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SharePoint Birthday Panel

on YouTube 37m
Panelat Microsoft 365 Community Conference 2026 · 2026-04-21..04-23· [web-platform, web-performance]

speakers

name:Heather Cook
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name:Laura Rogers
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name:Susan Hanley
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name:Karuana Gatimu
linkedin:karuanagatimu

resources

video:https://youtu.be/DstS7cAWMrI
slides:none on file

summary

25-year history of SharePoint lands on concrete moments: codename Tahoe becomes SharePoint, the risky cloud leap culminates in Office 365 launch (June 28, 2011) that forces rapid scale-up, patching is declared patched and solved for customers, and an experimental SharePoint Spaces effort proves useful for learning though it doesn’t become core. MVP feedback directly drives an AI requirement—models must use site context—and product teams keep a 10% innovation budget to try bold ideas.

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chapters (20)

  1. 0:00Intro highlights
  2. 1:15Panel kicks off with Heather Cook
  3. 2:49Meet the panelists
  4. 3:36Pivotal moments in each panelist's SharePoint journey
  5. 5:35Laura Rogers on SharePoint Conference 2009 and community
  6. 6:14Jeff Teper on the Office 365 launch day
  7. 6:58Sue Hanley's Johns Hopkins community project
  8. 8:02Karuana Gatimu on running her first community stage
  9. 10:56SharePoint Saturday memories — Paris on the Seine
  10. 11:42What's completely solved now: patching
  11. 12:03How the move to the cloud changed SharePoint
  12. 14:36How SharePoint got its name — from Tahoe to SharePoint
  13. 16:49Becoming a SharePoint MVP — Laura & Sue's journeys
  14. 17:57Jeff & Adam's working relationship and leadership style
  15. 22:13SharePoint Spaces, risk-taking, and the 10% innovation portfolio
  16. 27:37MVP feedback that shaped the SharePoint Skills announcement
  17. 29:20Ray Ozzie, Lotus Notes, and the pioneers of this category
  18. 30:43The future of SharePoint with AI
  19. 36:53Lightning round: favorite SharePoint swag
  20. 37:07Closing — Happy 25th birthday, SharePoint!

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