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The Transaction Log for Database XXXX is full
Ran into this on Friday at a customer. Unexpected as the database logging file size shouldn’t have been changed in the first place but it could happen elsewhere. Hope this helps others. What Event ID: 5586 Error Posted: Unknown SQL Exception 9002 occurred. Additional error information from SQL Server is included below. The transaction log …
Read onYear 5 – Renewed as SharePoint MVP
Got my email re: 5th year as a Microsoft MVP for SharePoint Server today. Always strange to get it on April Fools but real all the same. Thanks to all for your support. “Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2013 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders …
Read onLync 2013 Client for Mobile – Cart before horse
Heads up in case you come across this… What So you’ve just installed the new Lync 2013 Mobile client (iOS, Android and possibly Windows 8) and you get the following error (You can’t sign in with this version of Lync. Please install Lync 2010). Ya, I was excited too, to see it in the Canadian …
Read onHeads up SharePoint 2010 Admins–kb2756920 is trouble
Hey folks, Seeing a lot of buzz in the forums and while I haven’t stumbled across this myself yet, this one seems worthy of being aware of. Note, I don’t believe there is a clear direction/instruction out of Redmond yet so take the below with a grain of salt. The below is only what I’ve …
Read onSharePoint sites and reserved words may not be what they appear to be
I ran into the following today and from memory, I’ve done this before too. Luckily it only took me a few minutes to reach back into the mental archives or I might have been pulling some more hair out. What Well, I’m in the thick of a SharePoint content migration from 2010 to 2013. We …
Read onSometimes you need to tell SharePoint Publishing–“Activate Damnit!”
Ok, I’ve run into this enough times, I figured I’d share it. What Today’s scenario was that I was using Metalogix Migration Manager (or rather, Content Matrix as it is now called) to move a SharePoint Site Collection to a new farm. During this move, SharePoint Publishing got, er, buggered, for lack of a better …
Read onI so need the cloud … or do I?
Everyone nowadays talks about “the Cloud” as being the next big thing that ALL companies should be looking at as a part of their IT infrastructure planning. The problem is that the term “Cloud”, has become so ambiguous and attached to so many things that it is hard for most companies to get a handle …
Read onJoin me for an Office 365 Lunch and Learn this Friday
Office 365 Lunch and Learn We’re announcing that we are working with Microsoft to help bring Office 365 to businesses wanting their Office software delivered from the cloud. And we’re giving people a chance to hear firsthand how this may affect their business and what they should consider before deciding. I will be presenting what …
Read onIntroducing the itgroove Support Orb
Ah the things that give me pleasure itgroove is SharePoint-centric. Our documents, holiday request forms, client info, – everything – goes into SharePoint in our shop. We also use SharePoint as our issue tracking system – new internal and client requests wind up created as SharePoint List Items, which are in turn assigned to our …
Read onNintex BC Ferries Case Study Released
Check it out! BC Ferries wanted to revamp its manual methods for updating crucial policies and procedures to consistently follow best practices and comply with changing regulations. The company worked with itgroove to implement eFleet, an automated, searchable system based on Nintex Workflow and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. The system cost less than one-third of …
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