I was surprised to see the recent SharePoint Fatigue Syndrome post got some traction in the interweb. As it happened, that particular post was kicking around in an unfinished state for months. The thing is, its not the only “home …

Why SharePoint training sometimes doesn’t deliver (and what to do about it) Read more »

Hiya I have been wrong about many things – I am happy to admit that. In SharePoint land, one of my bigger naive assumptions was that in early 2007, I figured I’d have maybe a 6 month head start before …

SharePoint Fatigue Syndrome Read more »

I’ve been nerding it up lately SharePointwise, doing the geeky things that geeks like to do like ADFS and Claims Authentication. So in between trying to get my book fully edited ready for publishing, I might squeeze out the odd …

Troubleshooting SharePoint (People) Search 101 Read more »

Hi all I have a couple of important community service type announcements to make. How do I know I’m attending a legitimate Seven Sigma Class? Sometimes the training marketplace can be confusing with various organisations offering various courses. Ask any …

More classes planned and clearing the air… Read more »

On the twitterverse recently, someone stated that because of a problem of excessive SharePoint site sprawl, they were going to institute a new site approval process. On the surface this remedy seems to be perfectly reasonable. After all, there is …

Whatever you do, do not ignore legacy Read more »

I received this today and I had to post it. In New Zealand recently, Paul McTaggart of Gen-i stopped me and complimented the governance and information architecture course that some of his staff have attended. I am truly humbled by …

Praise for SharePoint Governance and IA Masterclass Read more »

Hi all For those of you that enjoy reading this blog, I really need your help. I am running my SharePoint Governance and Information Architecture master classes in North America and Canada in May 2011. This is a bit of …

A call for help Canada – SharePoint Governance and Information Architecture Class in Toronto Read more »

Hiya A few months back I posted a relatively well behaved rant over the ridiculously complex User Profile Service Application of SharePoint 2010. I think this component in particular epitomises SharePoint 2010’s awful combination of “design by committee” clunkiness, along …

Consequences of complexity–the evilness of the SharePoint 2010 User Profile Service Read more »