The Tech Blog of Dan Usher

Month: February 2012

  • SharePoint Certifications and Expirations

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    So recently on the Twitter, the question appeared, “When do the SharePoint 2007 certifications expire.” My first thought was, “Well they don’t really expire, they’re just retired,” as I thought back to some of my Windows XP and Server 2003 certifications that were now lifted to the rafters of the Microsoft arena. After a little…

  • Princeton SharePoint User Group

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    This evening, Scott Hoag and I presented a session on the Pitfalls of Migrating to SharePoint 2010 up in Princeton, New Jersey at the Princeton SharePoint User Group (PrincetonSUG, not PrincetonSPUG). If you live in the Princeton area, be sure to register on the Princeton SUG Meetup.com site so that you’re in the know about…

  • Remembering our Wounded Warriors

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    The other day I popped on Facebook and noticed in the stream of thoughts that are displayed something in Shannon Bray‘s postings that caught my eye. For those of you that don’t know Shannon, he’s a thoughtful guy that’s darn sharp in the SharePoint field. What he shared was something that definitely hit home for…

  • SharePoint Saturday Philly Slides…

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    So if you’re one of the four readers that come here regularly, you’ll notice that the slides for the session that Edmond Avanesian and I presented on are already available below… however if you’re curious about some of the other sessions from #SPSPhilly, then look no further than the Agenda listing and slides – http://go.spdan.com/rroto.…

  • Filtering through the noise…

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    Do you ever find yourself banging your head against the wall wondering why it is that non-technical folks try to provide technical solutions? Definitely recommend if you’re hitting that wall or getting advice that you don’t feel you can trust, feel free to remember to bust out your best resource – TechNet. More often than…

  • SharePoint Saturday Philly

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    If you’ve not been to Philadelphia for a SharePoint Saturday event – you really should consider checking it out sometime here in the near future.  Why do I say this? Because these folks have it down to a science – David Mann, Peter Senescu, Michael Mukalian and Bill Wolff. It’s a fantastic event that is…