Copilot Preparing Your Enterprise for Microsoft Copilot Successful AI in the enterprise requires preparation. When you build a house, the quality of the finished product is determined long before the walls go up. Having a solid foundation isn't optional... it's what everything else depends on. The same principle applies to building a modern
News We’re Skipping Chapters in the AI Story We’re skipping chapters in the book. AI has quickly surpassed all the other buzzwords of the last 10-15 years as the one most cavalierly thrown into virtually every technical or strategic decision. While the long-term potential is profound, many organizations are falling into the trap of over-
Microsoft 365 Tearing Down Boundaries: SharePoint, Teams & Microsoft’s Focus on Context The other day, I was listening to the Microsoft 365 Voice podcast where they did an episode on collaborating in SharePoint vs. Teams and the language that consultants use to frame these decisions when talking to customers. It was a great episode, and the topic is certainly popping up a
Cloud App Security Preventing the Deletion of Microsoft Teams & M365 Groups With Microsoft Cloud App Security Recently, I was enjoying an episode of Mark Kashman and Chris McNulty’s Intrazone podcast where they had Stephanie Donahue & Dux on talking about how granularly recoverable everything is nowadays with products like AvePoint Cloud Backup. AvePoint’s platform really is fantastic – minus the inability to restore a Team
Microsoft Teams Balancing Audio Quality, Cost & Freedom in Microsoft Teams Calls Spoiler Alert: If you move around a lot, the Jabra Engage 75 is expensive, but worth every penny. Like most people, you’re probably spending a lot more time in virtual calls using Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc. than you ever dreamed of. Even for those of us that have
CSS CSS Reference: SharePoint Online & 2013 Branding for IT Pros While there are plenty of reasons not to apply heavy branding to collaboration-focused SharePoint sites, sometimes you (or your customers) want to apply just enough branding to make the site feel at home in your environment. The following sections provide examples of some of the CSS classes & elements
SharePoint Hybrid SharePoint Scenarios & Followed Sites As with any SharePoint implementation, maintaining the perception of an intuitive & enabling tool is critical. When considering hybrid scenarios, you have to think about (and try to mitigate) an assortment of technical realities that may make the environment less intuitive or more complicated for your users. Your users don’
SharePoint Logo Library: Building Better SharePoint Presentations & Deliverable Docs As a SharePoint consultant, you often wear multiple hats. Not only are you designing solutions for your customers, but there’s also a good chance that you’re the one tapped to create deliverable documentation. Sure…on paper, there are tech writers, designers and other roles that may exist somewhere
SharePoint SharePoint: Rebranding Enterprise Social Capabilities This is the first in a series of posts dedicated to how we as an industry can address some of the challenges that we face in driving adoption & change. I believe that we need to rebrand the social capabilities that we as an industry are offering to our customers.
Tools in the Consulting Toolbox: Build Relationships Through Free Content Everybody likes free stuff. If you’re a SharePoint consultant, out there running around between customer sites, don’t miss the opportunity to share the incredible free content that is available these days. The good folks over at Channel9 have posted a treasure-trove of content from the SharePoint Conference
