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  • Windows 10 PowerToys

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    Do you remember the good, old days when we have Power Toys for Windows? We could do all sorts of nifty, novel, and in some cases, silly things with them. Enter Windows 10 Power Toys! What exactly are these? They’re Github hosted code components to add additional capability to Windows 10 that you might have…

  • Microsoft 365…

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    Recently I was speaking with a few individuals in the community and it was oddly interesting to hear that there seemed to be some misconceptions about Microsoft 365 and what exactly it is comprised of… is it the Operating System, or is it Office 365, or is it something else. Literally. Eye opening. So eye…

  • Sometimes you got a rar…

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    Sometimes you find yourself listening to Katy Perry sing Roar. Okay, so to be honest those times are far and few between… except of course when it’s truth because you’ve just received a rar file from a digital purchase and you scratch your head and say, “How do I open this again?” Don’t worry, breath,…

  • SharePoint Conference 2020

    SharePoint Conference 2020

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    Have some free time on your hands in May and itching to get to know the SharePoint Framework and all the other capabilities of SharePoint and SharePoint Online? Check out the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada the week of 17 May 2020 … and if you go and check out Andrew Connell’s session I…

  • Azure Shared Disks are coming!!!

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    Do you still have a need or desire to continue to run your SharePoint environment in an on-premises data center so that you can have them luxury of Always On Availability Groups with SQL Server? Well… now you can really take that workload to the cloud (with some minor caveats) once Microsoft fully goes GA…

  • Online Training…

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    Brace yourselves, I’m going to share my thoughts on online training and certifications.  I know, you’ve probably read a few different articles out there but I figured, why not share my thoughts too… If you’re working for a company that has training benefits – awesome… USE THEM.  It’s effectively free money, even if you have…

  • SharePoint, where for art though?

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    Captain’s log… the vapor and mist of the cloud have formed and we see that things are starting to take shape in the realm of Office 365. Dan Holme and his cadre of excellence have continued to chart forward with making experiences usable by end users, providing capabilities that to build on-premises, while feasible in…

  • The technology of the past…

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    Recently I decided that it was time to begin cleaning out my basement, also known as my office. I’ve got a few monitors, a couple of desks, a standing desk, an old desktop computer with a Core i7 processor that may as well have its own power line coming in from the Tennesee Valley Authority……

  • SharePoint Server 2019

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    Just upgrade to SharePoint 2013? That means you probably know the ins and outs of your information architecture and just transitioned all of your apps over to either Provider Hosted or SharePoint Hosted apps… what better time than to start thinking about setting up new kit to install SharePoint Server 2019? 🙂 Go ahead, click…

  • Office 365 Home Device Limits…

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    In case you missed it, Jared Spataro recently announced that the Office 365 Home and Personal subscriptions will no longer have install limits on devices as of October 2, 2018.  A caveat to this is that you can only be logged into five devices at a time.  In the past it was 10 devices in…