Building a Personal Pitch Deck

I posted a really non-technical thing a few days ago about a walking or pitch deck for myself on LinkedIn, and I got flooded with personal messages about it (both LinkedIn and email). I thought I’d break down what I think makes a good deck, how to build one, and some examples of other great decks that can help you hone yours.… [ Continue reading ]

New Year, New Skills

Happy New Year, everyone!

I’m super excited to be part of of my publisher’s #NewYearNewSkills initiative.  If you’ve been curious about how to get software to help you do less of the less important stuff so you can do more of the more important stuff but weren’t sure where to start, my book “Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate” is a great place to start! … [ Continue reading ]

Fun: Keep-Alive Mouse

This week I wanted to do something a little bit fun.  You’ve probably seen scripts that keep your mouse moving so your machine doesn’t go to sleep…

But have you ever seen one with PowerShell?

Yes, with the [System.Windows.Forms.Cursor] type, you can move the mouse. … [ Continue reading ]

Milestone!

Kind of excited to see the stats counter on my blog roll over this week, topping 1 million visits in the past year and a half since migrating from the TechNet blog platform!

Thank you for joining me!  Here’s to many more years of cloud journey!… [ Continue reading ]

Available for Pre-Order: SharePoint Server Admin Book!

What a crazy year it has been! This week, I sent off the final drafts for my fifth book published this calendar year.

This hefty book (600+ pages) covers installation and configuration of the SharePoint server platform.  Some of the highlights include:

  • Designing for performance
  • MinRole and custom server role deployments
  • Business Connectivity Services walk-throughs
  • Detailed deployment of the Power Platform On-Premises Data Gateway
  • Using Power Automate with a Data Gateway to interact with SharePoint Server
  • Walkthroughs of all the options in the Hybrid Picker / Hybrid Wizard
  • Examples of using migration tools to get to SharePoint Online

You can quickly pre-order it on Amazon now!… [ Continue reading ]

MS-301 is Off to the Press!

At long last! I’m super stoked to announce that I just approved the cover artwork for my upcoming MS-301 certification prep book.  It’s all done but the crying!

Speaking of crying, there is a bit of sadness–we (somewhat unexpectedly, to me) announced the retirement of the MS-301 exam last month. … [ Continue reading ]