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Hello everyone! Thank you for stopping by my blog. I know it's a bit barebones right now, but I plan to captivate you with awesome tech news and insights into Microsoft 365, Azure, and other technical knowledge troves in the future.

For those unfamiliar with me, I'm Colby, a Systems Administrator. My work primarily involves Microsoft 365 and Azure, although I also delve into other IT-related areas. It's a mixed bag of different topics, which I hope to share with you on my technical journey.

Stay tuned for more content and be sure to check in weekly for updates!

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Making a SharePoint Knowledge Base Part One: Getting Our Ducks in a Row

Howdy everyone, it's great to be back again for another post! As a matter of fact, this is our very first post on this blog. Amazing! For this post, I am going to help you create an intuitive Knowledge Base in SharePoint that your department or company can use as a whole. We'll also use Power Automate to notify us when our team adds to our Knowledge Base. So with this in mind, let's get started! Why a Knowledge Base? This idea comes from a recent SharePoint migration I did in my own workplace. I wanted to create a centralized resource for our team to find knowledge articles, troubleshooting steps, and guides. This helps us share knowledge across our team as well as with our end-users. For those of you who do not know what a Knowledge Base is, it is as simple as this: A centralized resource to share knowledge and provide self-help to users.  Now that you're privy to what it is, we can begin to build ourselves a Knowledge Base! We'll start with our foundational assets...
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Responsible AI and Academia

Hello everyone, hope you are all well on this cold Winter's day! I wanted to talk about something that has been brought up in conversation and is a concern not only for IT professionals working in Education but a concern for all in Education: Artificial Intelligence. Oftentimes when we put these two things together, you get a mixed reaction of both favour and disagreement. However, I think that it is important to discuss this in further detail and explain my opinions and views on the whole matter. In this post, I'll be talking about my views on AI in the Education sector, and how AI such as Copilot can be used responsibly to promote education and trust amongst instructors and students. So what is Responsible AI exactly? Well, the meaning is in the title itself. It is the concept of using Artificial Intelligence responsibly and in a fashion that protects business concerns, employees, and the organization as a whole. In Education however, this definition changes slightly- not onl...
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SharePoint Hackathon 2025: Developing an Emergency Management Portal - Part One

Howdy everyone! It's that time of year again folks! It is time for SharePoint Hackathon 2025. This year's challenge will incorporate SharePoint portals, SharePoint Agents, and SPFx extensibility. It is certainly looking like a great lineup this year, and it is also the first time I will be competing in this lovely competition. With this in mind, I want to take you all on my journey, documenting what I will be developing and the successes as well as lessons learned along the way. We'll be building a beautiful portal, integrating with Power BI and Power Automate, and expanding on our understanding of lists. My hope is that with this short series you'll gain some inspiration to make your own portal similar to what I have done. SharePoint is a versatile tool that really is limited by your imagination. This contest allows for your creativity and skill to soar, which we will be putting to the test over the next couple of weeks. Enough chit-chat, let's get into what we...
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