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How to Create a Running Comment in InfoPath

If you want to be able to create a “running comment” in InfoPath (having on field concatenated to another, again and again), it’s actually pretty easy if you know a few tricks (which I’ll describe below).  To do this, you’ll need a few ingredients at your disposal.  For some reason tonight I feel like baking …

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How to Check Your Skydrive Pro Usage

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Please see my updated blog post on this topic for OneDrive for Business: http://mmman.itgroove.net/2014/08/how-to-check-your-onedrive-for-business-usage/ Checking your Skydrive Pro Quota (usage) can be a pain, as there’s no real easy way to know how much of your quota you’re using.  As it turns out, you can follow the steps below. Go to your SkyDrive …

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Power BI now in General Availability

Power BI has reached a new milestone going full plaid… err, more like General Availability.  Of course, it’s not generally useful to anyone who’s not at least partially using Office 365.  The link to the GA announcement is below.  The pricing is a bit wowsers until you start to realize what you’re getting for that …

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Office 365 Win for Specialty Food Distributor

Lekker Food Distributors Ltd. is a supplier of fine food products, including an extensive selection of cheese and specialty meats, to retailers and restaurants in British Columbia and Alberta. Present owner, Richard van Wiltenburg, purchased the family owned and Vancouver Island operated business from his father in 1985, and is proud that, 50 years later, …

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What is “SkyDrive Pro” in SharePoint 2013

Here’s a great post by Benjamin Niaulin differentiating the mysterious SkyDrive vs. SkyDrive Pro confusion introduced in SharePoint 2013. http://en.share-gate.com/blog/what-is-skydrive-pro-in-sharepoint-2013 Of course, there was no other possible name they could’ve used than SkyDrive… was there? 

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Learning a Thing or Two

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to sit in on a class to learn how to use OneNote. I don’t know if it’s obvious (she says sarcastically), but I am not always excited or even willing to learn anything new when it comes to computers. Sean has been talking about how much I …

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Tip of the Day: Expand Excel Range in Cell Calculation

If you want to get a range of cells (say person names) concatenated together in a single cell, you’ll find that you’re not able to provide the concatenate function with a range.  However, you can tell Excel to expand that cell’s range quite easily.     A B 1 Bob   2 Sally   3 …

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Wow! Nonprofits get donations of Office 365

Depending on the size, a non-profit can get the services for free (typically suited for smaller size), or get a discounted upgrade (typically suited for larger size).  This is big news, for sure! http://betanews.com/2013/09/10/microsoft-donates-office-365-to-nonprofits-surface-team-celebrates/ https://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/office365-for-nonprofits/

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I so need the cloud … or do I?

Everyone nowadays talks about “the Cloud” as being the next big thing that ALL companies should be looking at as a part of their IT infrastructure planning. The problem is that the term “Cloud”, has become so ambiguous and attached to so many things that it is hard for most companies to get a handle …

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Microsoft Office 365

  We’re announcing that we are working with Microsoft to help bring Office 365 to businesses wanting their Office software delivered from the cloud. And we’re giving people a chance to hear firsthand how this may affect their business and what they should consider before deciding. Our own Sean Wallbridge will be presenting what you …

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