Brainlitter - Inside the mind of Sean Wallbridge

  If you happen to be in the Yukon on January 19th, 2011… I’ve been invited to speak at the Yitis (Yukon Information Technology and Industry Society) for their Boost! New Ideas in Business and Technology conference.   Learn More Here: http://boost.yitis.ca/  

In case this serves you in the future… A customer asked the following today…     Sean, I am looking to create a new hire IT form on our Moss SharePoint site.  Currently, we have a library on our SharePoint 2003 site for the US. We are trying to push out our new hire computer setup …

Ran into this the other day. The fix was easy but the cause was curious.   Error An error occurred during the processing of /corporate/CorporateDocuments/Forms/AllItems.aspx. The server block is not well formed.     The Reason While I’m sure a number of scenarios can create this situation, in my case it was a matter of …

Anyone that has worked with SharePoint for a while knows that the recycle bin in SharePoint is awesome and users will depend on it. That said, these same people also know that “sites” do not qualify as part of the recycle bin scenario. So, for a DR plan, this can be a little frightening, particularly …

The next version (or renaming) of BPOS, the Microsoft Online Business Suite (SharePoint, Exchange, OCS which is now Lync) is looking pretty shiny. Looks to hit in early 2011 and also encouraging, it looks like Canada won’t be the forgotten stepchild that gets the products and services 6 months later this time.   Details This …

Come out and join an all-star cast of SharePoint MVP’s as they answer a firing line of questions.   Go to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/events/aa497438.aspx   September 29, 20109:00 – 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time Q&A with the SharePoint MVP ExpertsDo you have tough technical questions regarding SharePoint for which you’re seeking answers? Do you want to tap into …

To our valued clients,   itgroove wants to let you know about an important security risk that has been discovered.   Microsoft has advised it partners and customers worldwide of a vulnerability in one of the backend fundamental components of SharePoint – asp.net – that can allow an attacker to penetrate and manipulate SharePoint installations.  …

Someone asked the other day about KPI options for SharePoint if you don’t have MOSS Enterprise. So, I compiled a quick list of a couple of solutions out there in the wild and figured I’d try and help others save some time as well. Whether you have Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) or Microsoft Office …

This is comical… http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/04/technology/google_wave_rip/index.htm?source=cnn_bin&hpt=Sbin (Exerpt: “Google’s attempt to reinvent e-mail has fizzled. The company said Wednesday it is pulling the plug on Google Wave, a collaborative tool that drew intense attention when it debuted last year.”)     Better still is this is once again living proof that Google “dabbles” with technology when it comes …

I was asked to partake in a “what are you excited about in SharePoint 2010” video interview back in February of this year at the MVP Summit in Redmond. It was released today and alas, they used a bit of my stuff in portions of it after all. Have a look if you are interested. …