
var byteArray2 = file2.OpenBinary();
var uploadedFile2 = folder2.Files.Add(fileName, byteArray2, true);
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "File 6 Uploaded with new ID of {0}", uploadedFile2.Item.ID);
this.EventFiringEnabled = false;
var listitem2 = uploadedFile2.Item;
listitem2["Name"] = this.projectName;
listitem2["EnquiryNo"] = finalNum;
listitem2["Project_Name"] = this.projectName;
listitem2["Date"] = this.docDate;
listitem2["Team"] = this.team;
listitem2["Estimator_Electrical"] = this.electrical;
listitem2["Estimator_Mechanical"] = this.mechanical;
listitem2["Status"] = this.status;
listitem2["Tender_Received"] = this.tenderReceived;
listitem2["Tender_Return"] = this.tenderReturn;
listitem2["Sector"] = this.sector;
listitem2["Design_Build"] = this.designBuild;
listitem2["Build_Type"] = this.buildType;
listitem2["Service_Prog_Start"] = this.serviceProgramStart;
listitem2["Service_Prog_Completion"] = this.serviceProgramCompletion;
listitem2["Client_1"] = this.client1;
listitem2["Client_2"] = this.client2;
listitem2["Client_3"] = this.client3;
listitem2["Client_4"] = this.client4;
listitem2["Consultant"] = this.consultant;
listitem2["Pre-construction_Prog_Start"] = this.preConstructionProgramStart;
listitem2["Pre-construction_Prog_End"] = this.preConstructionProgramEnd;
listitem2["Tender_Summary_Url"] = "https://my site url/TenderSummaryLib/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=" + listitem2.ID;
listitem2.SystemUpdate(false);
this.EventFiringEnabled = true;
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copied file 6.");
/// <summary>
/// Creates the folders.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="web">The web.</param>
private void CreateFolders(SPWeb web)
var projectListId = web.Lists.Add(this.projectName.Replace(' ', '_'), string.Empty, SPListTemplateType.DocumentLibrary);
var projectList = web.Lists[projectListId];
projectList.OnQuickLaunch = true; // The document library will appear in Quick Launch bar.
CreateFolder(projectList, "1.Tender Documents");
CreateFolder(projectList, "2. Electrical");
CreateFolder(projectList, "3. Mechanical");
CreateFolder(projectList, "4. Correspondance");
CreateFolder(projectList, "5. Settlement Meeting Docs");
CreateFolder(projectList, "6. Tender Return Docs");
CreateFolder(projectList, "7. Tender Handover");
projectList.Update();
/// <summary>
/// Initializes the specified list item.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="listItem">The list item.</param>
/// <param name="finalNum">The final number.</param>
private void Initialize(SPListItem listItem, string finalNum)
var contextId = string.Format("List:{0}, Id:{1}", listItem.ParentList.Title, listItem.ID);
this.noBid = AssignField(listItem, "Bid", contextId);
this.projectName = AssignField(listItem, "Project_Name", contextId);
var teamlookup = AssignField(listItem, "Team", contextId);
var lookupParts = teamlookup.Split(new[] { ";#" }, StringSplitOptions.None);
this.team = lookupParts[1];
this.description = AssignField(listItem, "Description", contextId);
this.status = AssignField(listItem, "enquiry_status", contextId);
this.electrical = AssignUserField(listItem, "electrical_proj_manager", contextId);
this.mechanical = AssignUserField(listItem, "mechanical_proj_manager", contextId);
this.docDate = AssignDateField(listItem, "Date", contextId);
this.tenderReceived = AssignDateField(listItem, "Tender_Received", contextId);
this.tenderReturn = AssignDateField(listItem, "Tender_Return", contextId);
this.preConstructionProgramStart = AssignDateField(listItem, "Pre-construction_Prog_Start", contextId);
this.preConstructionProgramEnd = AssignDateField(listItem, "Pre-construction_Prog_End", contextId);
this.sector = AssignField(listItem, "Sector", contextId);
this.designBuild = AssignField(listItem, "Design_Build", contextId);
this.buildType = AssignField(listItem, "Build_Type", contextId);
this.serviceProgramStart = AssignDateField(listItem, "Service_Prog_Start", contextId);
this.serviceProgramCompletion = AssignDateField(listItem, "Service_Prog_Completion", contextId);
this.client1 = AssignField(listItem, "Client_1", contextId);
this.client2 = AssignField(listItem, "Client_2", contextId);
this.client3 = AssignField(listItem, "Client_3", contextId);
this.client4 = AssignField(listItem, "Client_4", contextId);
this.consultant = AssignField(listItem, "Consultant", contextId);
if (this.status == "Won")
this.projectNumber = string.Format("15-{0}-{1}", this.team, new Random().Next(0, 9999).ToString("D4"));
if (this.status == "Active" || this.status == "Closed")
this.projectNumber = "No Project No";
listItem["ProjectNo"] = this.projectNumber;
listItem["EnquiryNo"] = finalNum;
listItem.Web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
listItem.SystemUpdate(false);

Hi,
In this forum we mainly discuss questions and feedbacks about Office client products, as your question is about SharePoint 2013, I suggest you post this thread in SharePoint forum:
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Follow-up question about forms and SharePoint Online

I asked a question about life after InfoPath earlier, and got a good answer:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/fb23b3d9-8a09-4267-aab5-09929f6a3082/life-after-infopath-seeking-advice
After looking at all of the limitations of SharePoint Online, I'm wondering how developers are dealing with the limitations. Lets say you are asked to develop something that has complex logic, including fetching data from external web services, dynamically
displaying parts of a process to people depending on role, and ending up with a printable document. In our on-premises environment, InfoPath is well suited to this task, with some code behind for some things. Or, if not using InfoPath, we would use application
pages and workflow.
Neither of those are available in SharePoint Online, so what would you do?

Some things, such as the conditional display of content, can be done via JavaScript. More advanced items, such as integrating external web services would likely require a SharePoint "app". A SharePoint app is essentially a link to a separate site
that is running an asp.net web app (or PHP, or whatever). This asp.net site can do anything it needs with any web services, or conditional formatting, or anything. Because it's registered as a SharePoint app, it can also call back into the SharePoint site
and work with data. So, a SharePoint App could present the user with a robust form that simply sends the data back to a SharePoint list. The SharePoint app can also be surfaced on the SharePoint site itself in an iframe, so the user won't know that the form
is hosted by another server.
By the way, the ideas behind the app model permeate the entire SharePoint environment: instead of having the SharePoint server itself run all kinds of custom business logic, that workload is handled by other servers, so the SharePoint servers can be focused
on running the core bits of SharePoint. InfoPath puts a large load on the servers, so it's out. XSLT list views also put a load on the server, so they're also out. SSRS is an amazingly fantastic tool, but is not supported in the cloud (and there's no
alternative). Timer jobs, event handlers, workflow, and many other things have been re-architected to take the load off the SharePoint servers.
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How can i add a special user to the "site collection administrators" of the personal site on sharepoint online when the personal site is creating ?

when a new personal site is created on the sharepoint online 2013， then the administrator of this personal site will be himself. we can add another person to the "site collection administrators", then this person have full control of this personal
site.
but my request is : add this personal to the personal site when the personal site is creating, but not after the personal site has created ?
Is anybody know how to do that?

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you want to add a special user to the "site collection administrators" of the personal site on sharepoint online when the personal site is creating.
Per my knowledge,
there is no out of the box way to accomplish this with SharePoint.
This is a forum which is supported for SharePoint On-Premise.
Regarding SharePoint Online, for quick and accurate answers to your questions, it is recommended that you initial a new thread in Office 365 forum.
Office 365 forum
http://community.office365.com/en-us/forums/default.aspx
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How to create a document library in Sharepoint Online using Powerpoint?

I've been trying to create a document library in Sharepoint Online via pwoershell and I've been trying to see if anyone else has the code but the only scripts i could find are for Sharepoint 2010 on-premise and it's not compatible with Sharepoint 2013.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks!
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It's SharePoint Client-side Object Model. Here are few references:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj193041(v=office.15).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn268594(v=office.15).aspx
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