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Sympraxis Consulting: Winter 2026 Newsletter ❄️

Published 4 months agoΒ β€’Β 1 min read

SharePoint Turns 25!

SharePoint is turning 25 and we Sympraxians have collectively lived and breathed (and held our breath) with it for 129 years (average 18.5 years/Sympraxian). We experienced the early Tahoe / Digital Dashboard days. We celebrated the original SharePoint Portal Server / Team Services merge in 2001. Throughout the ages, we fought upgrades, mourned the sunset of InfoPath and Designer, celebrated the push to modern UX, and navigated the AI story. The journey has made us all better consultants, no doubt. We've seen a lot of SharePoint scenarios and know how to guide our clients from design to production.

Happy birthday, SharePoint! Here's to 25 more years of excitement, learning, and community! #SPat25 πŸŽ‚πŸŽ‰

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πŸ€” When did you first start working with SharePoint?

Don't miss the big Microsoft + Community celebration on March 2, 2026, 9:00 AM PT: https://aka.ms/SPat25 + Hackathon (March 2-16, 2026). NOTE: This is for everyone: End users, developers, architects and designers.

We're looking forward to celebrating this milestone with all of you.

πŸ₯³ Go, SharePoint, go!

What's new at Sympraxis

Ask Sympraxis πŸŽ™οΈ

β€œAsk Sympraxis” is a bi-weekly webinar series, where we discuss an array of topics and answer your submitted questions. Join us by downloading the recurring calendar event.

Our next Ask Sympraxis webinar: β€œNew SharePoint Document Library UX”

πŸ—“οΈ February 4th, 2026, 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET

πŸ“ https://symp.info/AskSympraxisMeeting (link takes you directly into the live Teams meeting)

After each session, we post the recorded sessions, key takeaways, and resources. Explore our latest four sessions:

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