Bill Baer

Philadelphia

Writer at Freelance

Baseball writer. Bylines with NBC Sports, ESPN, and Baseball Prospectus. He/him @ https://t.co/KP4TsZBue6

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TechTank: Big Tech Monopoly Maintenance: Is a ‘Go and Sin No More’ Remedy Sufficient?

3 weeks ago | lawfaremedia.org | Bill Baer

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With Several major tech companies are facing legal challenges from antitrust enforcers at the state and federal level. While allegations vary by platform, there is a common theme: Each company has monopolized their respective markets and unlawfully maintained dominance, stifling competition.
What the US Learned and the EU Should Consider About National Champions

Jan 7, 2025 | promarket.org | Bill Baer

Bill Baer argues that the United States’ history with promoting national champions through industrial policy shows how protection and the diminution of competition often backfires on the favored companies and the state. He writes that industrial policy must complement competition policy. The European Union is currently debating whether economic policy should promote national champions—enabling European firms to better compete internationally—even if that means diminishing domestic competition.
Governing data for GenAI with SharePoint Advanced Management

Sep 24, 2024 | techcommunity.microsoft.com | Bill Baer

As new capabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot enable customers to accelerate content creation like never before, it is more necessary than ever to extend traditional IT controls for content and access governance. SharePoint Advanced Management is a suite of features designed to help simplify data governance and hygiene in Microsoft 365, enhancing both your security posture and your Copilot experience.
Announcing SharePoint Embedded Fall Tour Events and Schedule

Aug 13, 2024 | techcommunity.microsoft.com | Bill Baer

Kick off your journey with SharePoint Embedded. At the SharePoint Embedded for Enterprise Apps events, you'll explore best practices for your projects, glimpse the future of SharePoint Embedded, and learn to integrate Copilot into document-centric apps. We're eager for your feedback and experiences; your creations shape ours.
Europe needs competition, not national champions

Jul 3, 2024 | brookings.edu | Bill Baer |Jack Malamud

In recent years, European leaders have increasingly debated whether competition enforcement should give way to industrial policy. A growing number of politicians argue that Europe should favor creating European “national champions” over enforcing the European Union’s (EU) competition laws. This, they say, is the only way to reinvigorate the European economy and challenge American and Chinese behemoths on the world stage.
SharePoint Embedded Hello, World: Getting Started

Jun 18, 2024 | techcommunity.microsoft.com | Bill Baer

Published on Jun 18 2024 08:50 AM (PDT) by Emily Perina Community Manager Edited on Jun 18 2024 08:52 AM (PDT) SharePoint Embedded is a new way to deliver Microsoft 365 capabilities like compliance, collaboration, Copilot, and core files and document storage as part of any app. Join us for a free SharePoint Embedded webinar where you’ll learn the basics and refine your SharePoint Embedded skills.
Competition policy in the Biden administration: Translating campaign poetry into governing prose

May 28, 2024 | brookings.edu | Bill Baer

Editor's note: The 2024 Milton Handler Lecture was presented by Visiting Fellow Bill Baer to the New York City Bar Association on May 14, 2024.
Announcing SharePoint Embedded General Availability

May 21, 2024 | techcommunity.microsoft.com | Bill Baer

Authored by: Zach RosenfieldToday we’re pleased to announce the general availability of SharePoint Embedded, a new way to build file and document centric apps. SharePoint Embedded allows you to integrate advanced Microsoft 365 features into your apps including full featured collaborative functions from Office, Purview's security and compliance tools, and Copilot capabilities. It also helps you build both enterprise line of business apps and independent software vendor (ISV) apps.
SharePoint Embedded Brings Microsoft 365 Copilot, Collaboration, Security & Compliance to Your App

May 20, 2024 | techcommunity.microsoft.com | Bill Baer

Published on May 20 2024 11:37 AM (PDT) by Emily Perina Community Manager Edited on May 20 2024 12:24 PM (PDT) Join this webinar to learn how SharePoint Embedded Brings Microsoft 365 Copilot, Collaboration, Security & Compliance to Your App SharePoint Embedded, is a new way to build custom content apps for enterprises and ISVs. SharePoint Embedded offers a headless, API-only pattern to build content apps that integrate Microsoft 365 capabilities like copilot, collaboration, security, and...
Adios, Substack

Dec 21, 2023 | baerinmind.substack.com | Bill Baer

Last week, I joined over 200 Substack writers in posting an open letter — Substackers Against Nazis, as organized by Marisa Kabas of The Handbasket — to Substack leadership, demanding answers and accountability for welcoming Nazis onto the platform and profiting from their hatred. They were mostly silent until Thursday, when co-founder Hamish McKenzie posted a note explaining why Substack has no problem with Nazis on its platform:Hi everyone.