InfoPath – Going Green, Saving Money and Accelerating Development
Prior to joining Microsoft last year, I worked for more than 14 years as a Microsoft customer primarily in IT architect, development and technical management roles for large companies. Most of my...
View Article“Learning Snacks” for SharePoint 2010 Now Available
Want to quickly learn about SharePoint 2010 products in preparation of the new Beta release? Try these new “Learning Snacks”; bite-sized online readiness courses provided by Microsoft Learning, on the...
View ArticleSharePoint as a Development Platform
While preparing to present my 2 sessions at the “Maximize Your SharePoint Investment: Leverage It as a Development Platform!” events that we’re doing for Northeast enterprise customers in Waltham, MA...
View ArticleSharePoint and Office 2010 Developer Training Courses on Channel 9
Yesterday, Channel 9 launched two new training courses for SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 created by developers for developers. Channel 9 has always been about giving direct access to the engineers...
View ArticleContent Posted from the “Realizing SharePoint as a Development Platform” Event
Todd Mancini has posted the presentations from our “Realizing SharePoint as a Development Platform” event here on his blog. Please stop by Todd’s blog to check these slides out. If you’re going to be...
View ArticleMicrosoft Business Integration Road Show
One of the topics that I speak frequently about is using SharePoint as an application development platform. Often building solutions on top of SharePoint requires integration with external systems,...
View ArticleMy Slides from SharePoint Saturday - Realizing SharePoint as a Development...
Thanks again to all of our customers and partners that came out to SharePoint Saturday Boston this past weekend! With all of the wild winter weather in New England during the past week, it was...
View ArticlePresenting on SharePoint, Office and Visual Studio 2010 Development in Boston...
Cross posting the event details that Jim O’Neil recently announced on his blog. The Boston launch event for Visual Studio, SharePoint and Office 2010 will take place on Thursday, April 29th, at the...
View ArticleCustomizing SharePoint–Most Times the Quickest Way is Not Always the Best Way
With many customers and partners migrating to SharePoint 2010, one of the topics I get asked about regularly is making “safe” customizations to SharePoint and thinking about upgrades and migrations –...
View ArticleSharePoint Connections Boston Slides
I’ve just posted the slides that I presented at the SharePoint Connections Boston event this week. These include the slides that I presented on Monday morning during the SharePoint 2010 Development...
View ArticleBoston Office 365 User Group Launching in 2 Weeks!
The Boston Office 365 user group is launching on Thursday, May 22, 2014 from 6-8 PM at the Microsoft New England R&D (NERD) Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA. I have the privilege of...
View ArticleGetting Started with Office 365
Over the past few years, I have had many discussions with Microsoft customers and partners about the best way to get started with Office 365. This blog post will cover 2 main areas that we often...
View ArticleOffice 365 Security and Compliance
(Updated on December 17, 2014 to add information on Identity and Authentication) One of the topics that I regularly discuss with my large global enterprise customers, based in the United States, is...
View ArticleOffice 365 ProPlus – Responses to Frequently Asked Questions
Office 365 ProPlus is a hot topic that I often discuss with my large enterprise customers. This post will summarize responses to some of the frequently asked questions that I receive. Here are the...
View ArticleHow Office Delve is Changing the Way My Team Works Together
One of the questions that my customers and partners often ask me is “how does Microsoft use Office 365 internally?” Over the course of my next few posts, I am going to discuss topics related to how my...
View ArticleWorking Like a Network – How My Team Uses Yammer
As a follow-up to my last blog post about “How Office Delve is Changing the Way My Team Works Together”, this post will discuss how my team at Microsoft and I leverage Yammer to work together. This...
View ArticleSharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Management and Control Ignite...
<May 8, 2015 – Added new section below with links to my session slides, recording, and PowerShell demo scripts.> Below is a rough outline and some of the resources that I will be referring to as...
View ArticleHow My Team Uses Office 365 Video to Share Meeting Recordings
One of the Office 365 capabilities that my team at Microsoft heavily leverages is Office 365 Video (O365 Video). O365 Video enables organizations to share and playback video recordings from a variety...
View ArticleNew Year, New Role
As we head into 2016, I am happy to share that I am moving into a new role at Microsoft as a Collaboration Solution Architect at the Microsoft Technology Center in Boston, MA. The Microsoft Technology...
View ArticleLearn Best Practices for Managing and Administering SharePoint Online and...
<Updated on October 14, 2016 with links below to Ignite session recording, slides, and sample PowerShell scripts.> Below is a rough outline & some of the resources that I will be referring to...
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