I'm Tom Daly, a Microsoft 365 consultant in Central New Jersey and Collaboration Director at SoHo Dragon. I've worked in the SharePoint and Microsoft 365 world since 2003, and this year marks my tenth year as a Microsoft MVP.
What I focus on#
Building solutions
Designing and building real business solutions on Azure and Microsoft 365, from SharePoint intranets to custom web apps that replace tools teams have outgrown.
AI enablement
Helping organizations put AI to work in practical ways: reading and routing documents, automating busy work, and building AI into the tools people already use.
M365 development
SharePoint Framework (SPFx), Power Platform, Microsoft Graph and Azure Functions. This blog is where I share what I learn along the way.
Leadership
Leading the collaboration practice at SoHo Dragon, and leading CommunityDays.org, a nonprofit run with a team of volunteer organizers. I'm also a Board Member of the Microsoft Global Community Initiative (MGCI) and an initiative coordinator for the Microsoft 365 & Power Platform Community (PnP).
Core values#
Community first
Community events change careers, so they should be easy to find and free to list. That's why I started Community Days, a nonprofit that gives Microsoft community events a place to post and reach a bigger audience. The moment you put barriers in front of community, it stops being community.
Share what you know
Most of what I know, I learned from someone who took the time to write it down or teach it. Writing it up here is how I pay that forward.
Give people a stage
The best moment at any event is watching a first-time speaker realize they have something worth sharing. I want to create more of those moments.
Build things that last
Whether it's a client solution or a community platform, I'd rather build something simple that keeps working than something clever that doesn't.
Events#
For the past 15+ years I’ve organized and helped run Microsoft community events in the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania area, from small local meetups to full community days.
Upcoming#
Nothing announced for this year yet. Find events near you on CommunityDays.org.
Past highlights#
