David Berry

Analyst

David specializes in SharePoint and Microsoft 365. He spent 25 years as a solution architect and advisor consulting with Fortune 1000, Government and Non-Profit clients on enterprise deployments and migrations.  As a developer, he first worked with the beta for SharePoint 2001 and later participated with Microsoft on the precursor to SharePoint Online.

Recently, David also led a global team of DevOps and Agile coaches and a regional software engineering team for a large Microsoft partner.

Latest Content by David Berry

  Analyst Report
July 24, 2025 · by David Berry
Understanding SharePoint Agents SharePoint agents offer a lot of promise, but they may not be ready for the field.
  Blog
July 22, 2025 · by David Berry
It’s SharePoint Advanced Management, not Copilot Advanced Management  M365 users beware: By using SAM to prepare for M365 Copilot, you potentially could be exposing your organization to a...
  Blog
July 14, 2025 · by David Berry
Searching for Answers About M365 Copilot Search  Microsoft has been working on a unified search tool that works across its productivity apps for years. Is M365 Copilot...
  Analyst Report
July 10, 2025 · by David Berry
How to Assign Microsoft 365 User Licenses Licenses can be assigned to users or groups via the M365 admin center or programmatically.
  Analyst Report
July 10, 2025 · by David Berry
Trust but Verify Your Data in Microsoft’s AI Services Microsoft safeguards customers’ data in its AI services, but customers share the responsibilities.
  Analyst Report
June 24, 2025 · by David Berry
DSPM for AI: Protecting Your Content from Prying AIs DSPM for AI is designed to help protect organizations from internal and external AI risks and threats.
  Analyst Report
June 5, 2025 · by David Berry
Microsoft 365 Archive: Lower-Cost Storage with Compliance Administrators can use Microsoft 365 Archive to quickly archive SharePoint sites while retaining administrative and compliance goals.
  Webinar
June 2, 2025 · by David Berry
No Autopilot for Copilot Don't let M365 Copilot fly without doing your due diligence. Data readiness is key, and we'll discuss some of the...
Video
Updated: May 29, 2025 · by Multiple Authors
Directions Podcast. Season 4. Episode 9. Microsoft 365 Copilot vs. OpenAI’s ChatGPT: How to Choose. So many AI chat products; so little time. Directions on Microsoft's newest analyst David Berry shares his insights with Mary...
  Blog
May 20, 2025 · by David Berry
Alert! SharePoint Alerts Is Retiring   Organizations using SharePoint Alerts need to start planning now for their gradual phase-out. Here's a suggested guide for taking action.