Field notes from a Greenville, SC Microsoft Partner. Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Azure, .NET, and the practical side of running these stacks.https://devsoft.com/en-ushttps://devsoft.com/blog/ai-transforming-businesses-carolinas/https://devsoft.com/blog/ai-transforming-businesses-carolinas/From Charlotte's financial district to the Research Triangle and Greenville's manufacturing corridor, businesses across North and South Carolina are putting AI to work. Here is what is actually happening on the ground.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIAzureMicrosoft 365CarolinasDevsoft Solutionshttps://devsoft.com/blog/microsoft-365-copilot-rollout-six-week-plan/https://devsoft.com/blog/microsoft-365-copilot-rollout-six-week-plan/Most Copilot rollouts skip the measurement step, which means nobody can tell whether the per-user license cost is paying back. 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A practical playbook for the time you actually have.Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTMigrationMicrosoft 365Project OnlineDevsoft Solutionshttps://devsoft.com/blog/sharepoint-information-architecture-before-sites/https://devsoft.com/blog/sharepoint-information-architecture-before-sites/Most failed SharePoint deployments fail in the first month. Not because of the platform, but because nobody designed the information architecture before the team started creating sites.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTSharePointMicrosoft 365ArchitectureDevsoft Solutionshttps://devsoft.com/blog/resource-capacity-planning-after-project-online/https://devsoft.com/blog/resource-capacity-planning-after-project-online/The resource model in Project Online is the part most successor platforms do not fully replicate. The hardest decisions in a Project Online migration center here. A practical guide for what to preserve, where it goes, and what gets rewritten.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTMigrationProject OnlineArchitectureDevsoft Solutionshttps://devsoft.com/blog/sync-purgatory-with-onedrive-for-business/https://devsoft.com/blog/sync-purgatory-with-onedrive-for-business/When OneDrive starts looping, fighting a file, or refusing to sync. 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Three patterns where automation reliably earns its keep.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTPower PlatformAutomationMicrosoft 365Devsoft Solutionshttps://devsoft.com/blog/start-and-grow-your-business-with-ai/https://devsoft.com/blog/start-and-grow-your-business-with-ai/Skip the AI hype cycle. 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A practical audit you can run this quarter.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTMicrosoft 365LicensingCost optimizationDevsoft Solutionshttps://devsoft.com/blog/microsoft-365-backup-vs-retention/https://devsoft.com/blog/microsoft-365-backup-vs-retention/Microsoft 365's native retention policies are not a backup, despite what your team probably thinks. Three scenarios where you will find out the hard way, and what an actual backup looks like.Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTMicrosoft 365BackupCybersecurityDevsoft Solutionshttps://devsoft.com/blog/power-automate-vs-logic-apps/https://devsoft.com/blog/power-automate-vs-logic-apps/Both run on the same Microsoft engine. Different licenses, different audiences, different right answers. A practical guide for picking between them, with the hybrid approach that ends up working for most mid-market businesses.Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTPower PlatformAutomationAzureDevsoft Solutionshttps://devsoft.com/blog/conditional-access-mid-market-starting-policies/https://devsoft.com/blog/conditional-access-mid-market-starting-policies/Most Microsoft 365 tenants have either too few conditional access policies or too many ineffective ones. The five baseline policies every mid-market tenant should run, in priority order.Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTCybersecurityMicrosoft 365Entra IDDevsoft Solutions