Brainlitter - Inside the mind of Sean Wallbridge

Microsoft has released 10 new SharePoint Themes that you can integrate into your Sites.  Several of them are very nice and the fella that runs ‘SharePoint Evolved’ has created a site that allows you to simply ‘sample’ each site template, without having to install them (use the ‘picker’ in the top right hand corner, to …

Well, what do ya know?  Apparently, Microsoft loves, my love for SharePoint (and all those other related things I do – SharePoint, Windows Server, Exchange, SQL, IIS, ASP.NET – you know, all those things that SharePoint works with – I think I was ‘built’ to be a SharePoint Guy).     I was awarded with …

      The staff at itgroove Professional Services are very pleased to announce that our President and Principal Consultant, Sean Wallbridge, has been awarded the designation “Most Valuable Professional” (MVP) for Microsoft SharePoint Server. Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) are exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who are awarded for voluntarily sharing …

Download link to get your free SharePoint Designer is here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=baa3ad86-bfc1-4bd4-9812-d9e710d44f42   So, that’s great.  But then again, now that means folks that haven’t been trained can cause more grief than usual – so, as people can get into mischief, locking down the ability for Designer to connect to a SharePoint site is a worthwhile …

Well, here’s my problem. I had a document library (in fact all, in my SharePoint farm), that showed all documents in tact, but the various icons for Word, Excel, PDF, etc. were all missing. The issue started with PDF.  I followed my own instructions even but made a typo (here’s where I document how to …

Apparently… Microsoft plans to release SharePoint Designer, as a FREE software package/download as of April 1st. If the blogs I’m reading and gathering this from are trying to pull an April Fool’s joke, it is pretty lame and lacks creativity. But if it is true, folks will soon be able to download and install the …

What?   A common complaint is that SharePoint site visitors are repeatedly prompted for their login credentials (username and password), particularly when utilizing Document Libraries and opening and saving documents.   So What?   First things first… SharePoint is a complex product in the back end (SQL Servers, IIS, Windows Servers, SMTP, ASP.NET, C#, XML, …

Monday, March 09, 2009 4:51 PM This guide has been created to provide the necessary steps to ‘refresh’ a Sandbox Collection (Different Web Application) with Production Data, so that it can be ‘played with’ without breaking the Production Implementation.     Note on Authentication/Permissions: Ensure you perform these tasks with an account that has full …

First off, OneNote is awesome. Combined with the latest SnagIt and I have the worlds best documentation tools and personal resource library.   Now, to share this information, we of course store OneNote in SharePoint (good/quick guide here to how to get rolling and how info is stored: OneNote and SharePoint – the basics   …

Don’t mind me, I’m just starting to compile a list of resources and links for changing passwords in WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007.   Eli Robillard – How to change service accounts and their passwords in MOSS and WSS 3.0 Microsoft – How to change service accounts and service account passwords in SharePoint Server 2007 …