Ep. 044, Metadata Maven

This week's guest Doug Poirier started out programming on a VIC 20 but found during his career that he liked putting tools in users' hands and driving adoption better than slinging code. What good is technology anyway if you can't get people to embrace it? We talk about the ILOVEYOU virus's siren song, the virtualization of databases, and the hidden value of SharePoint in Office 365.   ILOVEYOU virus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILOVEYOU Conventional wisdom and database virtualization: https://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/feature/Running-databases-on-VMs-The-time-is-now Benefits of Office 365: https://www.core.co.uk/blog/blog/the-7-undeniable-benefits-of-using-office-365-for-business Single System of Record – SharePoint for records management: https://www.jackfrostdesign.com/blog/2018/8/2/sharepoint-records-management-system Term Store – SharePoint Managed Metadata: https://blog.mydock365.com/a-basic-guide-to-term-store-management-in-sharepoint-online

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