Arpan Shah's Blog
Office 365, SharePoint and Project Technology
Person of the Year Humor
If you don't know by now, you'll be a little surprised. Time's Person of 2006 is YOU. I think that...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/19/2006
The 2007 Office system and Web 2.0
A couple months ago, I wrote a blog entry on Web 2.0 in the Enterprise. I'm proud to say that we...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/14/2006
Webcasts
I'm doing an ECM Overview webcast today at 1pm PST. You can register at...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/11/2006
Office SharePoint Server 2007 Evaluation Version and WSS 3.0 Release
In case you missed it, check out the details at...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/16/2006
Cross-browser authoring
[I cross-posted this on https://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint as well] One of the most popular blog...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/14/2006
Software Return on Investment
A little while ago, I posted an entry on the Longer Term View of Software where I discussed how...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/11/2006
ECM Webcast on Nov 9th
I'm doing an ECM (specifically doc management and records management) Office SharePoint Server...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/08/2006
2007 Office system released to manufacturing
It's been awhile since I've blogged... things have been hectic these past couple weeks. Yesterday,...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/07/2006
Workflow Whitepaper
Quick note to say that the Workflow WP link has been updated - the whitepaper is available at...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/12/2006
Geo-distributed Deployments
Many organizations have regional offices around the world. In order to serve their employees,...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/08/2006
Online SharePoint Technology Clinics
I've already posted about this... but in case folks are still looking for an easy way to learn about...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/02/2006
B2TR
A B2TR must-read before installing. Richard Riley posted a great blog entry that everyone should...
Author: ArpanS Date: 09/12/2006
TechEds New Zealand and Australia: Here we come.
I'm at the airport en route to New Zealand where I'll be meeting up with Mike Fitzmaurice, Angus...
Author: ArpanS Date: 08/17/2006
WCM Resources for Office SharePoint Server 2007
Gerhard pointed out Andrew's recent blog posting which is superb at listing WCM resources. Take a...
Author: ArpanS Date: 08/02/2006
Microsoft Enterprise Search 101: Technology and SKU breakdown
I wrote a short article about Microsoft Enterprise Search a little while ago. Now that there have...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/29/2006
Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi Oi Oi!
I'm going to be at TechEd Australia and TechEd New Zealand presenting sessions and spending time...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/27/2006
SharePoint 2007 Training
One of the questions I got asked frequently at the Worldwide Partner Conference is "How do I/how...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/14/2006
Worldwide Partner Conference
I'm going to be at WPC in Boston next week. Richard Riley, Jeff Wierer and Christian Stark will also...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/07/2006
Beta 2 Office SharePoint Server Tech DVD
If you didn't go to TechEd and want that DVD, ping your account team and ask them to give you one....
Author: ArpanS Date: 06/27/2006
SharePoint TechEd DVD
We're excited to announce that we are going to have a Office SharePoint Server 2007 Beta 2 DVD in...
Author: ArpanS Date: 06/07/2006
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
This is an original post I wrote using Office 2007 Beta 2 which explains some of the formatting. I'm...
Author: ArpanS Date: 05/30/2006
CMS Migration
Over the last one year, I've been "talking" a lot about the great things that are coming out in...
Author: ArpanS Date: 05/24/2006
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and WSS v3 are here!
We announced the availability of beta 2 of Office SharePoint Server 2007 and WSS v3. If you haven't...
Author: ArpanS Date: 05/24/2006
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server for Search 2007
In case you missed it, Bill Gates announced the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server for Search 2007...
Author: ArpanS Date: 05/17/2006
TechEd 2006
TechEd 2006 is going to be a BIG event for SharePoint technologies. It nicely falls in the same...
Author: ArpanS Date: 04/22/2006
Co-existence with Office SharePoint Server 2007
I was in Paris, France, this week. I had the opportunity to meet consultants from MCS Europe,...
Author: ArpanS Date: 04/14/2006
Rishad Wadia
One of my really good friends, Rishad Wadia, runs a small company that uses Microsoft technology....
Author: ArpanS Date: 03/27/2006
https://www.live.com
If you haven't been to https://www.live.com, created your own personal dashboard and used the search...
Author: ArpanS Date: 03/17/2006
Preparing for Office SharePoint Server 2007 for CMS customers
If you missed the web cast, check it out here. We will have more follow-up web casts and content at...
Author: ArpanS Date: 03/09/2006
Webcast for the future of Microsoft CMS
A few weeks ago, we announced Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Microsoft Office SharePoint...
Author: ArpanS Date: 03/05/2006
Why Choose Microsoft for Enterprise Search?
There are a number of companies that play in the Enterprise Search space. I wrote a blog posting a...
Author: ArpanS Date: 02/23/2006
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
I'm a little behind when it comes to blogging - things have been quite busy at work. Good busy....
Author: ArpanS Date: 02/20/2006
SQL Server 2005 and SharePoint Products and Technologies
Many folks have asked me whether they should move to SQL Server 2005 with their existing SharePoint...
Author: ArpanS Date: 02/19/2006
Office "12" Beta at Microsoft
At Microsoft, we "dogfood" our own technology. What that means is that we start using pre-release...
Author: ArpanS Date: 01/27/2006
Office "12" Beta
I've received several requests from customers and partners who want the Beta of Office "12". The...
Author: ArpanS Date: 01/15/2006
SQL Server 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 support whitepaper
There's a very straightfoward article written that outlines WSS and SPS support for SQL Server 2005...
Author: ArpanS Date: 01/14/2006
SharePoint Team is Blogging
The SharePoint team blog can be found at https://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/. This is a MUST read blog...
Author: ArpanS Date: 01/14/2006
Article for GenerationIndia.com: The American Dream: Is It Over?
I wrote an article for an online magazine, GenerationIndia, 15-18 months or so ago. You can find it...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/30/2005
Microsoft CMS Futures
I did a presentation at IT Forum, at Barcelona, on the future of CMS and SPS shortly after the...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/30/2005
Longer Term View of Software
Happy holidays! I took this week off - seriously - with minimal interaction with work. I've already...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/25/2005
Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server SP2
For those of you still a little unclear about what SP2 of WSS and SPS support, take a look at this...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/23/2005
Bill and Melinda Gates, Bono - People of the Year
I think that's a great. I think Time magazine made an excellent choice. Those of you who remember,...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/23/2005
post comments directly
I was cleaning out my inbox when I noticed that the majority of my the emails that folks have sent...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/23/2005
Presentation Tips
There are some people who were born to present. Some people that come to mind are don box from the...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/04/2005
personal vocabulary
I spent last evening with a couple friends of mine: Rishad Wadia and Uma Lakhani. We had dinner at...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/01/2005