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Today I successfully completed the 70-573 Application Developer exam (having previously completed the 70-667 exam).  I’m now well on my way down both paths of the SharePoint exam hierarchy.

If you’ve ever needed to change the master page of a specific page in a library, this technique is for you.  For example, if you have a page in the /SitePages/ library, and you wanted to assign a single page to a specific master page, all you have to do is change that pages’ “MasterPageFile” …

… and, no, it is NOT the reason you might think! I’ll let you in on a little secret, the vast majority of us technical types HATE email!  Why???  Because it causes more grief than almost any other application out there!  And, no, it’s not because email can be the harbinger of “really bad things” …

When trying to quote a customer on a new server installation, you have some important numbers you need to consider, and one of those is definitely how licensing works for server licenses.  A co-worker and I ran into a scenario the other day where we weren’t entirely sure of the rules for licensing once we …

This is a copy of a blog I posted internally at itgroove, I hope you’ll find it useful. 1. Security  This is BIG in 8 (and Server2012).  Lots of leveraging of built-in security in IPv6, much easier configuration of IPsec for both internal network communication encryption as well as external encryption.  AppLocker and BitLocker are …

I’ve just spent a week at a Windows 8 “Beta Teach” at Microsoft in Redmond.  It was gruelling, to say the least as the SME’s that attend a Beta teach are expected to provide a lot of feedback on the course material.  That feedback is used to sharpen and/or refocus the material so that it …

It’s been an interesting week so far as I’ve been in a Beta Teach course at Microsoft.  We have a very interesting cross section of people in the course and, as one usually does at a course, I’ve struck up conversations with various classmates.  One thing that has struck me is the really deep pool …

I’ve been attending a Windows 8 "Beta Teach" course at Microsoft this week. At some point we were discussing wireless networking in class and I casually tossed out a comment about "Virtual Access Points" (VAP) which is something I’ve been dealing with in the Sonicwall world for some time now. My new friend and classmate …

I had a scenario where the contents of the value I was looking for was a multiline rich text value.  The contents I cared about displaying to the end user was simply the text nodes contained within this value.  In other words, what I cared about seeing was this: Important Information: Exact timing and details …

Using a SQL Server alias, you’ll be able to change the database server in your SharePoint farm.  In addition, setting an alias should really be a best practice for most new farm builds.  This technique is useful when moving or virtualising your database server, setting up a test environment, or especially when migrating from SQL …