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I was running a Sonicwall lunch and learn with Jeremy and Louis yesterday and it became pretty clear that there was a lot of confusion about zones and Portshield groups.  I figured if they were confused there is a pretty good chance that a lot of other people would be, as well.  So, here is …

I was in the grocery store the other day and ended up in the checkout line behind my next door neighbour, Steve.  We got to yakking and as his order was going through the checkout I realized that I had left my wallet at home.  I was going to take all the items in my …

Great article on what’s new in the latest MS Operating System.  http://betanews.com/2013/10/16/heres-whats-new-in-windows-8-1/ Enjoy!

Sonicwall likes to point out that their O/S – SonicOS – runs on all of their gear from the lowly (but good!) TZ105 to the mighty SuperMassive series.  While that may be true is does not immediately follow that settings from one Sonicwall can just be “dropped” on to another.  In fact, in many cases, …

Yup, itgroove is 10 years old!  You’ll see lots on our various blogs as well as our website about the anniversary so I won’t drone on about it here.  But I do want to single out and commend Sean for having the stamina to sweat it out over the years in order for us to …

  It’s hockey season again! Do you want to know how I knew that? Well, obviously there’s been a lot of hype about the new NHL season starting up. Also, for Father’s Day the kids and I bought Sean a Budweiser red goal light. You can connect it to your Wi-Fi, pick your favourite team …

Backup Exec is supposed to clear (prune) expired data on a regular basis but the process can mess up more often than not.  The end result is you can run out of space on your media even though your jobs are set to “overwrite” older media. The biggest cause of this kind of problem is …

Apparently now I’m a Windows Phone App developer too.    I created the (free!) Windows Phone app, itgroove Blogs, available in the Windows Phone Store. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/itgroove-blogs/8f62ebfc-a1ee-4647-8777-5203c0f413e3 Many thanks to Jan Hannemann (Nokia Ambassador) https://janhannemann.wordpress.com/ who provided the details on the amazing Windows Phone App Generator tool (http://apps.windowsstore.com/default.htm). I highly recommend you check out the tool, …

In case you didn’t already know, MS is running the “Free Second Shot” promotion again on all their certification exams, so there’s really no reason to not go out and at least “get a good look” at any of your missing cert exams (you know who you are).  The promotion can be found below. https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/offers.aspx

A couple of weeks back I finally finished my final remaining 2010 certification.  So now I can officially say I have all of the following credentials: SharePoint Server MVP Microsoft Certified IT Professional – SharePoint Administrator 2010 Microsoft Certified Professional Developer – SharePoint Developer 2010 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist – SharePoint 2010, Configuration Microsoft Certified …