Wes Hackett
Chief Technical Officer at AddIn365
Welcome to my technology blog.
You’ll find articles about Office 365, Azure and other Microsoft technologies. Day to day I work as the Chief Technical Officer at AddIn365, a Microsoft ISV Partner based in London. As CTO my main responsibilities include designing the AddIn365 product roadmaps and supporting clients and partners in understanding and using Office 365.
I’ve been a Microsoft MVP for a number of years specialising in Office 365, SharePoint and development.
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Latest articles
SharePoint Evolution Conference 2013
For five years running Combined Knowledge have hosted the conference and this years looks to be the best yet. So why should you attend this conference? For me the key reasons would be: It will provide you with access to the best SharePoint experts from around the...
SPSUK Bring SharePoint into your Office with Apps for Office
Saturday 8th December saw the 2012 SharePoint Saturday at Nottingham’s Conference Centre. Another great event organised with so many quality speakers and companies in attendance. I presented a session on Apps for Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013, the slides can be seen...
SPC147 – Mastering app for Office Development – Ali Powell
Ali provides a walkthrough of Apps for Office. Look at the type of shape and see some examples. Explanations of the API framework.
SPC136 – JavaScript Best Practices for Developing Apps – Scot Hillier
Scot Hillier talks about leaving the developers with good solid ideas how to use and structure apps with JavaScript. The session purpose is to teach server side developers how to write JavaScript correctly, helps to introduce patterns to the apps in the new world....
SPC046 – Creating apps for Excel, Word and PowerPoint – Rolando Jimenez
Rolando introduces the new investments by Microsoft for Apps for Office. This session is a deep dive into how to create apps in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
SPC005 – A Primer in HTML5 and JavaScript – Scot Hillier
Scot Hillier talks about the massive investment that SharePoint developers have made learning the server object model and how with the new ‘apps’ being mainly client side technology brings the need for fast paced upskilling. The session purpose is to teach server side developers how to write JavaScript correctly, helps to introduce patterns to the apps in the new world.
SUGUK 1st March 2012
So last night saw the return of the London SUGUK. Matt Taylor has stepped down as co-coordinator for London and I want to thank Matt for all his efforts and establishing such a great user group. So Steve Smith started proceedings with some ITPro and End User snippets....
Speaking at the London SharePoint User Group
The London SharePoint user group kicks off 2012 with Steve Smith and I presenting. SharePoint Administration – I always wondered what that was for by Steve Smith. Extending the SharePoint 2010 activity system by Wes Hackett .
SharePoint Saturday 2011
Saturday 12th November saw the 2011 SharePoint Saturday at Nottingham’s Conference Centre. Another great event organised with so many quality speakers and companies in attendance. I presented a session on Social Intranet and the slides can be seen below. I hope...
Ratings and SharePoint Search better together
SharePoint 2010 introduces a new feature to allow a user to rate content within the sites. Depicted by five stars the user can rate content and these ratings are collated to provide the average rating for the item. Displaying content based on ratings can assist users determining the quality of content easily. Ratings will also help content authors understand which content is considered to be higher quality by the readers.
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