We interrupt this program to bring you the following…

Just plugging a couple of things First up, SMB Nation Europe I’m not the first person to have mentioned this but I was asked if I’d post about it to here it is! The full details can be found on Harry’s Blog here but in summary, Harry Brelsford, author of many fine SMB books (including

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Welcome to the 21st Century!

My in-laws have accessed the Internet via a dial-up modem for as long as I’ve known them (which is about seven years.) For the whole of that time I’ve been gently suggesting that they really should think about broadband but they always said that they were happy with what they had, even if it did

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Creating a multi-column search form in SharePoint v3 with SharePoint Designer

This post isn’t anything ground breaking or new but I remember the first time I tried to do this! Also every time I do it I always forget something The requirement here is simple Create a form that allows the user to enter some search criteria and have it search across specific, multiple columns For

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Microsoft’s Virtual Storage Centre

That’s what the BBC called it anyway! With all the Azure stuff in the media I wasn’t surprised when this appeared on the BBC website Microsoft has launched a new platform, Windows Azure, in which data and applications will not be stored on individuals’ computers. The BBC’s Rory Cellan-Jones opens the door on the company’s

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SBS 2008 Launch Event in Bristol

I mentioned in a recent post that I wouldn’t be attending the SBS launch event at the AMITPRO meeting so I’d be going to the Bristol event instead That was last Thursday and I’m pleased I made the journey down It was the first time I’ve attended an SBS user group that isn’t AMITPRO so

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Happy Blog Day To Me

Where has the last year gone? Today marks two years of writing my blog (and David Schrag – happy blog day to you as well!) It’s been an interesting 12 months for a ton of reasons. I’m not really into those “last years highlights” posts as you’ll all grown ups…you can go through my archives

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Office 2007 – Prompt for Document Information

I got asked this today so it’s here in case I need it again! In Office 2003 (Word/Excel/etc) there is an option to be prompted to enter document information (subject, title, category, etc) when you save a new file In office 2003 it’s on the SAVE tab in the OPTIONS dialog which is very easy

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Clustered Redundancy Offspring

Blame Vlad for the title 🙂 Just a baby update! Last week we went for a “4-d” scan This is different from the usual sonograms in that you get to see a lot more detail From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyparkes/2935907828/ I think some of them are a little weird looking but others are amazing detailed. You’ll have to

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Quiet Before The Storm?

It’s been a couple of months since I blogged about how I’d not posted all that much recently. It’s happened again. After a brief flurry I realised today I haven’t posted anything for two weeks I’ve no idea where the last two weeks have gone to be honest and I didn’t realise it had been

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