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No, this is not an article about weird marketing practices or “ponzi” schemes within the A/V industry.  It IS an article about how you can better protect yourself against viruses and malware.  I decided to write this after one of our customers had the willies scared out of them by one of their other vendor’s …

I don’t consider myself to be very old fashioned. Well, in most ways except for technology. Let me just say that I fully admit that it’s possible that because my husband is into all things computers and technology, I am a little shall we say…stubborn when it comes to his crazy ideas. I would say …

We are a dedicated lot at itgroove!  All of us are a little “crazy” and we all put a lot of time into keeping up with our various tech interests.  We are lucky that Sean Wallbridge – Boss, SharePoint MVP and all round good guy – encourages all of us to get involved in our …

All of us in “the IT biz” have war stories about the things that have gone horribly wrong at one time or another and we all have the battle scars to show off to all and sundry as proof of the battles we have fought (and hopefully won).  And all of us have learned (or …

There is a lot of hype as well as even more misinformation out on the ‘Net regarding Windows 8.  Many business owners have asked us about Windows 8 and about what their “risks” would be if they migrate to 8 or if they stay in place.  The following is our standard response: If you have …

I came across this on Pinterest the other day and I think it’s such a great idea that we’re going to try it at our house this year.  What a great way to remember all of the good things that happen throughout the year, even if they’re just little things.  I am really looking forward …

The following is a bunch of screenshots taken on my iPhone to show the sequence of events of “connecting” a Mac to a Server 2012 Essentials server. Apologies for crap photo quality.   This is from the “Connect” landing page and the system knows this is a Mac so you click to download the software. …

I’ve built a quick 2012 Essentials lab machine on my HyperV host at home. The intent is to figure out the bits and pieces that are new or unique to 2012 Essentials so that we have an idea how to take it forward with customers. 2012 Essentials (hereafter called 2012E) is the follow-on to SBS …

Please note that our holiday hours are as follows: December 21st– 8:30 to 1:00 December 24th to 26th– Closed December 27th to 28th– Open for business December 31st to January 1st– Closed January 2nd – Open for business Happy Holidays, from all of us at itgroove!

To enable the developer dashboard in 2013 is fairly simply, so long as you’re willing to delve into PowerShell.  The developer dashboard toggle in SharePoint 2013 – This is OFF by default in your farm, you will NOT see this unless you turn on the developer dashboard at the farm level.   The developer dashboard …