Brainlitter - Inside the mind of Sean Wallbridge

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Well would you look at that – itgroove Podcasts

They wore me down and now we have a podcast of sorts.  Ours will be a little different (I bet they all say that!)… We’ll do it when we have time. The goal is weekly, but time will tell once we slip into a groove Although we kicked off the first 3, we fully plan …

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Long Company Names make Sean Sad in OneDrive for Business

I’m more than a little surprised there was nothing out there for the following issue already. So I took it upon myself to provide a solution (and a recommendation, which is “avoid this early in your tenancy and OD4B and SharePoint sync rollout”). What I didn’t like that when I connected OneDrive for Business to …

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Changing the primary email address of an Office Group in 365

What Renaming an Office 365 Group is simple if all you want to change is its display name. However, if you want to free up the email address it used (in our case, Office 365 Groups are neat and all, but the mailbox functionality is extremely limited – you can’t move messages, archive them, categorize …

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Excel Online – Shapes break editing spreadsheets

What A customer recently moved several Excel Workbooks from Google Sheets to Office 365 (and Excel Online). These were complex sheets with lots of linking worksheets, formulas, etc. and on the surface seemed to be fine. However, one weekly operation was to take a copy of an existing worksheet and making it “this weeks” worksheet. …

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Calgary Zoo – Office 365 and Yammer – Working Out Loud

Lions, Tigers and Bears … Oh My One of the projects I had the pleasure to be involved with was working with the team at the Calgary Zoo on a project delivered through Softchoice.  This Case Study outlines what took place over the short project.  My own memories include flying to Calgary, hanging with Penguins, …

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Gallery: Blog/Announcements Rollup

Well, would you look at that. The itgroove elves keep delivering Father Christmas more and more goodies. Another blog-related solution has hit the Gallery this week… the Blog/Announcements Rollup. This solution rolls up content from a search query. You can grab that content from multiple lists and site collections. The rollup has space to show …

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itgroove is proud to launch “The Gallery”

Today itgroove launches the Gallery, a new website dedicated to inspiring you with solutions for your SharePoint portal. These widgets are derived from solving problems that we see “in the field” working as consultants in the SharePoint and Office 365 space everyday. The Gallery showcases what’s possible, and the site provides options for developers to …

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My Power BI Overview Slide Deck

Here’s my slide deck for the brief Power BI Overview I gave at Thursdays (May 19, 2016) Office 365 Meetup. Overview of Microsoft’s Power BI – Sean Wallbridge from itgroove Professional Services

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Office 365 User Group – May 2016 Edition in 360 Video!

I bought a 360 Video Camera the other day. Seemed like a fun idea.  Still finding ways to get value from it.  Today, it is sharing our most recent Office 365 User Group Meeting sessions in a complete, Spherical video so you can “be there”.  Enjoy. Unfortunately (or fortunately ;), the camera turned itself off …

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