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What Makes an IT Provider Great? That’s a question we ask ourselves at itgroove pretty frequently, so that we can live up to those standards and even exceed them. Based on what our clients tell us, here are a few of the traits of a really wonderful outsourced IT partner: They’re always accessible. You probably …

Ticket Info: Get Tickets Here Crap, I’m turning 40 My wife asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday and after a brief ponder, it occurred to me that I love to play live music with my band mates, I enjoy a good comedy show and I like sharing a drink with friends. …

There aren’t any easy answers to this question, but the fact that it comes up as frequently as it does means that a lot of companies out there aren’t entirely happy with the job their IT providers are doing. And so, if you find yourself wondering whether or not you should switch to a different …

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Pleasant Sunday everyone. And wishing all of you a terrific 2012. Picture below is the start of the kids scavenger hunt where they discovered they are going to Disney World.

Jeremy in our office did a nice job of compiling all of our itgroove blogs into a single page on our website complete with the latest blog posts from each team member.  Just wanted to share it here so you can zero in on some great content. itgroove Blogs

Like in MOSS 2007, there are a few things that won’t function properly (or at all) if you are using Forms Based Authentication (which requires Claims now, by the way, so keep that in mind too when upgrading from 2007). So, here’s a list of key functionality that won’t work if you are planning to …

Ok, ran into a situation today with a customer where we don’t manage the actual Windows Servers and have no control over the file systems, monitoring, etc. In a perfect world, the disk space utilization issue would have been caught by systems monitoring/or the DBA. The Symptoms When a user tried to upload documents to …

If you suffer from having many network bindings like I do (several VPN clients and a need to tinker), getting to the appropriate options is buried in Windows 7. So, I thought I’d spell it out quick. 1. In your Network and Sharing Center, choose “Change Adapter Settings” 2. Choose Organize, Layout, Menu Bar 3. …

And the song, if you don’t remember: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsxsyZqmmlQ&hl=en&hd=1]

Thanks to Jeremy for this one We ran into a problem recently where attempting to open a SharePoint folder with Explorer would cause the following error: <URL> is not accessible.  You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.  The …