We design, build and modernise software systems for organisations that run in complex technology environments. From Microsoft 365 and SharePoint to Azure, .NET and enterprise integrations, the work connects architecture, engineering and operational reliability.
Procedures, planners and answers already written up end to end, each with the limits it states about itself. Start from the problem in front of you.
The path from the decision to a validated farm. Each step names the question it settles and the Field Guide chapter, analysis or tool that settles it, the database-attach procedure included.
Microsoft supports one way across, a database attach to a new farm. The path links procedures; it runs nothing against a farm.
Read what the farm has installed against what its sites use, and decide to keep, adapt, replace or eliminate each customisation. Then audit every operation that runs with elevated privileges: who invokes it, which permission it borrows, which account acts, how the caller is authorised and what is recorded.
The scripts in both chapters read and change nothing, and a service account is never offered as the fix for elevated code.
Planners that start from an inventory of what still runs and say where each form or workflow can go, with the facts each recommendation rests on.
Their inventory scripts are checked for syntax and not yet run against a farm, so what they return is a starting inventory to confirm.
Verified answers, each with the command, an example output, what it proves, what it does not prove, and the date it was last checked.
Measured against SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365. None of them is a claim about SharePoint Server.
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pH7x Systems® is a Portugal-based technology company focused on software engineering, enterprise platforms, cloud architecture and modernisation. We approach technology through architecture, implementation, testing and outcomes that can be verified.
Enterprise applications, APIs, backend services and integrated platforms. Architecture, maintainability, automated testing, security and operational reliability are treated as core engineering concerns, not as a phase at the end.
Development and automation analysisSharePoint Online, Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Server on-premises: platform architecture, custom development, administration, governance, integration and modernisation.
34 verified answers, on SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365Assessment and modernisation of legacy SharePoint farms: application dependencies, farm customisations, authentication, APIs and the supported migration paths. A platform upgrade and an application modernisation are two different projects, and we say which one you have.
The path to Subscription Edition The readiness reviewApplication architecture, identity, integration, hosting, observability and operational engineering on Microsoft Azure.
Azure and cloud analysisSystems connected through APIs, gateways, clear service boundaries and secure communication patterns, including .NET integrations and the legacy applications in between.
Migration analysisTechnical architecture, engineering governance, testing strategies, delivery automation, security controls and operational readiness.
Governance and security analysisPractical applications of AI and automation, with attention to security, evidence, governance and responsible integration. Experimental work is described as experimental.
AI and agents analysisWe build on
Each entry is published as the badge or certificate reads, with its qualifier and period. A founder's certification is not a certification of the company; the company's own programme status is listed apart.
About the founder
Most Valuable ProfessionalMicrosoft · Alumni · 2002–2013 · historical recognition
Copilot for Microsoft 365 Technical ChampionMicrosoft · 2024
Microsoft Certified Technology SpecialistMicrosoft · SharePoint Development · 2011
Microsoft Certified ProfessionalMicrosoft · 2014
AIGPE Certified Lean SpecialistAIGPE · 2023
Nintex Process Automation ExpertNintex · Office 365 · 2021Nintex Certified Solutions ProfessionalNintex · SharePoint and Office 365 · 2019
Certified Trainer (CAP)IEFP, Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional · 2003
Microsoft · ISV · independent software vendor. pH7x Systems is a Microsoft Partner in the ISV programme, a programme status of the company, kept apart from the personal credentials beside it.
The same engineering practice applied to software projects developed by pH7x Systems.
$ m365-governance evaluate --evidence list-over-limit.json --format json
"resource": { "type": "list", "display_name": "Archive" }
"counts": { "pass": 0, "fail": 1, "unknown": 2 }
{ "rule_id": "SPO-LIST-001", "outcome": "fail" }
{ "rule_id": "SPO-LIST-002", "outcome": "unknown" }
{ "rule_id": "SPO-LIST-003", "outcome": "unknown" }
Software for evidence-based technical governance across supported Microsoft 365 environments. Collection, evidence, assessment and interpretation are kept separate, and what could not be established is said in those words.
A separate software platform for environmental compliance and the circular economy: operational execution and territory management, with public dashboards for recycling, waste and water. Certified by the Portuguese Environment Agency to transmit electronic waste tracking forms into the national system.
A working practice, not a certified or audited methodology.
Business requirements, technical constraints, dependencies and operational risks, written down before anything is designed.
Alternatives evaluated, system boundaries defined, and engineering decisions that can be checked later.
Maintainable components, documented contracts and secure integrations.
Automated tests, integration checks and real operational evidence decide whether it works.
Maintainability, observability and controlled change through the life of the system.
Evidence-based analysis of enterprise architecture, platform compatibility, modernisation, security and software engineering.
All technical analysis2016 and 2019 both left support on 14 July 2026. Subscription Edition has no end date and cannot be bought outright. Online has features the others do not have, and Subscription Edition has two that are usually listed as impossible. A practical comparison, with the licensing that decides it.
A WSP that deploys on Subscription Edition has not proved its authorization boundary. Review caller intent, elevated object lifetime, external identities and business acceptance before retaining, refactoring, extracting or eliminating server-side code.
Most cloud projects do not fail on technology. They fail because building started before three things were decided.
Whether you are modernising a legacy platform, evaluating a SharePoint migration, developing enterprise software or exploring a new integration, we start with the technical problem and the constraints that matter.
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