Brainlitter - Inside the mind of Sean Wallbridge

This is a silly one, but I did run into it at at customer. They had MS Office 2010 Student installed and then they installed a copy of Outlook 2010 after the fact. Apparently if you have two versions of Office 2010 installed (or some Upgrade scenarios) some of the integration tools cannot function. Simple …

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Situation My Parents went away for a week’s vacation… (wait, that’s a Fresh Prince Song) A user has access to SharePoint (is able to login somewhere, i.e. not being re-prompted for credentials) but does not have access to a particular list or library but does have a link (maybe via the Quick Launch or Top …

Yes. I’ve been waiting for this one for a while. The SharePoint Diagnostic Studio is here as part of the SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit   What it is/does: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blog/brainlitterarchive/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=72c1c85b%2D1d2d%2D4a4a%2D90de%2Dca74a7808184&ID=971&Web=fb61b44c%2D8862%2D4e1d%2D875b%2D898c0ed5f1fc   Where to get it: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=718447d8-0814-427a-81c3-c9c3d84c456e&displaylang=en   Figure 1 : How it is implemented   Figure 2 : Mmm, sexy graphics and metrics

I shared this in the office this week to try and breakdown what SSL Certificates we choose, for which application/situation. Maybe it will help you too.   Cert Type How Expensive? Notes Standard SSL $ For one off, named URL’s such as portal.somewhere.com. Website SSL, Exchange 2003 Webmail, SBS 2003, SharePoint HTTPS sites Wildcard Certificate …

My colleague Robert Dick has started a blog (maybe a little at my nagging). He has a lot of valuable experience that no doubt others will benefit from, so please head on over to The Beagle” and get ready to some learnin’ from the old pro. (really old… like, he can still vividly remember storming …

What can I say… I just think this is neat/fun. All about QR Codes (they’ve been around much longer than you think!) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code Make your own… http://www.qrstuff.com This is my favourite iPhone app for them – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/qrafter-the-ultimate-qr-code/id416098700 The one on the left directs folks to our website at the URL https://www.itgroove.net/qrcode Here’s a couple …

Hey folks, I’m honoured and humbled to have been awarded with the Microsoft MVP award in SharePoint for a 3rd year. It truly is a privilege to be part of this fine group of individuals, some of the smartest and most dedicated folks I’ve ever met. I’d like to thank my wife, my kids, my …

Yo, while I have generated a wildcard cert before (more expensive, supports any prefix such as www.itgroove.net, portal.itgroove.net, mail.itgroove.net) it has been a long while and I figured while it may seem obvious after the fact, the scary bit is wanting to make sure you have the CSR (request) format correct before you submit it …

Ah, the life I lead. It’s 11:49pm on a Sunday night and I’m tired. This will be an ugly and sporadic post, as I want to go to bed… But I figured I’d better share before this drops out of my head (ala Brainlitter). Here’s what happened today.   The Goal Customer wanted to migrate …