Arpan Shah's Blog
Office 365, SharePoint and Project Technology
Link to SharePoint Deck
Here's the PPTX deck I presented @ SPC and where the slides come from that I referenced in the...
Author: ArpanS Date: 04/23/2008
SharePoint Search Tool for SharePoint Resources
With the number of great SharePoint resources out there, it is sometimes difficult to find the...
Author: ArpanS Date: 04/21/2008
Missed the MVP Summit
The MVP Summit was held in Redmond this week. Lawrence Liu, many of my other team members and folks...
Author: ArpanS Date: 04/19/2008
SharePoint = Platform (and Application)
SharePoint technology, in many ways, is a game and category changing technology. Because SharePoint...
Author: ArpanS Date: 04/19/2008
SharePoint Product Manager Position
Joel recently announced on his blog that he's leaving Microsoft to pursue other opportunities. Joel...
Author: ArpanS Date: 03/14/2008
SharePoint Conference (T - 2.5)
The SharePoint Conference is only a weekend away! With 3,800+ attendees and a long waiting list,...
Author: ArpanS Date: 02/29/2008
Advanced SharePoint Videos and Whitepapers
We just posted advanced SharePoint videos and whitepapers on TechNet @...
Author: ArpanS Date: 02/18/2008
Happy New Year and update
First of all, happy new year to everyone! I've been on vacation for the last couple weeks and have...
Author: ArpanS Date: 01/24/2008
Microsoft Bids $1.2 Billion for Norwegian Search Engine Fast Search & Transfer
In case you didn't hear, we announced our bid to acquire Fast Search. This strengthens our search...
Author: ArpanS Date: 01/08/2008
SharePoint End-User Training Available!
The final and complete edition of the end-user Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training is now broadly...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/10/2007
My Personal Space and Blog
These days, most of our information and announcements come in the form of our SharePoint Team Blog @...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/03/2007
Office SharePoint Server SP1
We posted a blog entry late last week describing what SP1 will contain. Though we've provided a...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/03/2007
Recent SharePoint Search Announcements
I wanted to quickly update everyone on a few key announcements and upcoming releases that were...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/30/2007
My Top 5 SharePoint Resources to Bookmark
Besides Microsoft.com, MSDN and TechNet, here are 5 SharePoint resources I recommend...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/16/2007
TechEd IT Forum
I just finished presenting the SharePoint kick-off session @ IT Forum in Barcelona. Here's a pointer...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/12/2007
European SharePoint Customer Visits
I'm in Europe for the next couple weeks meeting customers, partners and presenting at IT Forum. I...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/04/2007
The Long Tail of Content and SharePoint Technology
Chris Anderson wrote a very interesting article in the October 2004 issue of Wired Magazine titled...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/31/2007
Microsoft and Facebook
In case you missed it – Microsoft and Facebook expanded their partnership. Read more about it here.
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/24/2007
SharePoint Server e-Learning content released
In case you missed it, we released new e-Learning SharePoint Server training "6071AE: Developing...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/17/2007
Is Your Face on Facebook?
If you're not on Facebook, chances are your children are; if you're not changing your status every...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/14/2007
Halo 3 Hack @ MIT
It's good to see that MIT hasn't lost its sense of humor:...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/12/2007
Deck for Today’s Presentation
Here's a pointer to the deck I delivered this morning:...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/09/2007
Top 10 You May Not Know About SharePoint Technology web cast
I'm doing the presentation tomorrow (October 9th) @ 11:30am-1:30pm PST - with a short break in the...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/08/2007
New Zunes Announced
Check 'em out @ https://www.zune.net/en-us/meetzune/holiday2007.htm.
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/03/2007
10 Things You May Not Know About SharePoint Technology
I was going to write a lengthy post on this topic… but I'm presenting a 2 hour session on this very...
Author: ArpanS Date: 09/22/2007
Just got engaged…
I've been a little quiet in the blogosphere over the last few months, and there's good reason for...
Author: ArpanS Date: 09/17/2007
Recent SharePoint WCM articles
We recently released two MSDN articles that address some key topics in Web Content Management. This...
Author: ArpanS Date: 09/17/2007
SharePoint Content Deployment and the Migration API
Stefan is back! J Stefan is in Redmond this week, and we had a chance to catch up! In fact, I had...
Author: ArpanS Date: 08/30/2007
NJ/NY SharePoint User Group meeting on August 17th
If you're in the NJ/NY area, and you and/or your business is getting more involved w/ SharePoint...
Author: ArpanS Date: 08/08/2007
Enterprise Search at Microsoft with Office SharePoint Server 2007
"Like most large companies, Microsoft's intranet contains terabytes of both structured and...
Author: ArpanS Date: 08/02/2007
SharePoint Data View Part Magic and Search
This week has been busy with Tech Ready in town! Tech Ready is Microsoft's technical conference for...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/27/2007
SharePoint Web Service Example – Grabbing Wiki Content
I presented a session at Tech Ready (Microsoft internal conference) yesterday. One of the samples I...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/25/2007
WSS and MOSS SDKs refreshed!
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Software Development Kit Download:...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/13/2007
Content on MSDN
Randall Isenhour just posted a blog entry that links out to a ton of great content on MSDN that his...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/12/2007
My TechEd Orlando Presentations
I just posted my TechEd Presentations from TechEd Orlando. Incidentally, I'm going to start using...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/03/2007
WCM Office SharePoint Server Samples
Recently, Microsoft released a number of WCM samples. Read more about it here. These samples are...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/03/2007
Application Templates “Under the Hood”
We released 40 WSS Application templates affectionately called "The Fantastic 40" and 7 MOSS My Site...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/03/2007
Customizing SharePoint Search
The following book excerpts are now published on MSDN from Patrick Tisseghem's book: Customizing and...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/02/2007
SharePoint Governance
I've been very bad about blogging. I'm going to try to blog as often as possible! The last few weeks...
Author: ArpanS Date: 06/28/2007
Upgrading an MCMS 2002 Application to SharePoint Server 2007
Quick FYI. Upgrading an MCMS 2002 Application to SharePoint Server 2007 is now live in the MSDN...
Author: ArpanS Date: 05/09/2007
Good, Better and Best
Here's the Microsoft Office client (2007 and earlier) and SharePoint Technology 2007 Good, Better,...
Author: ArpanS Date: 04/18/2007
@ AIIM Apr. 17-19th
I'm going to be at AIIM next week in Boston, MA. Microsoft is going to have a strong presence there...
Author: ArpanS Date: 04/14/2007
Live vs. Google Search
Most people I talk to use Google for Internet search. Google returns relevant results fast. Over the...
Author: ArpanS Date: 04/10/2007
SharePoint Search Evaluation Guide
This has been out for quite some time, but in case people haven't seen it, check out this rich...
Author: ArpanS Date: 03/28/2007
Updated Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Evaluation Guide
The updated WSS 3.0 Evaluation Guide is now online. You can view the landing page here:...
Author: ArpanS Date: 03/27/2007
WSS 3.0/MOSS training is here!
I know. I've been very bad about blogging. But here's a rather important post for those of you who...
Author: ArpanS Date: 03/23/2007
Office SharePoint Server Evaluation Guide
I just got back from a very long vacation – I'll blog more about it later… but before I do that, I...
Author: ArpanS Date: 02/19/2007
What to look for in the next few months...
Over the next few months, you'll see a plethora of SharePoint technology related content. Here are 5...
Author: ArpanS Date: 01/07/2007