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’t (and shouldn’t) care about “why” you have more...
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 on the project, but most of the consultants that I’ve come...
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 that you can use to get your customers excited and engaged. The...
IaaS or “Infrastructure as a Service” providers like Windows Azure, Amazon AWS, Rackspace, etc. have whittled away at one of the longtime frustrations of SharePoint consultants everywhere… customers that want to define hardware before they should. Obviously, every engagement is different, but this is one of those challenges that consultants face on a regular basis. Whether it’s due...
Founder, Trilogy Solutions
Husband | SharePoint/Cloud Guy | Photographer & former U.S. Marine - for more, check out the About Me page.
