Every organization deploying Copilot or any AI against SharePoint is asking the same question: "Are we ready?" Most have no structured way to answer it. Commander answers it with the AI Knowledge Package — a structured, machine-readable export of Commander-collected administrative evidence for selected SharePoint scopes that both a SharePoint administrator and an LLM can consume. Here's what's actually in it. The Package Structure Every Commander AI Knowledge Package has thre

Copilot indexes everything a user can see. For federal and regulated organizations, that creates a governance emergency. Commander's new AI Readiness Report tells you what AI will surface before you turn it on.

It’s been a little over six weeks since my last update, and I’m pleased to say that the SharePoint Commander platform is officially ready for pilot deployments! To support this next phase, SummitPoint is offering free 30-day pilot deployments for organizations interested in evaluating the platform in their own environments. SharePoint Commander continues to follow a design philosophy that has remained important from the beginning: no external dependencies, no data storage out

As February 2026 comes to a close, I wanted to provide a candid update on the progress of the SummitPoint Commander Tool and where things stand as we approach pilot readiness. Over the past several months, the focus has shifted from building core capabilities to validating them across real environments—both SharePoint Online and on-premises SharePoint. That validation work has required substantial refactoring, but it has also confirmed that Commander is behaving exactly as it

Happy New Year! Last month, I finally completed a major refactoring of the Commander Tool. The entire codebase is now in a second full pass of testing to ensure that all functionality, interface elements, and error-handling controls behave exactly as intended. While that milestone felt great to reach, I’ll be honest—it also came with a bit of burnout, compounded by the usual stresses that accompany the holiday season. Rather than pushing straight through, I decided to take a

It has been a while since my last update. Most of my time has been spent deep in the overhaul of the Commander Tool—an effort far bigger than I originally anticipated. While I’m not quite finished, I’m finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel, and I wanted to share the story behind what has changed, why it had to change, and where things are heading. The Backstory: When SharePoint Online Broke Everything In September 2025, I found myself wrestling with a big question: Ho

Lists are, hands down, one of the most powerful features of SharePoint. As both an administrator and a developer, I often prefer lists over libraries. From a technical perspective, lists and libraries are almost interchangeable—both store items, both support metadata, and both integrate with views and workflows. But if you’ve ever worked extensively with lists, you’ve probably encountered one of the biggest frustrations: field (column) creation and management. The Pain of Lis

Ever get that dreaded call? “I accidentally deleted something in SharePoint—can you retrieve it?” If the mistake was made today , restoring is usually straightforward. But if it happened days—or even weeks—ago, recovery becomes a frustrating obstacle course. How SharePoint Handles Deletions SharePoint doesn’t really delete items in the traditional sense. Instead, it uses a flagging mechanism to keep deleted items in place, unless they’re purged: First-stage (end-user) Recyc

Features are the building blocks of SharePoint — whether a site is created via out-of-the-box prefab configurations or you've layered in custom Features and scripts. They’re powerful… until they disappear—or get misconfigured—and leave you guessing: What do I actually have? I’ve experienced it plenty of times: Orphaned Features —those defined but not scoped properly—linger in the system, especially after migrations or updates. SharePoint doesn’t make it easy to list what’s in

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