The Toronto SharePoint User Group meets monthly to discuss topics of interest with SharePoint professionals. I'll be speaking in March about the implications that the 2016 product wave has on Business Intelligence. What's New for Business Intelligence in SharePoint/SQL Server 2016 Abstract: There are a number of significant changes to the BI workload in SharePoint… Continue reading Toronto SharePoint User Group – March 2016 Meetup

BI Focal is a monthly webcast focused on Business Intelligence hosted by John White and Jason Himmelstein on ITUnity. Both SQL Server 2016 and SharePoint Server 2016 will be released very shortly, SharePoint  2016 has aleady gone RTM. With the increased focus on Reporting Services as a reporting platform, and the removal of Excel Services… Continue reading BI-Focal

The excitement for Power BI continues to build. The driving force behind this is its ease of use, the from zero to insight speed. It's easy to overlook the fact that Power BI also has a strong development story too. Join Jason and John as they welcome special guest Ted Pattison of Critical Path consulting… Continue reading BI Focal

More than 30 MVPs, MCMs, members of Microsoft's SharePoint & Office 365 product teams, and other experts, from 18 countries and five continents, will guide you through all the changes happening in the IT world now. Bleeding-edge developer and IT Pro sessions, business-oriented sessions on current developments, issues and strategies, delivered by the world’s best… Continue reading SPC Adriatics 2016

SPTechCon: The SharePoint Technology Conference is returning to Boston, June 27-30, 2016! SPTechCon offers more than 80 technical classes and tutorials — presented by the most knowledgeable instructors working in SharePoint today — to help attendees improve their skills and broaden their knowledge of Microsoft’s collaboration and productivity software. SPTechCon offers classes and tutorials for… Continue reading SPTechCon Boston 2016

 What's new for the BI workload in SharePoint 2016 There are a number of significant changes to the BI workload in SharePoint 2016. Excel Services has been deprecated, and SQL Server Reporting Services has been significantly enhanced. Power BI is a big factor, but where does it fit? What do all of these changes mean… Continue reading SharePoint Saturday NYC