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4th Week at Microsoft!

By Tom Resing on May 12, 2016 / events, SharePoint 2016 / Leave a comment

I’m closing in on my 4th week as a Microsoft employee. It’s been great meeting new people, reconnecting with others and generally learning about and exploring this vast place and my new role. Some highlights so far have been watching The Future of SharePoint event live on-campus with product team members, receiving my first big assignment of documenting the SharePoint mobile app and participating in the Collab 365 Summit which had a live segment filmed about a mile from my office. Collab

The new SharePoint app – it’s Mobile!

By Tom Resing on May 7, 2016 / Mobile, Office 365, SharePoint 2016 / Leave a comment

3 years ago, SharePoint Apps were a development topic. Last year, the “app model” name was changed to the “add-in model.” May 4th, 2016, with the announcement of “the SharePoint mobile app,” last year’s change seems more appropriate. I’ve always thought “the app model” suggested mobile app development. The change to “the add-in model” has been kind of hard to explain to developers. Whether or not the change in name was necessary to introduce the SharePoint mobile app, the mobile app

Put May 4th on your SharePoint Calendar

By Tom Resing on April 25, 2016 / SharePoint 2016, vNext / Leave a comment

My first week as a Microsoft employee is complete and I’m excited! Not only has it been a dream of mine to work for Microsoft, but it’s also a great time to be at Microsoft. I expect I’ll write more about that in the coming months. For now, I’m focused on SharePoint End User Content. The Future of SharePoint If you haven’t heard, Jeff Teper is streaming a live event on The Future of SharePoint on May 4th. Register for free

SharePoint 2016 Coming in 2015

By Tom Resing on January 22, 2015 / SharePoint 2016, vNext / Leave a comment

Update 2/2/15: Microsoft reconfirms new on-premise version named SharePoint Server 2016 Update 4/22/15: Microsoft announced plans for a public beta in 2016 and general availability in the 2nd quarter of 2016. Now that Office 2016 has been announced as the official name of the next version of Office, it’s safe to assume that SharePoint’s next on-premise version will also be named SharePoint 2016. The announcements yesterday also confirmed that Office 2016 will be available in the second half of 2015. Considering