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Bye Bye Wallet, Hello Wallet Phone Case
I’ve been on a quest for some time now to reduce all the clutter in my life. And I’ve just about got it all tricked out. OneNote and SharePoint up until this point is the central theme in just about anything and everything that has led to my organized happiness, both business and personal. This …
Read onKilling them softly with OneNote…
OneNote rocks my world. And I rock my wife’s world. Well, er, more to the point, I’m trying to rock Wendy’s world. Wendy hates technology. But she’s coming along. I’ve already got her in OneNote planning our trip to Ontario and she even sends me the odd link to a page that she is working …
Read onI want the blues – Die Event ID 1111 Die!
What I’ve written about this before, in regards to having clear (anal retentive much?) event logs and the technique was different in Windows Server 2008 R2 and earlier. I just can’t stand having to ignore a bunch of red critical errors, especially when they aren’t critical – and more importantly, I don’t think people should …
Read onMicrosoft Social Blog Series with itgroove Contributions
Microsoft recently wrote up several articles, focusing on blogging from a small business standpoint and they interviewed us here at itgroove (Hi and Thanks Luanne, that was fun!) and included our feedback. You can see the results of those efforts below: Introductory Article Is blogging right for your small business? http://smallbusiness.support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2979685 Related Articles 10 do’s …
Read onA simple, but effective method of replacing key office email correspondence with a SharePoint blog
The following post has been updated to reflect SharePoint 2013. Internally, we are using SharePoint blogs very effectively, to replace common sharing of information (in our case, typically about technology like ‘how I fixed this or that’. Using Microsoft Word as our blogging tool (and if you don’t have Microsoft Word (2007 through 2013), you …
Read onWhat’s in a name? Giving your SharePoint web applications and platform a voice
Note, this isn’t a technical discussion. I’m not going to go deep into discussions about web applications vs. managed paths, SSL, etc. when scaling up or out. I simply wanted to share how we named our SharePoint web applications and subsequently became the same advice we give our clients. So here we go. First off, …
Read onHow to set the Exchange 2013 Mail Header/Banner for SMTP
What For mail to be delivered reliably with any mail system, it should come from a mail source that is deemed trustworthy. There are many factors including SenderID/SPF, open SMTP ports, Reverse DNS (PTR) records, etc. But as well, the banner of the mail server should really match the host they are expecting to connect …
Read onWhat are your “Pain Points”? We’d like to help.
itgroove is a business technology solutions provider. We have lots of tools and technology available that can be used to solve any number of business issues. And we have the knowledge and experience to map the solutions out for you, as well as the skills to implement the needed hardware, software and procedures. You have …
Read onSimple but effective Social Media Policy
I found a simple, 8 word Social Media Policy today that fit like a glove. Don’t lie, don’t cheat, don’t steal, don’t reveal. If you need more than that, you can see the original reference here. If you are looking for something more “wordy”, our actual Social Media Policy is based on this document.
Read onCentral Admin Port Number on 23646
While the SharePoint setup wizard will happily and randomly select a port number for you, for SharePoint Central Administration, we at itgroove prefer something a little more managed, obvious and easy to remember. We put Central Administration on port 23646 Why 23646? Because it spells out Admin on your mobile phone. This was something I …
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