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Building a Knowledge Blogging System–2010 version, on Canadian IT Pro Blog
Got an oldie but a goodie posted on the Canadian IT Pro Blog and I updated it for SharePoint 2010. Check it out: http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2012/07/23/building-a-knowledge-blogging-system-in-sharepoint.aspx
Read onitgroove & SharePoint–we’re what Willis was talkin ‘bout
What can I say? 15 free minutes and a fine glass of scotch and the nostalgia juices start flowing.
Read onNintex is to SharePoint, as IFTTT (if this then that) is to The Social Web
My friend Gerry at RenRe made the comparison, so I’m not pretending this is original but I thought it was relevant/fair/cool. Nintex is a “workflow” product but frankly more times than not, we use it at itgroove (and our customers) as a SharePoint “Automation” product. And with the new Nintex Live capabilities (actions from Nintex …
Read onSharePoint and OneNote Slide Deck Shared
I did a recent presentation for the Victoria SharePoint users group (June 2012) and presented an introduction to OneNote and specifically, what value SharePoint plays in it. If you are interested in seeing it (I try not to do too many slides, so obviously the content is a little light), you can find it here: …
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 onItchy Publishing Trigger Finger? Resetting a meeting workspace back to its original master page using powershell (after resetting all subsites to inherit the master page)
While we have blogged this in various forms, from setting one site to multiple sites and/or collections, I just wanted to take 2 minutes to make the following commentary. The Problem If you push a master page change through all sub sites (webs) in a collection and you have meeting or document workspaces, those will …
Read onI’m pretty proud of our team – SharePoint and Nintex Rock Stars
itgroove has been nominated for a Nintex Innovation award for leveraging SharePoint, Nintex Workflow, Muhumbi and lots of smarts and innovation to save BC Ferries money, improve safety and to go significantly more green. All good things. Kudos go out especially to Colin and Keith for their fierce dedication and for putting up with …
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 …
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