I am happy to announce I have been selected to speak at #SQLSatChattanooga this year – the city is a wonderful place to visit and the people are awesome! Join us – register now! I will be presenting “Keys to Successful SharePoint Administration for the DBA”. I will be building on the session I presented last year, Tuning SQL Server for SharePoint, and focusing on providing tips and tools for DBAs to be more comfortable interacting with the SharePoint platform and set them up for success when they are called upon to be an administrator. Join me at #SQLSatChattanooga on June 25, 2016 – come join me at an awesome…
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SQL Saturday Atlanta 2016
I am thrilled to be speaking at #SQLSatATL again this year – it is has proven to be a great event every year! Register now! I will be presenting a session titled “Keys to Successful SharePoint Administration for the DBA” – the session's focus is to get DBAs more comfortable interacting with the SharePoint platform and set them up for success when they are called upon to be an administrator, which happens quite often! Join me at #SQLSatATL on May 21, 2016 – if you see me, please stop and say hi! [UPDATE] My slides from my presentation can be found here: Keys to successful SharePoint administration for the DBA…
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SQL Saturday Pensacola 2016
I will be speaking at this year's SQLSatPensacola – I am honored and excited to have been selected to join a list of great speakers! There is still room – register now! I will be presenting a session titled “Tuning SQL Server for SharePoint”. I will be covering best practices for a SQL Server when it is used for SharePoint, as well as doing a live SharePoint Server 2016 install. Join us for #SQLSatPensacola on June 4th, 2016! My slides from my presentation can be found here: Tuning SQL for SharePoint – #SQLSatPensacola 2016 [UPDATE] SQL Saturday returned this year to Pensacola after a four-year absence. The main director, Karla…
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SharePoint Saturday Nashville 2016
I will be presenting at #SPSNashville on May 14th on the topic Business Intelligence with SharePoint & Power BI. I will show how to create BI solutions using SharePoint, Excel, Power BI, and a new Microsoft tool Flow. Join us! SPSNashville.org [UPDATE] I had a great time presenting at SharePoint Saturday Nashville. I had a great group of attendees and we discussed SharePoint list interaction with Excel, Power BI, and Microsoft Flow. I am not posting my slides because I didn't really show content on slides – I used demonstrations the majority of the time to show the power of the tools. Thank you everyone for coming to my BI…
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The Future of SharePoint Captured
Yesterday, May 4th 2016, Microsoft hosted “The Future of SharePoint” event in San Fransisco, USA. The host was Jeff Teper, corporate vice president for OneDrive and SharePoint, and along with other Microsoft presenters, Teper showcased the road-map for the SharePoint platform – both on-prem and in the cloud. Along with announcing the general availability for SharePoint 2016, Microsoft highlighted new SharePoint features and functionality. You can read all about the event and the announcements on the Microsoft Office Blogs post. I will in the days and weeks ahead, cover the new functionality with real-world examples. Before the event, Microsoft used the Twitter hashtag #FutureOfSharePoint to promote the event. Whenever I…
