I’ve spent much of my career in Microsoft’s collaboration & modern workplace tools and services. Having started with SharePoint Team Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2001, I had over a decade of fun with both on-premises, hybrid, and cloud deployments… Read More »Back to the roots: A look at the SharePoint Architect’s Planning Guide book (Packt Publishing)
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 had our fourth annual SharePoint Saturday Helsinki event this past Saturday. Weather was great, and overall the event was a huge success! If you’re not familiar with the concept, it’s a global event where different cities organize a free… Read More »Passing the torch: New leadership for SharePoint Saturday Helsinki
NOTE: I’ve joined Microsoft, and will no longer update this guide after December 16th, 2019. This is both because my role within Microsoft isn’t geared towards licensing, and also because I feel the guidance on the Power Platform licensing becoming… Read More »The comprehensive licensing guide to Microsoft Power Automate (formerly Flow) and Power Apps
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
I’ve been waiting for the first IT Pro exam on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 to become available – the 70-339 Managing SharePoint 2016. I might have missed the beta announcement, but I noticed from Pearson VUE, that you are able… Read More »Thoughts from beta certification exam 70-339: Managing SharePoint 2016
SharePoint Server 2016 Release Candidate and Project Server 2016 Release Candidate versions were released today, January 19th. I’ve been fortunate enough to have been working with SharePoint since the earliest versions in around year 2000, so after so many generations… Read More »SharePoint Server 2016 Release Candidate and Project Server 2016 Release Candidate are now available
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010 mainstream support ends October 10, 2015. You can verify this on Microsoft’s Lifecycle page for SharePoint 2010. Weeks go by so fast nowadays, that I actually had to stop for a moment… Read More »Goodbye, SharePoint 2010 and thanks for everything
Much has been written and even more has been discussed about content types in SharePoint. Since there are so many ways to provisioning content types, I wanted to capture the essential information for anyone in need of clear advice on… Read More »Recommended approach to provisioning content types in SharePoint 2010, 2013 and SharePoint Online