We’ve Been Saying Email Is Dead for 10 Years. It’s Not
Emails have come a long way, and I’m showing my age a little here, but I will never forget the excitement of sitting at my desk decades ago when my boss sent me the first…
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Microsoft Teams Governance (and the Button That Creates a Site Before Your Latte Arrives)
In the previous post in the SharePoint at 25 series, we tackled one of the longest-running debates in SharePoint history: folders versus metadata. If you missed that discussion, it’s worth reading first because it explains…
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SharePoint Turns 25. Here’s My Honest Take on Where It’s Going.
Twenty years ago I started working with SharePoint. This week it turned 25. Yes, I’m that person who gets genuinely excited about a SharePoint birthday. I’ve seen every announcement cycle. Some were brilliant. Some quietly…
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Folders and Metadata: Where They Actually Fit
SharePoint 25th Birthday Series — Post 3 As SharePoint approaches its 25th birthday, I’ve been using this series to revisit the habits we’ve carried forward and whether they still make sense in a modern environment.…
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Before You Build an Agent, Fix Your Content
There’s a lot of noise right now about AI agents. Everywhere you look someone is saying create an agent, build a workflow, automate everything, connect systems, train your AI. And while that all sounds impressive,…
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Featured by Rockstar Women in AI & Security – Why Information Architecture Still Matters
If you had told me years ago — when I was working in fashion and obsessing over structure, layout and how people move through physical spaces — that I would one day be featured in…
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SharePoint Permissions: Your Guide to Not Accidentally Showing Everything to Everyone
Let’s talk about something that gives every SharePoint person nightmares: permissions. It’s the digital equivalent of handing out keys to your house. Who gets a key? Do they get the key to the front door,…
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My 25-Year Relationship with SharePoint (It’s Complicated, but It Works)
Most people don’t choose SharePoint as a career. They end up there… and then never quite leave. My SharePoint journey started back in 2003 during what was meant to be a short, very unremarkable three-month…
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Your Governance Document Isn’t Governing Anything
SharePoint 25th Birthday Series — Post 2 This year marks 25 years of SharePoint. Over that time, the platform has evolved from simple document storage into a critical foundation for collaboration, information management, and now…
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My First Impressions of SharePoint’s New Document Library Experience
Microsoft is rolling out a new SharePoint document library interface, with broad release expected around late January. I’ve recently gained access to it in my own organisation, and I wanted to share some early, real-world…
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We Don’t Need Naming Conventions Anymore (And SharePoint Proved That Years Ago)
SharePoint 25th Birthday Series — Post 1 Why I’m Starting This Series Here As SharePoint turns 25 this March, I want to use the lead-up to reflect on what’s actually changed over the years and,…
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I Love SharePoint: How a “Dying” Technology Became the Backbone of the AI Revolution
I love SharePoint. Everyone who knows me or has worked with me over the last two decades knows it. From being an admin person who saw the opportunity of the platform and just ran with…
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