Ok, this isn't for everybody. A third of you have sworn never to sign up for Facebook, a third of you are grumbling about getting off of Facebook (though I don't see it ;) and a third of you will be all over this…      But, the Facebook Social Conn ...[Read More]

Holy cow Microsoft…   While the placement does kind of make sense, this took me 10 minutes to find so clearly it isn't obvious or intuitive… So I figured I had better save others the time as well…   Figure 1 : How to find the Document Inf ...[Read More]

We spent a little time this week putting together a list of what we believe are the benefits customers get, working with itgroove. You'll notice we didn't put things like "we're wicked smart" or "we're great haxors". We tried t ...[Read More]

I got this query/business issue the other day… We have a problem with one of our user's Outlook calendar's.  For some unknown reason 2 weeks ago, certain (not all) appointments in the users calendar duplicated themselves.  I have read that it's ...[Read More]

Kudo's to Avi for the solution, write-up and persistance...   I didn't think we were ever going to get to the bottom of this issue. Web forums and support sites offered little in assistance to the fix, in fact, many people are still baffled, an ...[Read More]

If you get this… 5.7.1 smtp;550 5.7.1 RESOLVER.RST.AuthRequired; authentication required   It is likely because you haven't allowed an Exchange (2007 or 2010) Distribution Group to receive email from recipients outside of the Organization (Exch ...[Read More]

I do this all the time (I'm all about keeping my Inbox tidy). If I have received an email (in Outlook) that specifies a date/time for a meeting or appointment, I simply drag that email onto my calendar and voila – it creates a new appointment with ...[Read More]

I've been asked to put together some SharePoint 'Meeting Initiation' scenarios, so here they are, presented as 'business requirements' and the techniques necessary to get rolling. Once you have created a meeting workspace, keep in mind that they a ...[Read More]

Microsoft has produced a SharePoint Site Collection (that you can integrate into your SharePoint site, if you have MOSS - not WSS, sorry), called the "Productivity Hub", which can help with the adoption and education of SharePoint and th ...[Read More]

If you are having difficulties *sending* email to a foreign domain (email address) *from* Exchange, here's some suggestions for things to check/address.   1. Ensure you have a valid PTR record (reverse IP, defined with your ISP, not with your D ...[Read More]