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Dan Holme

Dan Holme is an MVP in SharePoint Server and is the Chief SharePoint Evangelist for AvePoint. Follow him on Twitter @danholme.
Email: danh@intelliem.com

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SharePoint Governance: Draw a Line in the Sand

By Dan Holme, 02/29/2012

Here's a SharePoint governance strategy: focus on delivering the next high-value business solution correctly. If that means leaving the old farm behind, so be it. But read this ...

SharePoint Perspectives South of the Equator

By Dan Holme, 01/25/2012

SharePoint is alive and well in South America, says Dan Holme, traveling with Joel Oleson, Michael Noel, and other SharePoint gurus on the Sharing the Point tour. However, ...

SharePoint Predictions 2012: SharePoint's Immediate Future

By Dan Holme, 01/04/2012

Care what happens to SharePoint in 2012? We do--and so do these experts. Here's our mammoth 2012 prediction guide to SharePoint's immediate future.

Shared Points from Microsoft SharePoint 2011

By Dan Holme, 10/12/2011

SharePoint tools and SharePoint conference news.

Architecting SharePoint Governance

By Dan Holme, 10/03/2011

Governance is the key to a successful SharePoint implementation. Without it, you are doomed to fail. Here we explore the technical side of SharePoint governance and help you lay ...

SharePoint 2 Years Later: The Conversation Changes

By Dan Holme, 10/03/2011

From SharePoint 2010's release 2 years ago, enterprises extended their collaboration on SharePoint—to distant and disconnected users, to customers, to partners, to vendors, and to ...

BLOBs and SharePoint Storage Capacity

By Dan Holme, 09/21/2011

The storage required for just one document in SharePoint can vary greatly, based on version retention, modification of the document or its associated metadata, web application ...

Confessions of a Microsoft Technology Purist

By Dan Holme, 08/24/2011

What are the implications for Microsoft and its SharePoint technology when no one's got a purely Microsoft shop? Dan Holme explains why he's no longer running a pure Wintel ...

Lessons Learned from Enterprise SharePoint Adoption Trends

By Dan Holme, 08/17/2011

What you build on top of SharePoint today must scale to meet your needs tomorrow.

10 Reasons Why SharePoint Performance Can Slow

By Dan Holme, 08/10/2011

Learn about SharePoint performance from a targeted business scenario—plus key points to consider about performance in other SharePoint scenarios.

Global SharePoint Events Still to Come in 2011

By Dan Holme, 08/03/2011

Developing your SharePoint skills is an ongoing job--here are some events and conferences you should consider.

To BLOB or Not to BLOB

By Holme, Dan, 07/20/2011

Let's tackle and frame the debate about BLOB externalization, because it’s likely that if you find yourself in a scenario that requires supporting large content databases, you’re ...

The BIG Announcement: Content Scalability Support Changes for SharePoint 2010

By Holme, Dan, 07/13/2011

Microsoft’s teams responded to the cries from customers and ISVs by conducting exhaustive testing, and apparently building consensus across the SharePoint, SQL, consulting, and ...

SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 and June 2011 CU

By Dan Holme, 07/06/2011

Steps for deploying SP 1 of SharePoint 2010 and what you need to know (and do) about the June Cumulative Update.

Why You Should Assume Office 365 is Office 364 and Why That's A Good Thing!

By Dan Holme, 05/18/2011

Beta testers for Office 365 have been providing generally glowing reviews of Microsoft's new cloud offering. So what could possibly go wrong?

SharePoint Social: Why?

By Dan Holme, 05/12/2011

Explaining SharePoint’s social features to management? Here are some good reasons for embracing SharePoint and social computing.

How SharePoint 2010 Changes the Update Story: When and Whether to Install Updates

By Dan Holme, 05/04/2011

SharePoint 2010 updates--should you, where should, and when should you install?

SharePoint Birthday, Community, and Career News

By Dan Holme, 04/06/2011

SharePoint turns 10, plus some other news of note.

SharePoint For and By Information Managers

By Dan Holme, 03/23/2011

SharePoint end-users are driving adoption of SharePoint--is this yet another aspect of credit card IT, the so-called consumerization of IT?

Upgrading to SharePoint Version 15: The Planning Starts Now

By Dan Holme, 03/10/2011

What can you do to reduce the pain of upgrading to the next version of SharePoint? The decisions you make with customizations now will affect your upgrade to SharePoint vNext.