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Give the gift of hockey–Royals Holiday Combo
The Victoria Royals have a holiday ticket special Holiday Combo 55 – 4 games plus toque Kids Club 25 – includes tickets, t-shirt, gifts and more for 12 and under
Read onOur Server Naming Convention Explained
Someone asked today what/how we name our servers (what is the logic behind it?). Here’s an illustration which breaks it down visually: Some of the benefits of this convention include: Consistency Sorting Identifying locations and assets Easy to remember
Read on4 Things to Look for in a SharePoint Consultant
Where do you first look for an outsourced IT/SharePoint provider? That’s a question a lot of business owners and managers don’t know how to answer, and it’s not their fault. After all, if you don’t know a great deal about technology – and why should you, when you have a company to run? – Then …
Read onCome Say Hi at Vancouver Tech Days
Hey folks, If you are in Vancouver and more specifically at Vancouver Tech Days, come by and say “hi”. I’ll be proctoring the End-to-End Microsoft Business Intelligence lab as well as attending the festivities. Hope to see you there. www.techdays.ca Sean
Read onAccess Denied to a site collection, even to SharePoint Site Collection Administrators
This is now the second time I’ve seen this, but it is still a rarity and you should only do the following in extreme circumstances once you’ve determined it isn’t something else. The Problem A SharePoint Farm is humming along nicely when WHAM! all of a sudden you can’t login to your SharePoint Web Application, …
Read onI was called by the Computer Department Help Desk Scam–I Recorded it for fun tonight
We’ve had a number of calls in the last week (probably 4, would swear it is the same woman even). After yelling at her a few times and/or being outright mean and cruel (she doesn’t get sympathy…), tonight I thought I’d play along and record it. I missed the beginning as I was on the …
Read onWhy Certifications Aren’t the Only Qualifications that Matter in IT
As IT professionals, we love our plaques and certifications. In fact, if you’ve been by the office of an outsourced IT team, you have probably noticed. In fact, when you meet with a potential IT provider for the first time, or visit their website, you’re confronted with an enormous array of certifications: plaques and bullet …
Read onAnother Happy Customer–BCAAFC
It’s hard being an IT guy sometimes (I won’t whimper or explain why but trust that It’s Not Easy Being Green… Anyways, when someone says something nice about your team and your work, you should share it – or at a minimum, I’m GOING to share it. So good job Rob and team! Robert I …
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