Below you’ll find a list of my recent and upcoming events or media engagements.

• 2025-06-21 - Collabdays Netherlands - Automating retention and archival with Purview and Microsoft 365 Archive
  I’ll be speaking on retention, archiving and automation with Microsoft Purview, Microsoft 365 Archive, SharePoint. What capabilities do the platforms offer and when and how should you extend to make the most of your situation.

• 2025-03-04 - DIWUG Netherlands - Retention with Purview
  I presented a session about retention and archiving with Microsoft Purview and Microsoft 365 Archive. An in depth session on the possibilities of the platforms Microsoft offers.

• 2024-12-03 - ESPC 24 - IT Pro Meets Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle and Records Management
  I presented together with Joanne Klein on the topic of data lifecycle and records management. My part was about automating the setup and application of retention labels and with Microsoft Purview and custom code. Download the slides here

• 2024-10-31 - Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call - Retention Controls
  I presented and demoed an open source project that I’ve set up on working with Purview Retention Controls.

• 2024-04-18 - Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call - How I moved from Windows to Docker to Dev Drive: SPFx dev environment options and their pro’s and cons
  I presented and demoed the different ways we’ve set up our SharePoint Framework development environment over the years, moving as we did from “just working in Windows” to WSL to Dev Containers to Dev Drive. Summary

• 2023-11-29 - ESPC 23 - How to manage your Microsoft 365 tenant and SharePoint Framework projects from any platform
  I spoke on the ESPC ‘23 Conference on the topic of managing your Microsoft 365 tenant and SharePoint Framework using the CLI for Microsoft 365. Download the slides here

• 2023-11-27 - ESPC 23 - From Chaos to Control: Mastering Records Management in the Digital Age with Microsoft Purview
  I joined forces on the ESPC ‘23 conference with Joanne C Klein in her tutorial on mastering records management in Purview. I specifically contributed on the topic of scripting your Purview retention setup, automating data lifecycle and records management and advanced scenario’s in working with retention and Purview.

• 2023-09-21 - Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call - Building a SharePoint new site form lookalike
  I presented and demoed how to build a SharePoint new site form lookalike using an SPFx Form Customizer extension and the Dynamic Form control. Summary

• 2023-09-07 - Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call - Automating the build & deployment of SPFx solutions using Azure DevOps
  I presented and demoed how you can create a solid build & deployment pipeline using Azure DevOps to automate SPFx solution deployment. Summary

• 2023-04-20 - All things Compliance - episode 12
  I was invited to join Nikki Chapple and Ryan Murpy on the All things compliance podcast to speak about data retention Microsoft 365 Purview, Record management, Data lifecycle management and how to apply automation in these fields.

• 2022-12-14 - DIWUG Netherlands - A session on the CLI for Microsoft 365
  I spoke at this Dutch Information Worker User Group (DIWUG) event about managing your Microsoft 365 tenant using the CLI for Microsoft 365. Download the slides here

• 2022-10-20 - Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call - Copy Views Demo
  I presented and demoed a sample webpart that I’ve built around copying views on SharePoint.

• 2022-10-10 - PnPWeekly Show - episode 182
  I was invited to join Vesa Juvonen and Waldek Mastykarz on the PnPWeekly Show to talk about the demand for Microsoft technologies in the Netherlands, remote work, my career in becoming a Microsoft 365 architect and Microsoft MVP.