Rupert Squires

Travel and technology fan - Client Director at @infoexp_uk - All things @Microsoft.

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Very proud of the Information EXP team - they have a done a great job in achieving the 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 designation. Actually they smashed it out of the park - the required level is 70 points, as you can see…https://t.co/tbF9E8nCR3

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🤖 Co-Pilot is Microsoft's new AI which amongst other things will help you build #powerplatform apps using natural language. So, do you still need a Microsoft partner for app dev? Or will you simply self-serve?

🏢 Many years ago I used to work in the IT…https://t.co/niPbxUKcx4

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Writing is not my friend, it never has been.  As a pre-emptive strike on #mothersday - I'd like to thank my mum for focusing so much of her energy on understanding my #dyslexia.

When she found out that I was #dyslexic, she researched it more and more and…https://t.co/w0cH9azkB3

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If you're plotting a #brand refresh / new #website...here's what I've learnt:

📰 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 - No one gets your business like you do, both in terms of domain expertise and tone of voice. I can see why bigger busines…https://t.co/Q9VWhBXuTB

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"You need to change your brand, it's dated, and doesn't reflect who you are". We disagreed.

And then Annie took us on a journey along with laura & @nicola_webb to completely refresh our brand, starting from the ground up.

Laura created both the "face…https://t.co/xG7ICx501u

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2023 - The Year to move to #SharePoint properly! You've been paying #microsoft for your licences - and now it's time to get your full ROI! Of course you want to do it right - so find out how, the tools and the gotachas.

👉Today at noon! 👈

(I'm going t…https://t.co/ZNDVLeEJE0

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Where does #SharePoint start to go wrong?

From the very beginning, if you're plotting a move to SharePoint Online, experience shows that your #migration strategy is going to define the ultimate level of success in your organisation.

If you're looking…https://t.co/6xt4FU2G0E

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#VivaGoals is growing up - one of the biggest problems with most goal trackers is the double entry. As you can see from Kevin McDonnell's post, you can now integrate with a number of other solutions.

Where would I like it to go...?
- Link to Strava for…https://t.co/GAbs4j2TyO

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It's the weekend, my wife is away with her parents and I'm feeling a bit Marie Kondo.

Here's the app idea - I take a photo of every item I want to "re-home" and #tinder style they appear in an app on her iPhone and she swipes left/right for chuck or keep…https://t.co/oH0uxGE1HC

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Interesting post by @baldarab below, I believe the happy middle ground is using a Framework - if you asked a hashtag

#sharepoint consultant (my world) to follow an exact process in delivering a requirements workshop nobody would win because:

* To get t…https://t.co/vXp5AsdTSH

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If you go back to 1998 - the online community called Experts Exchange was very active, and it's where I demonstrated my #ClassicASP skills to help others solve their problems. 171 times by the screenshot below.

🥅 Why did E-E do so well, yet so many inte…https://t.co/evGx51rDfu

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Making the value of #Microsoft 365 real needs good demo content - not just an empty site with the words "imagine".

To do this, we used to spend a lot of time designing a fictious company, and then hand cranking content.

This now has become a lot easier…https://t.co/HEgFnWqIF8

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"UK retailer Frasers Group, for example, consolidated from 10 security vendors to just Microsoft." This is from Microsoft's quarterly earnings call.

I see this the new normal, I hear “We use Microsoft exclusively except for our line-of-business system”.���https://t.co/iQrp1RwIcH

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Thinking #intranets - in the latest ClearBox Consulting Ltd 2023 report, 21 intranet solutions are reviewed, you go back 3 years and it was 77. So why the rapid decline?

To me:

1. #SharePoint is now seen as fit for purpose as an intranet in its own righ…https://t.co/ojlZjBwt6I

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🗺️ The joy of focussing on a niche (in our case #SharePoint information management) - is that it makes you an easy choice for any org when they have that specific problem.

👨‍💻Digital working means travel boundaries have gone, if our time zones overlap…https://t.co/tMSP4qvlgA

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🛑Too many times the approach to migration to SharePoint is to dump your P drive in to SharePoint - "and we'll sort it out later".

That might check the task on the project plan - but it generally doesn't meet the user experience.

There is a better way..…https://t.co/3er7nkg1tt

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Should your website be solely focused on your solution/service - or should your extend the messaging of your #website to include those who make the magic happen?

We ran through this internally - this is why we said yes:

✅ Helps…https://t.co/hccYixLrCT https://t.co/ReNwJjwXqY

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🐌 Slow lunch staring blankly at a screen?

We're not quite viral - when we're found, people seem to enjoy our YouTube #videos - particularly on:

▶️ Policy Management
▶️ Knowledge Management

Linked below 👇

#webinar #sharepoint https://t.co/UTXK1TkZ9v

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If you're interested in how #AI can help document management - then have a look at this.

Microsoft put their AI Content Services under the #syntex wrapper.

So we set up a Syntex demo, created models, pushed through content and s…https://t.co/EYUyt0IeAU https://t.co/85h0lYxn7U

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Like a Christmas challenge? - try this one from GCHQ.

There are 6 more after this one - available from their website.

Clue: The answer is not seasonal, or related to reindeer (p.s. that's not a cryptic clue in itself either!)

#GCHQChristmasChallenge https://t.co/yBKwrMsSfV