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Office 365 Observations from a grizzled veteran of the SMB Space
As a big SharePoint fan and recently self-diagnosed Bob Ross of SharePoint, I’ve been watching and actively participating in Microsoft’s swift transition of key software and services into the Cloud. While BPOS was great, the name didn’t exactly mean much to customers. But with the words “Cloud” and “Office 365”, interest is increasing rapidly and …
Read onOh Man. Connect to Outlook is disabled/unavailable
Ran into this the other day. “Connect to Outlook” was unavailable (greyed out/disabled) in a new SharePoint 2013 farm. Often you’d see this if you are using an unsupported browser in previous versions of SharePoint (Firefox, Chrome, etc. was an IE ‘only’ thang). The quick solution in our case was to deactivate the “Minimal Download …
Read onMy SharePoint 101 for the Busy Project Manager Slide Deck is available
If you missed my presentation last week at the Vancouver SharePoint Summit, you can download it here: slidesha.re/19k793w
Read onReview a SharePoint Product, Get a chance at winning a free conference pass to the Vancouver SharePoint Summit
Thinking about going to the Vancouver SharePoint Summit? Wanna go for free? You might win a free conference pass if you provide a review on SharePoint Reviews (a great site in its own right). The details: Get ’em here SharePoint Reviews Website: http://www.sharepointreviews.com
Read onSome more justification for the SharePoint Enterprise CAL
Sigh. I’m being lazy again. Here is an email I sent tonight to a client who was looking for justification on whether going from SharePoint Standard to Enterprise for about 80 people was worth the investment and why. Here was my reply in case it helps others. Hey (name changed to protect the innocent) As …
Read onNintex Workflow for Office 365 is here!
Those of you that know me, know I love me some Nintex. And I’m very excited to share that Nintex Workflow is now available in Office 365. No, not as the preview that’s been there for more than a year, this is the real deal. I just wanted to take a few moments …
Read onRemoving a SharePoint Tasks List Project Site from Project Server 2013
Whew, that was harder to figure out than I think it should be and I’m only 99% sure that I’m doing it right so feel free to pipe in, in the comments if you have something to share. What We have Project Server 2013 (PWA, Project Web Access). We have a number of projects on …
Read onI aspire to be the Bob Ross of SharePoint
I can hear Darren’s eyes rolling from here… Egad, what now Sean? I always liked how Apollo Creed of the Rocky Movie franchise had a bunch of cool nicknames, like The King of Sting, the Master of Disaster, the Count of Monte Cristo. I’ve been searching for my own (I needed/wanted something to make what …
Read onitgroove – Check out our Case Studies
If you haven’t noticed our new website (we did a soft launch some 2 weeks ago or so), pop on by and have a look: www.itgroove.net On it, we have a number of Case Studies you can check out. They include (So far): BC Ferries: How we helped BC Ferries eliminate enough paper that would …
Read onProblem/Solution – send automated email reminders from SharePoint
The other day, someone asked me the following and it comes up enough that I thought sharing my answer might prove helpful for someone else. The Question Hi Sean, Just a quick question, can SharePoint send out automated email reminders when a lease contract end date is coming up for example? The Answer The answer …
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