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Month: August 2026

Two IT professionals review HTML and ASPX SharePoint page layouts on a glass board in a modern corporate office.
August 23, 2026 |

SharePoint HTML Pages: What to Govern Before You Enable Them

Most tenants I open have already locked page creation to a handful of owners. That felt like enough - until Copilot started generating HTML pages on request. The permission model didn't change, but what those owners can now publish did. Here's the governance gap that opens, and how to close it.
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SharePoint Concierge webinar recap covering Entra Access Packages, the new SharePoint Discover Publish Build experience, and the new OneDrive Shortcuts folder.
August 20, 2026 |

August 2026 SharePoint Updates Webinar

Microsoft moved the front door of SharePoint and shipped two more changes worth knowing. Here's the recap of our August 20th Concierge Webinar - the new Discover, Publish, and Build experience, Entra Access Packages for permission governance, and the OneDrive Shortcuts folder - plus two client questions from the room worth passing along.
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IT leader reviewing on-premises server infrastructure after SharePoint 2016 and 2019 reached end of support on July 14, 2026.
August 18, 2026 |

SharePoint 2016 and 2019 Are Now Unsupported: What to Do After July 14, 2026

July 14, 2026 came and went, and every SharePoint 2016 and 2019 farm still in production is now running without patches, support, or a safety net. There is no extended security program to buy. Here is what unsupported actually means and the two realistic paths out.
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A consultant and two business stakeholders review a cost comparison chart showing a recurring annual subscription line crossing a one-time intranet build cost line.
August 7, 2026 |

SharePoint Intranet vs Intranet-in-a-Box: What to Buy

An intranet-in-a-box product charges per user, every year, forever. A custom SharePoint intranet is a one-time build. Somewhere around 50 to 100 employees those two lines cross - and where you land on that line decides the whole question. Here is the formula, and the case where buying still wins.
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Three business professionals compare a configured Microsoft 365 document management environment with a dedicated document management platform.
August 4, 2026 |

SharePoint vs Dedicated Document Management Systems

Vendors selling dedicated document management systems rarely mention that the buyer already owns most of what's on the quote. The real comparison pits configuration you haven't done against licenses you don't need - and in a few specific situations, the dedicated platform still genuinely wins.
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Two consultants review a Box-to-SharePoint migration diagram showing shared links, permissions, Box Notes, and the new SharePoint site structure.
August 1, 2026 |

Box to SharePoint Migration: What to Plan Before You Move

The day your Box migration cuts over, every link anyone ever shared from Box dies at once. Vendors, auditors, customers, and your own intranet all hit dead URLs. Here is how to inventory those links, map Box permissions to SharePoint, and handle Box Notes before you move a single file.
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