Hey folks, I’m honoured and humbled to have been awarded with the Microsoft MVP award in SharePoint for a 4th 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 [...]
Is good SharePoint (and/or General IT) support from an outsourced company expensive? The answer to that question depends a great deal on who you ask, and on the perspective you take on the value of a solid IT provider. Allow me to explain: Simply looking at the hourly rates most experienced, professional IT providers ask [...]
Blogging on an iPhone or iPad (iOS) to a SharePoint Blog I’ve been meaning to write this post for about 8 months but for one reason or another, I keep forgetting to do it (and once you see how short this post is, you’ll wonder why it took so long, too). Anyways, 8+ months ago [...]
I’m often left more than a little surprised when I meet with a company implementing SharePoint 2010 Standard and the folks there will be under the impression that they don’t need or want the Enterprise CAL (Client Access License). Not only that, but they seem hung up on an apparent ‘huge cost’ to it. I [...]
As per this article by Eric Phillips, the WSS_Logging database holds a bunch of legacy logging data. As the timer jobs for creating diagnostic reports are disabled by default (to prevent extra load on the system) and considering most folks aren’t asking for that data, 14 days of it just equals big databases. The default [...]
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 [...]
I have been asked by some friends at Microsoft Canada to post this article (and a few others). – Sean Every fall and spring, a survey goes out to a few hundred thousand IT folks in Canada asking what they think of Microsoft as a company. The information they get from this survey helps them [...]
I have been asked by some friends at Microsoft Canada to post this article (and a few others). – Sean You’ve likely heard about how Office 365 and Windows Intune are great applications to get you started with Cloud Computing. Many of you emailed me asking for more info on what Cloud Computing is, including [...]
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 [...]
