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SharePoint vs. The File Server – 13 Reasons why SharePoint Kicks your File Server’s butt!
Access your Business Data – Anytime, from Anywhere on Anything with SharePoint Document Libraries – contact www.itgroove.net for help! I wrote this about 5 or 6 years ago. But when I switched blog platforms, I lost the content and realized the content has fallen off the Google cache for the most part too. Tonight I …
Read onBlogging Bliss to SharePoint Blogs from the iPad and iPhone
Blogging on an iPhone or iPad (iOS) to a SharePoint Blog I’ve been meaning to write this post for about 8 months but for one reason or another, I keep forgetting to do it (and once you see how short this post is, you’ll wonder why it took so long, too). Anyways, 8+ months ago …
Read onUh Oh, My SharePoint SQL Database Log Files are huge!
It happens often enough in the SMB space that this quick video how to was warranted. SharePoint uses SQL Server. SQL Server has databases. Those databases have log files. Those log files can get quite big if not properly maintained or if backup software doesn’t do its job to inform SQL that the log files …
Read onSharePoint Expertise @itgroove
Anyone that has worked with SharePoint extensively will tell you it is a giant product, framework on which to build elegant solutions. With that said, no one person can do it all. So at itgroove, we have carved up champions of expertise within the team to make sure we have the right skills, coverage and …
Read onUsing Forms Based Authentication (FBA)? Heads up. Like in 2007 there are a few limitations you need to be aware of
Like in MOSS 2007, there are a few things that won’t function properly (or at all) if you are using Forms Based Authentication (which requires Claims now, by the way, so keep that in mind too when upgrading from 2007). So, here’s a list of key functionality that won’t work if you are planning to …
Read onObscure SharePoint Document Library Errors–SQL log file disk could be full
Ok, ran into a situation today with a customer where we don’t manage the actual Windows Servers and have no control over the file systems, monitoring, etc. In a perfect world, the disk space utilization issue would have been caught by systems monitoring/or the DBA. The Symptoms When a user tried to upload documents to …
Read onThe Rob Base SharePoint Workflow
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Read onSharePoint Open with Explorer Errors – The Parameter is incorrect
Thanks to Jeremy for this one We ran into a problem recently where attempting to open a SharePoint folder with Explorer would cause the following error: <URL> is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The …
Read onSharePoint Powershell Silverlight Noun and Verb Builder
Not sure how long this tool has existed, but cool all the same. Microsoft has a Silverlight powered SharePoint PowerShell builder Link: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/TechNet/en-us/Office/media/WindowsPowerShell/WindowsPowerShellCommandBuilder.html You can either: (Option) Choose the product and the action This is cool because certain actions, such as deleting a content database won’t be possible with Office 365 (they own that set …
Read on4 Things to Look for in a SharePoint Consultant
Where do you first look for an outsourced IT/SharePoint provider? That’s a question a lot of business owners and managers don’t know how to answer, and it’s not their fault. After all, if you don’t know a great deal about technology – and why should you, when you have a company to run? – Then …
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