I used to say I was a drummer first and a technology guy second, but who am I kidding? I play probably 8-10 times a year and practice only when the band does, which is only slightly more than we actually gig … so I'm not improving, I'm just in maint ...[Read More]

Thanks to Robert from our office for this visual walkthrough of the ESX4 patching process, when you don't have Virtual Center.    ESXi 4 hosts can be patched using the GUI tool VMHostUpdate. ESX4 hosts, on the other hand, have to be patched manuall ...[Read More]

SharePoint is Awesome - Whether it be Hosted or In House.   The following Pro/Con list has been created to give our customers what we believe to be the essential details to make an informed choice about whether to implement SharePoint "In H ...[Read More]

A customer asked me to summarize my approach to helping people find my business (www.itgroove.net) online.   I used to do a fair amount of print advertising to build 'brand'. But it was extremely expensive and had a short shelf life (before it ...[Read More]

Maybe I'm a little quirky, but I have watched this short video at least a dozen times and I still giggle when I think about it. It's family friendly too…   Guaranteed to turn a frown, upside down…     Video Reference: http://www.youtube. ...[Read More]

This seemed a worthy 30 second video/overview to share as I run into this enough that others must too. I needed to take an existing spreadsheet, that had several sheets of 'users' where the Username and Password were in the same column/field. I ne ...[Read More]

We get asked "just what is SharePoint?" a lot.  While it is difficult to encapsulate the vast framework that SharePoint is (and can be, if done properly), the folks at Microsoft have done a great job of giving a quick, visual primer, in ...[Read More]

This is ridiculous actually but it is important to note, for any upcoming installs. At this writing, with Windows Server 2008 R2 due out in the next couple of months (it RTM'd July 22, 2009), Exchange 2007 is not supported and there are no plans to ...[Read More]

I get asked enough, I figured I better tell the story (actually I did elsewhere, so I'm being lazy and just copying and pasting the details here).   Well, I got a tattoo the other day (Friday, July 11, 2008).  As I'm sure anyone will tell you, ...[Read More]

This seemed worthy of sharing. Someone on Experts-Exchange asked about modifying/extending one of the SharePoint 40 Fantastic templates, to add their own column (Business Units) and then modify the 'New Request' form. So, here was my response to h ...[Read More]