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The Specified User or Domain Group Was Not Found
I was seeing some odd behaviour on a client site a while back. Below is a list of the various issues I was seeing. When trying to insert a link into a web page I was seeing the following error. Also in the ULS, I was seeing the following …
Read onitgroove’s Kelly Marshall guest hosts Tech Talk on CFAX 1070
Kelly Marshall of itgroove was invited to guest host last Saturday’s episode of CFAX 1070’s show, Tech Talk with Alan Perry. Along with Windows Phone guru, Joel Rushworth, they covered a variety of tech-related topics, including: Tablet “low battery” scams Deals on cellphone data plans for the US Helping people attach video files to email …
Read onFree move to the Canadian Data Centers by Oct. 31, 2016
Now’s your chance to have Microsoft move your O365 Exchange, Skype, CRM and SharePoint Online data at rest to the new Canadian Data Centers: itgroove has been watching this for a while now: September 2013; June 2015; June 2015; May 2016; May 2016. So we’ve decided to take the leap to better serve our clients and …
Read onSharePoint Search Tips
Knowing how to search for files and information in SharePoint is critical to improving the ease with which information can be found. “Findability” increases when users understand how to perform an effective search. The key is successful search results is training users to to enter full or partial keywords into the search engine in the correct order and with the correct …
Read onSharePoint Search Service Won’t Provision as User Not Found
A while back I ran into a situation where the Search Service Application wouldn’t provision in SharePoint 2013. The client was seeing the following error message. As it turns out, this was due to the client deciding half way through the setup to change the user ID’s of the service accounts …
Read onResponsive UI Package for SharePoint on-premises (2013 and 2016)
If you’re like me and get a lot of requests to make SharePoint sites responsive (it is 2016 afterall!), here’s a great read and some excellent resources courtesy of the SP Patterns & Practices team to make your life a little easier: http://dev.office.com/blogs/announcing-responsive-ui-package-for-sharepoint-on-premises-2013-2016 Looking for the SharePoint Online version? That can be found in the …
Read onTrouble going to external websites that match the internal domain name
Trouble going to external websites that match the internal domain name What: Customer has a Windows Server with a domain that matches their external website. Example: Domain = contoso.ca Public Website = contoso.ca Whenever users try to go to the public facing website they get directed to the servers internal resources such as RWW or IIS …
Read onitgroove launches the Gallery
itgroove has just launched the Gallery, a new website dedicated to inspiring you with solutions for your SharePoint portal. These widgets are derived from solving problems that we see “in the field” working as consultants in the SharePoint and Office 365 space everyday. The Gallery showcases what’s possible, and the site provides options for developers …
Read onMicrosoft MVP #4
I’m humbled and pleased to say that I’ve been renewed as a Microsoft MVP in Office Servers and Services (formerly SharePoint) for a 4th year in a row. Thanks go out to all those who helped me in this effort along the way over the past year. Special thanks to my former boss Sean Wallbridge, …
Read onTurning off AADSync and Uploading PST files to Office 365
Turning off AADSync and Uploading PST files to Office 365 My goal today was to turn off AADSync for a client and I ran into some new Office 365 features I hadn’t noticed before and some missing ones from the new admin center. First off the option to turn off / Deactivate Directory Sync seems …
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