Brainlitter - Inside the mind of Sean Wallbridge

Dad. Husband. Drummer. Learner of Things.

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OneNote makes me smile. Today it’s more iOS love and respect

Man I love me some OneNote.  And every time I notice the client in iOS gets updated, I just have to have a look.  This week, Microsoft introduced version 2.2 and pretty much only pointed out that it was “beautifully redesigned for iOS 7”.  I need to agree, as some of the attributes of the …

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SharePoint MVP for a sixth time!

I’m surprised, blushing and happy to be awarded with the Microsoft MVP for SharePoint server for a sixth time.  Thanks to everyone who has supported me and to the excellent team at itgroove who makes me look good. My MVP Profile: Link And the Leafs had a rare win today, not a bad day at …

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7 Reasons I love Windows 8.1 and my Surface Pro 2

I love my Surface Pro 2 and Windows 8.1 Windows XP End of Service/Life is upon us (April 8th specifically) and it got me thinking about what I love most about my current platform (Surface Pro 2 and Windows 8.1).  Windows XP was good, Windows 7 was great, Windows 8 is something I love.  Touch …

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(it)Groovy Microsoft Promotions

Hey folks, Microsoft has a couple of cool promotions going right now related to virtualization and cloud services. Check them out! Crack the Cloud! Check out the Crack the Cloud promotion.  Link Windows Azure Trial Check out the Windows Azure Trial. Link Virtualization Squared Free Hyper-V/Virtualization Training. Link

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Local Fastball Sponsorship

We (Wendy, itgroove and myself) are pleased to support our local Fastball league (Central Saanich Extreme Fastball) that our daughter has been a part of (And made some special friends and had some good times) over the last 4 years. There will be a new sign up in the Spring and we are a sponsor …

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Victoria Office 365 User Group – Coming Soon!

We’re pretty excited here in the office as we are gearing up to announce and support a local Office 365 User Group.  Watch this space: http://www.meetup.com/Victoria-O365-User-Group and sign up.  The more the merrier!

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Nifty tool for showing iPhone and iPad screens on the PC

Stumbled across this nifty tool, ReflectorApp today while looking for a solution to provide better support for my family. You see, I convinced everyone in my family to get iPhones so that I wouldn’t have to help them.  This backfired a little as it seems even the iPhone can be complicated for newbs and now …

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Two common search questions

A customer had two questions this morning regarding Search in SharePoint (and the following hasn’t really changed in 2013). As I already had the answers for her, figured I’d share them with others as well. How do I see how long a full search crawl takes? 1.     In your Search Service Application (Central Admin, Manage Service …

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