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Larger companies deploying Enterprise SharePoint solutions should have formal planning sessions. But some businesses want to realize the immediate value of having their data available online and accessible from anywhere, at any time and on anything.   itgroove can  help companies implement Microsoft SharePoint quickly, in a protected fashion, delivered using best practices, and in …

I’m getting asked this a lot, of whether you can have a choice column in a SharePoint list provide a list of values and based on the selection in that list, have another choice column display relevant choices.  For example, if you choose Canada as a country from a ‘countries’ list, you would then be …

After moving SQL Databases from one server to another in my WSS Farm, Search had a little hissy fit on me.   When trying to force a SharePoint crawl… STSADM -o spsearch -action fullcrawlstart   I got this… ‘fullcrawlstart’ action failed. Additional information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.   And …

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE itgroove forms partnership with Sector Learning Solutions   itgroove is pleased to announce a partnership with Sector Learning Solutions.  In order to provide a comprehensive SharePoint offering to itgroove clients, training is absolutely essential to the success of every SharePoint implementation. Sector Learning provides essential end user and administrator training, to …

Discovered today that something that was very familiar in WSS 2.0 (the necessity to exclude managed paths for directories that you don’t want ‘managed’ by SharePoint, was done in Central Admin in WSS 2.0), is even easier in WSS 3.0.    In WSS 2.0, to exclude a managed path: Reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287929.aspx   In WSS 3.0 …

  Beer Me! Ok, I’ve been told I’ve helped a number of people, over the years, with my postings (in newsgroups and such) and my blog (blog.brainlitter.com). And people always tell me oh, I owe you a beer”, or “if you were nearby, I’d drop you a six pack” or “if you are ever in …

Cool, Microsoft has published a ‘SharePoint Guidance’ area on MDSN. reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203468.aspx   Effectively, a single, centralized guide of best practices towards development applications on SharePoint, complete with details on packaging, solutions, testing and deployment. A worthy read for any Serious SharePoint Developer or anyone interested in starting out, with a solid foundation.

For pass through (also referred to as Challenge/Response) authentication to work, you need to configure Internet Explorer to put those sites in the ‘Intranet’ zone. This also assumes that the Windows client machine (XP Pro or Vista Business) is a member of a ‘domain’. You can accomplish a ‘trusted’ SharePoint login via the following:   …

I got asked, so I took a little time to throw a list together…   1. Provide a simple, familiar, and consistent user experience. Office SharePoint Server 2007 is tightly integrated with familiar client desktop applications, e-mail, and Web browsers to provide a consistent user experience that simplifies how people interact with content, processes, and …

SharePoint vs. the File Server SharePoint offers… 1. Web based access to your files from anywhere (work, home, the airport and from anything (PC, MAC, mobile devices) – in a Web browser or familiar Explorer view   2. SharePoint offers a Two Stage” recycle bin – if you delete a file in SharePoint, you can …