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I presented the following today at the first (of many monthly) Office 365 User Group meeting in Victoria.  It seemed natural that after talking about Office 365 and Office Online, it made sense to share the slide deck embedded via PowerPoint Online.

What Microsoft has done a really nice job of slimming down and simplifying what a SharePoint Personal Site looks and behaves like for end users (you know, those “My Sites” that historically/rarely got adopted). By the way, this applies to both SharePoint 2013 on premise and Office 365 (SharePoint Online).

What A friend (let’s call him “Barney”) recently discovered something that might freak others out, much like it did to him, briefly. And I thought I should do a quick public service here as I have no doubt it will come to a surprise to others. He was on his Office 365 (well, rather, SharePoint …

What So you have your Office 365 “E” plan and you are looking to integrate and leverage the full Yammer meal plan (Yammer Enterprise). Maybe like me, you had a Yammer account *before* Microsoft rolled it into the Enterprise plans for the value add win? Maybe like me, you were wondering, what is all the …

I had a play with Sparkol Videoscribe the other day. Neat tool and a unique way to get short messages across – i.e. a picture is worth a thousand words.  I put the following together. Using the tool was pretty straightforward after watching the demo’s.  That said, don’t sit down to noodle until you have …

I’ve evaluated probably a dozen iOS apps for SharePoint and my favourite is still SharePlus. Several reasons factor into this including reliability, ease of use, support for blogs (a rarity it seems) and support for pretty much any relevant mobile device. And now it has the iOS 7 look and feel (or rather, it has …

Nifty SQL Server 2014 comes with the ability to backup to Azure, out of the box. Step-by-step instructions are one click away. And full details can be found here. Cool, but what about the rest of us? Niftier Fret not little one. Microsoft wants you in the cloud, as your digital landlord collecting rent. So, …

Victoria, BC – This year marks the 10th anniversary for local Victoria technology firm, itgroove Professional Services Ltd. From its inception as a one-man home office business to its present status as a growing team of technology professionals, the one constant has been delivering technology support that works for its customers. With 20 years in …