Brainlitter - Inside the mind of Sean Wallbridge

Come out and join an all-star cast of SharePoint MVP’s as they answer a firing line of questions.   Go to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/events/aa497438.aspx   September 29, 20109:00 – 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time Q&A with the SharePoint MVP ExpertsDo you have tough technical questions regarding SharePoint for which you’re seeking answers? Do you want to tap into …

To our valued clients,   itgroove wants to let you know about an important security risk that has been discovered.   Microsoft has advised it partners and customers worldwide of a vulnerability in one of the backend fundamental components of SharePoint – asp.net – that can allow an attacker to penetrate and manipulate SharePoint installations.  …

Someone asked the other day about KPI options for SharePoint if you don’t have MOSS Enterprise. So, I compiled a quick list of a couple of solutions out there in the wild and figured I’d try and help others save some time as well. Whether you have Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) or Microsoft Office …

If your SharePoint 2010 upgrade is stuck and you get the following in Central Administration database is up to date, but some sites are not completely upgraded”. Note, there is a whole lot of misinformation out there about performing/reinitializing an upgrade by using the psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace v2v (or b2b) commands. However, this is …

Ok, I’ve run into this enough times now that I figure folks may not stumble across the Technet article that has already discussed this (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepoint2010setup/thread/5279f8da-2924-461f-8c35-5b81a2329927). I’ve seen this in three scenarios so far:   Number One: When running the SharePoint Configuration Wizard, if the account you have defined for your SQL Server connection is different …

This is comical… http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/04/technology/google_wave_rip/index.htm?source=cnn_bin&hpt=Sbin (Exerpt: “Google’s attempt to reinvent e-mail has fizzled. The company said Wednesday it is pulling the plug on Google Wave, a collaborative tool that drew intense attention when it debuted last year.”)     Better still is this is once again living proof that Google “dabbles” with technology when it comes …

A friend of mine (thanks Bil) posted this on Facebook. I’m certainly aware of Douglas Adams (42, the Hitchhikers Guide, etc.), but I wasn’t aware of this quote. But man, does it hit the nail on the head. Good thing I was on board with SharePoint from about age 30 or I’d be screwed. 🙂 …

I was asked to partake in a “what are you excited about in SharePoint 2010” video interview back in February of this year at the MVP Summit in Redmond. It was released today and alas, they used a bit of my stuff in portions of it after all. Have a look if you are interested. …

Boy, this one was fun… but I learned a few things tonight. What I learned Lesson 1: There are several extra steps necessary now, to expose list data from one site on another using a dataview web part – no more can you simply connect to another library” as you could in SPD 2007 (remember …

Yippee! Easy Tabs 5 is out (in Beta, your mileage will vary) and looking good. I’ve actually deployed it in house, in production as I plan to simply replace the textfile holding the script with the final version when he has finished his masterpiece – one upload, all tickety-boo. So What? Easy Tabs is a …