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
Charts & Illustrations
May 15, 2025 · by David Berry
Comparing M365 Copilot Chat with ChatGPT and M365 Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (M365 Copilot Chat) delivers more capabilities and security than public generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) services like...
In Brief
May 12, 2025 · by David Berry
SharePoint Online to Use a New Public Content Delivery Service by July 2025: Action Required
SharePoint Online will transition from the current Office 365 content delivery network (CDN) to using Azure Front Door starting June...
In Brief
April 21, 2025 · by David Berry
SharePoint Server SE 25H1: Update to continue using Cloud Hybrid Search
The Mar. 2025 Cumulative Update (CU) for SharePoint Server SE (Subscription Edition) introduces a combination of breaking changes and other...
Roadmap
Updated: April 16, 2025 · by Multiple Authors
Collaboration Services Roadmap
Roadmap and Darwin chart for collaboration services that provide virtual workspaces that offer persistent discussions, file sharing, and other real-time...
Analyst Report
April 14, 2025 · by David Berry
Understanding SharePoint Advanced Management
SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM) gives SharePoint Online administrators automated policies and content-restriction controls to manage site ownership, inactive sites, and...
Roadmap
Updated: May 6, 2024 · by David Berry
FastTrack and Import Service Roadmap
Roadmap for Microsoft FastTrack, a migration support offering, and the Office 365 Import Service for moving large sets of data...