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

  Blog
March 26, 2026 · by David Berry
Major M365 Copilot Changes Coming April 15  Get ready for new Copilot naming and access tiers, plus Office App Chat reductions for larger tenants.
  Roadmap
March 24, 2026 · by David Berry
Microsoft 365 Enterprise Roadmap Microsoft 365 Enterprise prices rise in 2026 and E7 is introduced.
  Roadmap
Updated: March 12, 2026 · by David Berry
Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise Roadmap Apr. 2026: Microsoft is retiring the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel for unmanaged devices.
  Roadmap
Updated: March 9, 2026 · by David Berry
Viva Learning Roadmap Roadmap for Viva Learning, a Teams app that offers “agile learning”: custom training content provided to individuals based on signals...
  Roadmap
Updated: March 9, 2026 · by David Berry
Viva Insights Roadmap Roadmap for Viva Insights, which provides personal insights about individual and team productivity as an app in Teams for individual...
  Analyst Report
Updated: March 9, 2026 · by David Berry
SharePoint Embedded: Document Management Without SharePoint SharePoint Embedded provides a PAYG document management infrastructure.
  Roadmap
March 3, 2026 · by David Berry
Microsoft 365 Archive Roadmap Microsoft 365 Archive is a consumption service for storing inactive SharePoint and OneDrive sites
  Analyst Report
March 2, 2026 · by David Berry
And Acquisition for All: Microsoft 365 Self-Service Purchase End users can directly purchase several Microsoft services, circumventing corporate controls and agreements.
  Sidebar
March 2, 2026 · by David Berry
Services Available with Self-Service Purchase Services eligible for self-service purchase to Microsoft 365 end users with a credit card
  Analyst Report
Updated: February 23, 2026 · by David Berry
Best Practices for Preserving Data While Removing Microsoft 365 Users Preserve users' data before removing licenses and deleting accounts.