Shh, the Secret for a Small Business running almost any Windows Software on the iPad or other mobile device

You can’t ignore it. The iPad has been a game changer in business. And that game is Angry Birds… In Small Business Land in particular, companies that can (sometimes) change directions on a dime, also have similar expectations of their technology. And that handsomely tactile tablet device, complete with its $0.99 cent apps (Angry Birds [...]

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Need help with software licensing? Read on…

I have been asked by some friends at Microsoft Canada to post this article (and a few others). – Sean Figuring out which software licensing options best suit your needs while being cost-effective can be confusing. Some businesses end up making their purchases through retail stores which means they miss out on volume licensing opportunities [...]

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How to add Home and Back Button Navigation to all the pages in a SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Search Site

On March 13, 2012, in SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, by swallbridge

I posted this information on the Get The Point Blog some time ago but I’ve had several folks say they didn’t quite succeed at getting it going (they forgot to check in published pages, etc.).  It was here: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=381 Well, I’ve done one better and posted it on my own blog complete with a video [...]

SharePoint 2010 and Cert Trust – Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel

On March 13, 2012, in Security, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, by swallbridge

This one has come up enough that I figured I’d try and help folks get to the quick resolution of it. It presents itself in a number of scenarios but it also seems clear that folks aren’t sure what certs they should be trusting so I’m going to try to simplify the fix… The Issue [...]

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Uh Oh, My SharePoint SQL Database Log Files are huge!

It happens often enough in the SMB space that this quick video how to was warranted.  SharePoint uses SQL Server. SQL Server has databases.  Those databases have log files.  Those log files can get quite big if not properly maintained or if backup software doesn’t do its job to inform SQL that the log files [...]

SharePoint Expertise @itgroove

Anyone that has worked with SharePoint extensively will tell you it is a giant product, framework on which to build elegant solutions. With that said, no one person can do it all. So at itgroove, we have carved up champions of expertise within the team to make sure we have the right skills, coverage and [...]

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We spiced up our SharePoint 2010 Search Photo Rotator Home Page Whozzit Kaboodle Mumbo Box Thang

On February 23, 2012, in SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, by swallbridge

This is already popular with the ladies. Ok, maybe with customers at least… itgroove SharePoint 2010 Search Center Photo Rotator   We have packaged up, ready for implementation a sassy SharePoint 2010 Search Home Page Rotator and you can have it too. Depending on your needs/requirements, we can put this in with as little as [...]

Boom! Showing a list of recently modified documents in a library with more than 5000 items without grouping or filtering

On February 21, 2012, in SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, by swallbridge

Colin and I have been talking about list and library limits for a while and I’ve been getting a much better grip on techniques for showing many items in a large list. Here are the facts in SharePoint 2010: Lists and libraries can have up to 60 million items (reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx) However, unless you override [...]

How to set all webs (sub sites as some call them) in a site collection, to use a common master page

On February 20, 2012, in SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, by swallbridge

In environments where the publishing features aren’t used (or desired), or available (such as SharePoint Foundation installs, being able to set all webs (Sub sites) in a site collection to a common Master Page using PowerShell is very useful. Here’s how… $site = Get-SPSite http://portal.somewhere.com/ $sites = @(foreach ($web in $site.AllWebs) { $web | Select-Object [...]

 

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