CA Callahan

It has been more than a decade since I created this page. Many things have changed. I am still a Frugal Admin, and I am still proudly advocating collaboration for the masses affordably.

These days, there's vanishingly little available at an affordable price, but I am still trying.

In addition, I have been exploring a more inclusive way for people of all types, ages, and persuasions to collaborate. This has led me to Immersive environments, from those that can be accessed via browser, like Frame, Spatial, or Mona, to more client constrained Microsoft Mesh and Teams Immersive Spaces, VR Chat, Engagevr, Virtway, and more.

If you are curious to see what immersive meetings are like, or how to get started on-boarding your people, or have questions about the technical aspects of using Mesh, Teams Immersive Spaces, VR Chat, and more- ask me. I'd be more than happy to help.

--------- Original About Me---------
I have always been the Frugal Admin, and have been a proud advocate for SharePoint Foundation/Windows SharePoint Services. I wrote Mastering Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Mastering Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010.

Due to Microsoft ending Foundation's reign (long live SharePoint Foundation 2013!), I currently work with SharePoint Server 2019, 2016, O365 (SharePoint Foundation libraries and site collections are basically the backbone of everything in O365 that isn't an Office app or Azure), M365, Google Workspace, and Zoho.

I designed the MOC 20339-1 course for the 70-339 Microsoft exam, and created two courses about SharePoint Server 2016 for LinkedIn, "Planning and Designing for SharePoint 2016" and "Installing SharePoint 2016."

I speak at various events in the US and abroad, do training and consulting. I continue to write technical books, courseware, articles, and blog entries. I record the occasional online presentation for free- if asked nicely.

I am an old skool MCT, and took the A+ certification tests back in the 90's, when it was cool.