As in-person events have generally stopped happening since March, many in the community are now preparing for both digital-only events, and the more traditional in-person events later in 2020. I just received a few updates to these more prominent events,… Read More »Updated dates for major Microsoft-focused tech conferences in H2/2020
We’re nearing the end of the decade, and it’s time for the last major event of the year – the European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference! This year it will be held in Prague, Czech Republic. I’ve worked during… Read More »See you next week at the European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference in Prague!
Today I was on stage with my good friend Maarten Eekels to deliver a keynote together. We were invited to deliver the keynote for SharePoint Saturday Brussels a few months ago, and we took this opportunity with enthusiasm as you… Read More »Insights on planning, crafting, delivering and enjoying a keynote
In June this year, I wrote a brief update on what I’ve been up to lately. Weeks fly by so fast, I realized it’s time to provide another brief update after almost 6 months has passed. Hello from Haarlem I’m… Read More »What’s up?
I’m overly happy and proud that I was selected as a speaker for the upcoming Microsoft Ignite 2019 event this November! The event takes place November 4-8 in Orlando, FL at the Orange County Convention Center. It’s going to be… Read More »I’m speaking at Microsoft Ignite 2019 in Orlando this November!
It’s been a few very busy months for me, and instead of writing a deeply technical article on something esoteric I thought I’d update you a bit on what’s going on. I wrote earlier about starting school to eventually graduate… Read More »What’s up?
Hello from Seattle! This week I am attending Microsoft Build 2019. The weather is nice, as opposed to all the previous times I have been in Seattle during the past 20 years. Note: I wrote compact recaps from all three… Read More »Is it worth going to large, international tech conferences anymore?
I spent a few days during Christmas break to map out my 2019 – goals, dreams, hopes, ambitions, and fears. I also read – a lot. Perhaps not enough to claim I’m an avid reader, but enough to make my… Read More »On writing books
During Christmas break in late 2016, I started planning for my upcoming presentations and demos for the first half of 2017. I’ve held talks on a wide range of topics, including all things SharePoint, Microsoft Azure Security, PowerApps and Flow,… Read More »Embracing the future: Integrating SharePoint Portal Server 2001 with Microsoft Azure Functions
June 23: Updates: This post was updated with community comments and additional ideas on – see the end of the post for the changes. I decided early last year I would focus a bit more energy and effort for speaking… Read More »My checklist for speaking at conferences and events
I was happy to be accepted as a speaker for SharePoint Saturday Netherlands, which was held in Vianen (near Utrecht) last weekend. It’s been a super busy May and June for me so far, yet I was very happy to… Read More »Thank you, SharePoint Saturday Netherlands 2016!
I was honored and privileged to be chosen as a speaker for SharePoint Saturday Paris 2016. The event was held this past weekend, 28th of May at the Montparnasse Tower. My trip started as usual from the Helsinki-Vantaa airport in… Read More »Thank you, SharePoint Saturday Paris 2016!
I had the honor to attend SharePoint Saturday Madrid this past weekend as a speaker. This was the second such event in Spain for me, the previous one being SharePoint Saturday Barcelona in September 2015. My Spanish language skills are… Read More »Thank you, SharePoint Saturday Madrid!
Today is May 4th, or Star Wars day, and also the date for The Future of SharePoint announcements from Microsoft. I knew that many of my friends, colleagues and people I follow on social media would blog about the event… Read More »The Future of SharePoint: collection of resources
(This blog post is being updated during the keynote, last updated 31st of March, 10:50 am PDT) Today is the second day of Build 2016 in San Francisco. I wrote about my travel and first day in another post. Expectations… Read More »Second day announcements and thoughts from Build 2016
My company (Onsight Helsinki) arranged together with Blue Meteorite the first Helsinki Hackathon event in Helsinki, January 15th. The main theme for the hackathon was to build a working solution using Office 365, especially with the Office 365 APIs and… Read More »First Helsinki Hackathon was a success–check out the results!