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Office 365 Observations from a grizzled veteran of the SMB Space
As a big SharePoint fan and recently self-diagnosed Bob Ross of SharePoint, I’ve been watching and actively participating in Microsoft’s swift transition of key software and services into the Cloud. While BPOS was great, the name didn’t exactly mean much to customers. But with the words “Cloud” and “Office 365”, interest is increasing rapidly and …
Read onitgroove has a Windows Phone App
Ya we do. Check it out here. Thanks to Colin for making it happen.
Read onOh Man. Connect to Outlook is disabled/unavailable
Ran into this the other day. “Connect to Outlook” was unavailable (greyed out/disabled) in a new SharePoint 2013 farm. Often you’d see this if you are using an unsupported browser in previous versions of SharePoint (Firefox, Chrome, etc. was an IE ‘only’ thang). The quick solution in our case was to deactivate the “Minimal Download …
Read onMy SharePoint 101 for the Busy Project Manager Slide Deck is available
If you missed my presentation last week at the Vancouver SharePoint Summit, you can download it here: slidesha.re/19k793w
Read onSweet. Content Search Web Part will be in Office 365 shortly
Search innovations for site and portal design in SharePoint Online Yes, finally we have the power of the Content Search Web Part (cswp) coming to our office 365/SharePoint online tenancies. I must admit I was pretty disappointed not to find it in my tenancy 18 months ago although I understood why we had to delay …
Read onTECH TRENDS COME AND GO, ITGROOVE IS HERE TO STAY
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 …
Read onReview a SharePoint Product, Get a chance at winning a free conference pass to the Vancouver SharePoint Summit
Thinking about going to the Vancouver SharePoint Summit? Wanna go for free? You might win a free conference pass if you provide a review on SharePoint Reviews (a great site in its own right). The details: Get ’em here SharePoint Reviews Website: http://www.sharepointreviews.com
Read onSome more justification for the SharePoint Enterprise CAL
Sigh. I’m being lazy again. Here is an email I sent tonight to a client who was looking for justification on whether going from SharePoint Standard to Enterprise for about 80 people was worth the investment and why. Here was my reply in case it helps others. Hey (name changed to protect the innocent) As …
Read onitgroove in the Windows Phone Store
Cool. Colin developed an “itgroove Blogs” app that now exists in the Windows Phone Store (Attaboy Colin). So if you aren’t getting enough blogging/knowledge goodness from our team already, now you can get it on your Windows Phone (you do have one, don’t you?) Check it out
Read onNintex Workflow for Office 365 is here!
Those of you that know me, know I love me some Nintex. And I’m very excited to share that Nintex Workflow is now available in Office 365. No, not as the preview that’s been there for more than a year, this is the real deal. I just wanted to take a few moments …
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