Drive Awareness and Adoption of Office 365 with an IT Fair

Last month I had the honor of being invited to be a guest speaker and Office 365 subject matter expert at an IT Fair.  A local county government’s IT department ran the fair to raise awareness of the applications that Continue reading Drive Awareness and Adoption of Office 365 with an IT Fair

Behind the Scenes: The Making of ‘Azure and the Modern Datacenter’, a one day conference

Ever wonder? Ever wonder what it takes to make a one-day, one-track IT conference?  It might be simple for people and organizations such as SharePoint Saturday Chicago and SharePoint Fest, who have mastered the art of a one-day multi-track or multi-day multi-track Continue reading Behind the Scenes: The Making of ‘Azure and the Modern Datacenter’, a one day conference

Azure and the Modern Datacenter – Slides and Videos

Here are all the slides and videos from the Azure and the Modern Datacenter conference on April 7, 2016. Keynote: Why the Cloud will Change Your Life canadianviagras.net Brian Lewis Slides Video is below. Azure Network Infrastructure Michael Blumenthal Slides Demo Continue reading Azure and the Modern Datacenter – Slides and Videos

User Group meeting at SharePoint Fest Chicago 2015

The SharePoint Azure Office365 User Group has teamed with SharePoint Fest to host a moderated Panel Discussion at SharePoint Fest Chicago. The panel of speakers bring an abundance of insights and thoughts about the future of SharePoint, its capabilities, and resolutions to Continue reading User Group meeting at SharePoint Fest Chicago 2015

Chicago area IT Events, Conferences, and User Group meetings in 2016

I’ve started a List.ly list for all the IT events that I am tracking that are in the Chicago area (with the one exception being Microsoft Ignite, which was supposed to be in Chicago but got moved dk-apotek.com.).     Continue reading Chicago area IT Events, Conferences, and User Group meetings in 2016

I’ll be speaking at SharePoint Fest Chicago 2015

I’ll be presenting the following talk: ECM 101 – Keys to a Successful Intranet We’ve been building Intranets on SharePoint since 2001. Let’s take a look at what we’ve learned along the way, and discuss best practices for building a Continue reading I’ll be speaking at SharePoint Fest Chicago 2015

2015H2 IT Events that Chicagoland Developers Must Know About

This is a follow up to my post about the events in the first half of the year that you can find here.  The first half of the year now only has a month and a half left.  We’ve just Continue reading 2015H2 IT Events that Chicagoland Developers Must Know About

2015H1 IT Events that Chicagoland Developers Must Know About

Last night, I attended an entertaining talk by Uncle Bob Martin at the Schaumburg .NET Users Group.  Before his talk, a few attendees announced a few upcoming events. However, there are many more events in 2015, so I got permission from Continue reading 2015H1 IT Events that Chicagoland Developers Must Know About