SharePoint and the involuntary DBA / Slides

Last week I delivered a session at the SharePoint Evolution Conference in London. It was my fifth time going there, but first time as a speaker. I already knew that Steve, Zoe and their team at Combined Knowledge would put on a fantastic conference and they sure did not disappoint. All top of the line [...]

Speaking at BIWUG on SharePoint apps infrastructure

On Thursday March 14, I’ll be doing another session at BIWUG. This time it’s about setting up your infrastructure for SharePoint hosted apps: Setting up a SharePoint 2013 Apps infrastructure Although our head might be in the cloud, for the time being, on-premises installations of SharePoint 2013 are still a very valid approach. In this [...]

Connect SharePoint 2013 to the workflow platform

Workflow in SharePoint 2013 SharePoint 2013 comes with a brand new workflow ecosystem based upon the capabilities of the .NET Framework 4.5 and Windows Azure. The two key components for hosting workflows are the Workflow Manager 1.0 which “provides the capability to host workflows in a high scale, high density, and multi-tenant environment” and the [...]

Speaking at the SharePoint Evolution Conference 2013

I’m very excited to be selected to speak at the SharePoint Evolution Conference 2013 in London, April 15 – 17. Having attended all four previous editions, I can say with confidence that it’s the best SharePoint conference out there. It offers tremendous value for money, a most impressive line-up of speakers, outstanding entertainment and networking [...]

Speaking at the Microsoft BeLux Bootcamp week

Microsoft Belgium/Luxembourg is organizing a Bootcamp week to give IT professionals and developers a chance to learn about the new wave of productivity tools coming their way. A series of formal Ignite technical trainings will be held but also some one-day tracks on different technologies like SharePoint 2013. The Bootcamp week will take place October [...]