Microsoft 365: Deploying SharePoint Hybrid (MS-301) Exam Prep Guide

I am not a hybrid SharePoint expert. In passing this exam, its fair to say that I am still not a hybrid SharePoint expert. Of all the exams I have taken over the course of the last year, this is the one where I have learnt the most. It's also the one I came out the other end having a far greater appreciation of both the technology and the experts who do this on a day to day basis.

[Archived] Microsoft 365: Deploying Microsoft 365 Teamwork (MS-300) Exam Prep Guide

I think it's fair to say that a lot of people will do this exam because of Microsoft Teams. Teams is, after all, the fastest growing app in Microsoft history. At the time of writing there are over 500,000 organisations using it. 91% of the Fortune 500. At the time of writing (May 2019) there has been lots of functionality introduced this year or coming in the next few months. It's hard to keep up - even for those administering it every day. Private Teams, Information Barriers, Busy on Busy, Round Robin, App Deployment Policies, Supervision.

Dynamics 365: Fundamentals (MB-900) Exam Prep Guide

I have recently been asked who is the ideal candidate to sit Dynamics 365 Fundamentals.
Now, I'm not a salesperson. I'm not a technician starting out or pivoting my career to focus on business apps. I'm not even an experienced technician looking to consolidate my understanding since my understanding of Dynamics prior to the fundamentals - if you were to quantify it - equated to the square root of zero. These are all ideal cases. Yet my own case, I simply got up one day and thought you know - why not? I'd entered the industry when Dynamics CRM 4.0 was taking off and I've pretty much exhausted every possible synonym in the English language for words such as niche and specialist which is how most of the Dynamics conversations I'd ever been involved in typically ended up.

Microsoft 365: Security Administration (MS-500) Exam Prep Guide

I must admit I enjoyed the security administration exam. I enjoyed studying for it. In fact, I congratulate Microsoft for introducing a Security certification which is so much more than a fundamentals exam (98-367).

Question Time: Teams Turns 2 – What would you like to see before it turns 3?

My son is two and a quarter years old - two and a quarter already! I feel a bit like the subject in The Scream by Edvard Munch - where the hell did time actually go? And as any parent well knows, they grow up so fast. If you are a parent, I hope you experience the sheer joy of always being incredibly proud and biased of them; that every single day you find yourself waxing lyrical on what they have achieved - however small - and of all their possibilities and potential.