Microsoft Flow is a new product from Microsoft and I am finding it to be a very useful tool. Flow can be a very convenient resource for sending email alerts when something I set as a ‘trigger' happens. It is also a superior product to ‘IF This Then That' products because of Flow's ability to have many steps and conditions. Flow can be used to send email in several ways, but today I will cover how to set up a custom SMTP connection. Flow is in Preview, so some screens or options shown on this post may change. NOTE: I am going to show how to set up an SMTP…
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SQL Saturday Chattanooga 2016
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…
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Business Intelligence – Ask the Experts
I will be a member of the Ask the Experts panel at the next Nashville Business Intelligence (PASS) user group meeting, where we will have a “round table discussion”. We will be talking all things Microsoft BI, including Power BI, SSRS, and others. This is a perfect opportunity to get your questions answered and discuss options with your business intelligence needs. There will also be social time, food, and giveaways! Register now to get your seat! Agenda from the NASH BI site: April Meeting Details when Tuesday,April 19 Cool Springs Brewery Register by NOON Tuesday April 19 Register agenda 6:00 pm Social Time & Food 6:30 pm- 7:30 pm Meeting…
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SPS Twin Cities 2016
On April 23rd 2016, I will be speaking at the Spring installment of SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities. There is a great line-up of speakers (too many to name here) and sponsors, so please check out the site for details: SPSTC. I will presenting a session titled “Future-proof SharePoint Solutions” – I am looking forward to showing off demos of SharePoint Server 2016, SPDocKit, and others. If you are at SPSTC, please come by and say hello. [UPDATE] The day before I was to travel to Minneapolis, April 21st, the musical artist Prince died at his home in the Minneapolis area. The people of Minnesota and specifically the Minneapolis area seemed…
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Everyone Has a Story to Tell
This post is co-written with Jim Bob Howard and you can see more of his content at www.connectorman.com Wait. Before you read on, watch this… Obvious to You; Amazing to Others You have solved issues in a way that no one else has, maybe in a way that no one else could have. And chances are, there's someone trying to solve an issue that your experience can help. What are the top 10 tips you've learned from others that you can pass along to someone new? When it comes to SharePoint, we work with a malleable tool that can serve businesses in many ways. No single person knows all the…
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SharePoint 2010 Workflows on a SharePoint 2016 Farm
[This is a quick post – it will be updated with more information soon] During a recent client meeting, I was asked if SharePoint 2010 version workflows, developed on a SharePoint Server 2013 farm, will continue to work if the server farm is upgraded to 2016. SharePoint Server 2016 has not been released at the time of this writing, but we do have the Release Candidate to test with, so I went about testing. On a SharePoint Server 2013 farm (version 15.0.4719.1002, which is SP1 with May 2015 CU) I created a SharePoint 2010 version workflow and associated it with a document library. I took a SQL backup of the content…
