I've been working with SharePoint since before it was called SharePoint (Digital Dashboard Starter Kit, anyone?). I've been an administrator, engineer, consultant, and developer. Sometimes "what works" isn't really a "solution" (it's just a hack or a fix), and it's up to us to create actual Solutions.
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