Brainlitter - Inside the mind of Sean Wallbridge

Dad. Husband. Drummer. Learner of Things.

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Just get the (SharePoint) Enterprise CAL already

I’m often left more than a little surprised when I meet with a company implementing SharePoint 2010 Standard and the folks there will be under the impression that they don’t need or want the Enterprise CAL (Client Access License).  Not only that, but they seem hung up on an apparent ‘huge cost’ to it. I …

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Taming the WSS_Logging Database

As per this article by Eric Phillips, the WSS_Logging database holds a bunch of legacy logging data.  As the timer jobs for creating diagnostic reports are disabled by default (to prevent extra load on the system) and considering most folks aren’t asking for that data, 14 days of it just equals big databases. The default …

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Getting Started with Cloud Computing

I have been asked by some friends at Microsoft Canada to post this article (and a few others). – Sean You’ve likely heard about how Office 365 and Windows Intune are great applications to get you started with Cloud Computing. Many of you emailed me asking for more info on what Cloud Computing is, including …

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Need help with software licensing? Read on…

I have been asked by some friends at Microsoft Canada to post this article (and a few others). – Sean Figuring out which software licensing options best suit your needs while being cost-effective can be confusing. Some businesses end up making their purchases through retail stores which means they miss out on volume licensing opportunities …

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How to add Home & Back Button Navigation to all SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Search Site pages

I posted this information on the Get The Point Blog some time ago but I’ve had several folks say they didn’t quite succeed at getting it going (they forgot to check in published pages, etc.).  It was here: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Blogs/GetThePoint/brainlitterarchive/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=381 Well, I’ve done one better and posted it on my own blog complete with a video …

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Uh 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 …

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SharePoint 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 …

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