Joe Crabtree

The Microsoft Ignite Conference 2015 kicked off today with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Lots of marketing fluff to start the presentation, which is to be expected. Microsoft’s new vision is Cloud First | Mobile First – Empowering I.T., Developers, and Consumers to come together. Next, he outlined the three key pillars that span Devices, Apps, […]

Every Azure Website (recently renamed App Service) comes with a default deployment slot – production. Did you know that you can create up to 4 additional deployment slots to be used for dev, test, QA, or staging?

Microsoft recently unveiled Azure App Service, a new cloud service which combines three existing Azure products: Azure Websites, Azure Mobile Services, and Azure BizTalk Services. Uniting web, mobile, and enterprise apps on a single cloud platform will allow developers to create an app once and deliver it across multiple devices. This is a big announcement as […]

Earlier this year, I blogged about the 7 Reasons You Should Be Fired Up For Windows 10!  Number 5 on the list was Project Spartan. Today, Microsoft announced they will officially discontinue the Internet Explorer brand. (Cue to every web developer in the modern world jumping up with excitement.) Project Spartan, the product has yet […]

In March last year, we first heard Microsoft’s commitment to the next server version of SharePoint, dubbed SharePoint 2015. It’s been more than a few months since that announcement, and we have yet to hear anything further. Until today! Julia White, General Manager of the Office Product Team (SharePoint is part of Office), released a […]

We first heard last fall about Windows 10, Microsoft’s new operating system version. Today, we heard a whole lot more and personally, I’m thrilled! The new vision for Windows is an operating system designed to deliver a singular, cohesive experience across a myriad of device types. Traditionally, Windows has been built for the PC. So, […]

One of our ace lead consultants, RGB or Roydon Gyles-Bedford, alerted our team of some great improvements made to Enterprise Search in SharePoint 2013 on-premises. These 2 important new updates can be found in the November 2014 CU – #1 – Search can now index office documents embedded in other office documents! Example – you have a Word […]

On Wednesday, I published a new post – 10 Best Microsoft Azure Features for 2015. I wanted to include a feature I have heard about for some time now, Azure Key Vault, but I couldn’t find any public information to reference. Because of our NDA with Microsoft, I must have reference able public info before I can blog […]

Welcome to 2015, I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season! As we gear up for Q1, I wanted to share some great new features (services) available today in Microsoft Azure. I had a hard time narrowing my list to only 10, there are a ton of new and great features for Azure. If you’re not […]

As we end 2014, I wanted to look back at some of the great Office 365 feature releases of 2014. Not all of these features are fully rolled out, some are still in preview, while others we will see in early 2015. Earlier this year, Microsoft finally gave us the Office 365 Roadmap where we can now […]

In my first post today, I talked about Office Mix – new functionality to record audio and video for your PowerPoint presentations. Another new feature of the Office portfolio you probably haven’t heard about is Office Sway. When your ideas are born, you want to explore, visualize and share them—quickly and easily, wherever you happen […]

As we get through the holiday season and reflect back on this past year, I want to blog about something you probably haven’t heard about yet – Office Mix. Have you ever wanted to create an online lesson or presentation? Are you a teacher who wants to use technology to reach your students in a […]