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  • SharePoint MVP Experts AMA

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    If you haven’t heard yet, there’s an Ask Me Anything SharePoint MVPs Expert Chat taking place on October 29th at 1 PM EST. The panel consists of SharePoint MVPs across the spectrum (and the world for that matter). So what’s that mean? If you’re curious about SharePoint 2010 or 2013 or perhaps SharePoint Online or…

  • Office 365 Customers to receive Unlimited OneDrive Storage

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    So this was rather unexpected… or perhaps I just hadn’t read the writing on the wall as Microsoft takes a cue from competitors to up their cloud storage offering. Starting with Home, Personal and Education Office 365 accounts, Microsoft will be offering unlimited storage for OneDrive for Office 365 customers. It would seem that this…

  • SharePoint Online Service Descriptions – Hidden Gem

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    TL; dr – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dn788955

  • Office 365 Service Descriptions

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    TL; dr – http://www.office365sd.com

  • Azure and Office 365 Certification Opportunities

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    For those of you that are looking to get certified on cloud based products in the Microsoft stack – well there’s a great opportunity for you to get certified – for free. Microsoft Learning is giving away 10k vouchers for individuals to attempt to gain an MCTS between now and the end of the year…

  • Northern Virginia Code Camp – October 2014

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    The Northern Virginia CodeCamp is being held on Saturday, October 11th at the Microsoft office in Reston, Virginia. Register here, for FREE: www.nvite.com/novacc14/f8f Visit www.novacodecamp.org for more information.

  • Now Offering… BaaS

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    Starting today, I’m announcing a new service offering… Bacon as a Service, or BaaS for short. You will only pay for the Bacon that you consume. If you require different flavours of Bacon based on your requirements, we can provide you with that Bacon at tiered pricing. If you consume significant amounts of Bacon. We…

  • SPS Events – Baltimore 2014

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    It’s surprising how quickly time passes when you plunge yourself into the world of technology. Nevertheless, SPS Events Baltimore was a great success – especially considering the competition of the Preakness Stakes up yonder in Baltimore proper. This year we were at the Anne Arundel Community College Campus just north of Annapolis, MD. As Rob…

  • Azure Files…

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    With Microsoft TechEd going on this week there are several announcements of new technological releases from the Redmond teams. Looks like the Azure team is at it again, taking things a step further, pushing the fabric envelope as they take yet another component to 11. This go round they’re adding in Microsoft Azure Files, an…

  • Spring Break 2014…

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    This year, I had the pleasure of spending Spring Break in Orlando, FL at the DevIntersections conference as a part of the SharePoint Intersection. It was nice to get back to Florida and connect with attendees and hear about their experiences as well as share some of the experiences I’ve had with SharePoint, Office 365 and…