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Egad. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-022 – Critical for SharePoint
Hey folks We’ve come across a SharePoint security concern that, if you are not already aware of, requires your attention. To be clear – we’re not fans of fear mongering. SharePoint patches pop up frequently. We’ve identified this one as particularly critical. We are currently applying this patch internally to protect ourselves and to develop …
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 onSharePoint 2010 is not supported on Windows Server 2012
This is subject to change as this likely won’t stay this way forever as newer cumulative updates come out, but at this writing, this is still the case… Folks, One might assume that the latest version of Windows Server (2012, due shortly) would work with the latest version of SharePoint Server (2010) … but one …
Read onIs Outsourced SharePoint Assistance an Expense… or a Good Business Investment?
We’ll admit it: This is a little bit of a loaded question. Certainly, retaining a good SharePoint/technology partner is an expense, in the sense that you will receive an invoice from time to time. But at the same time, as with many business expenses, a quality outsourced and experienced SharePoint/IT partner doesn’t just cost you …
Read onCopyMove for SharePoint – Moving files with metadata, audit details and version history with ease (And style)
SharePoint Products has produced a product called CopyMove for SharePoint since the MOSS 2007 release. The product is licensed by the WFE (Web Front-End) and is a farm solution (you will need to have your own installation of SharePoint as this is an on-premise solution). A 30 day eval is available to try it for …
Read onYes. SharePoint can look this pretty and be this easy to use
We’re pretty chuffed about our internal Intranet, running on SharePoint 2010 (and enhanced by components from Nintex and Surfray. We’ve always been powered by SharePoint (file server, eww, what’s that?) and over the years it has evolved into something that really works and grows with us. To get the most out of SharePoint (performance, usability …
Read onInstalling Office 2007 MODI (OCR Scanning) bits into your Office 2010
I’m filing this under SharePoint because it is relevant to wanting to scan into SharePoint (using say, Dark Blue Duck) and still being able to OCR documents as part of the scan. What Microsoft decided for some reason not to include OCR abilities in Office 2010 (yet had included it in Office 2007). Maybe a …
Read onIf you live in Victoria, BC and are into SharePoint, you should join us
It’s been a while since I’ve reminded the local community so thought I’d take a second and provide a refresher… Every month in Victoria you have an opportunity to learn (for free, with pizza included!) something new about SharePoint. We are the Victoria SharePoint Users Group – www.meetup.com/vsharepoint – please consider signing up. Our next …
Read onHow to edit an existing SharePoint blog post using Microsoft Word
In past posts, I’ve blogged about using Microsoft Word and Windows Live Writer (with its suite or sweet! of add-ins to enhance your blogs) to contribute to a SharePoint blog. I even recently wrote about blogging to SharePoint from iPads/iPhones and other mobile devices using SharePlus. Finally, although I wrote it for WSS/MOSS 2007, I …
Read onHow to set regional/time zone settings in SharePoint
Regional settings can be set in SharePoint in three different places: The Web application The Site/Web level User settings With the exception of the User settings, you’ll need to be logged in as a site collection administrator or a site owner to change the regional settings for a site. With this in mind, let’s dive …
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