Ryan Clark

As the Modern Workplace Architect at Mr. SharePoint, I help companies of all sizes better leverage Modern Workplace and Digital Process Automation investments. I am also a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for SharePoint and Microsoft 365.

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The Copilot Studio Use Cases I’d Start With for Business Automation

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More than 230,000 organizations already use Copilot Studio to build custom AI agents. Most IT teams I talk to are still watching from the sidelines. Here are the five I keep recommending: I’d have most teams begin with the IT help desk or HR bot, and all five are within reach without a developer. Copilot Studio is the builder platform inside Microsoft 365. It’s where you create AI agents your employees or customers actually interact with. If you’re an IT manager or SharePoint admin drowning in automation requests, this one’s for you. I’ll be upfront about where “low-code” stops being […]

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The SharePoint Workflow Design Patterns I Use on Every Engagement (With Diagrams)

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Most SharePoint teams I work with end up with 40 flows in the tenant, no two built alike, and the person who set up half of them just left. There are only seven workflow patterns you’ll ever need. Every Power Automate flow is some combination of these: Once your team shares this vocabulary, design conversations get faster and governance gets easier. Organizations using Power Automate systematically see 248% ROI over three years, according to Forrester. Systematic architecture is what drives that kind of return. Why Pattern-Based Design Matters There’s a difference between ad-hoc automation and architecture-grade workflow design. Approach Process

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