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Removing a SharePoint Tasks List Project Site from Project Server 2013
Whew, that was harder to figure out than I think it should be and I’m only 99% sure that I’m doing it right so feel free to pipe in, in the comments if you have something to share. What We have Project Server 2013 (PWA, Project Web Access). We have a number of projects on …
Read onI aspire to be the Bob Ross of SharePoint
I can hear Darren’s eyes rolling from here… Egad, what now Sean? I always liked how Apollo Creed of the Rocky Movie franchise had a bunch of cool nicknames, like The King of Sting, the Master of Disaster, the Count of Monte Cristo. I’ve been searching for my own (I needed/wanted something to make what …
Read onitgroove – Check out our Case Studies
If you haven’t noticed our new website (we did a soft launch some 2 weeks ago or so), pop on by and have a look: www.itgroove.net On it, we have a number of Case Studies you can check out. They include (So far): BC Ferries: How we helped BC Ferries eliminate enough paper that would …
Read onProblem/Solution – send automated email reminders from SharePoint
The other day, someone asked me the following and it comes up enough that I thought sharing my answer might prove helpful for someone else. The Question Hi Sean, Just a quick question, can SharePoint send out automated email reminders when a lease contract end date is coming up for example? The Answer The answer …
Read onHoly Cow! Non-profits get donations of Office 365
Good on ya Microsoft! Depending on the size, a non-profit can get the services for free (typically suited for smaller size), or get a discounted upgrade (typically suited for larger size). This is big news, for sure! http://betanews.com/2013/09/10/microsoft-donates-office-365-to-nonprofits-surface-team-celebrates/ https://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/office365-for-nonprofits/
Read onNintex Mobile 1.1.1 update out–yay, I can attach photos again!
While I was excited that Nintex Mobile 1.1 came out, I was not so enthralled that I could no longer update/attach photos to my offline, electronic forms. Alas, after submitting a bug last week (that apparently they were already working on), I was tipped off that an update would be out soon and would address …
Read onFinding missing drive space on Hyper-V Vm’s with SpaceSniffer
This post was written by the amazing Louis on our team. He identified a problem where virtual machines would indicate no remaining space and yet show hidden files, etc. turned on, we couldn’t find the culprits. Stranger still, if we rebooted the space was freed (but I don’t want to be a pirate … I …
Read onNintex Mobile 1.1 Released
Nintex Mobile 1.1 is out. New functionality keeps arriving. I’m liking this agile stuff. Bring on the GPS/Photo positioning and we have a game changer. Enhancements Include A new restyled layout optimized for iPad Forget me functionality on sign out Option to sync items when on a WiFi network only Visualization of non-blocking error messages …
Read onUpgrade job definition already exists
This blog post is a little late but I wanted to get it out of my mental queue… What A customer had a SharePoint 2010 Patching/Upgrade go horribly wrong. It was stuck. Couldn’t complete the upgrade, PSConfig failed, couldn’t go forward, couldn’t go back. In fact, it was stuck in that state for weeks (possibly …
Read onOneNote Goodies. So nice, needs to be said twice.
The Microsoft OneNote Team has already blogged about all the features in the new OneNote “Onetastic” add-on created by one of the team’s devs (right on Omer!) and they chat it up here: http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2013/08/01/try-the-onetastic-add-in-to-bring-tons-of-new-features-to-onenote.aspx That said, I wanted to help spread the word as there is some good stuff in there (Jeff tipped me off). …
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