Arpan Shah's Blog
Office 365, SharePoint and Project Technology
Adopting Enterprise Software
A commonly asked question by customers is "How do I get my end-users to use the technology?!" This...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/29/2005
Getting Ready for Office "12"
If you are a CMS or SharePoint customer and you're already starting to think about the next version,...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/24/2005
WSS and SPS SP2
SP2 of Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (SPS) released a few...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/23/2005
The Future of Microsoft Content Management Server (CMS) and SharePoint Portal Server (SPS)
At IT Forum, I presented CMS and SPS futures. That's right, CMS futures. :-) Session feedback was...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/17/2005
Microsoft Enterprise Search
Microsoft announced Windows Desktop Search (WDS) for Enterprises today at IT Forum. In a nutshell,...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/15/2005
IT Forum
How many of you are attending IT Forum? I'm going to be presenting a session on CMS and SPS VNext......
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/11/2005
CMS SP2 is available!
Yes. I'm late but better late than never! CMS 2002 SP2 has released! You can download from here:...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/10/2005
PDF support in Office "12"
If you haven't heard already, Office "12" will support PDF. For more information, check out this pc...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/05/2005
Mini-Microsoft
I read the business week article and, while I found it interesting as a whole, I found the whole...
Author: ArpanS Date: 09/23/2005
10 great things about the next version of SharePoint Products and Technologies and CMS
There's a lot of great buzz in the community as well as Microsoft around the next version of Windows...
Author: ArpanS Date: 09/21/2005
Group Program Manager for Windows SharePoint Services' Blog
PJ Hough, GPM for WSS, has started blogging! Check it out here.
Author: ArpanS Date: 09/20/2005
SharePoint Products and Technologies/CMS future - which is which?
I heard from several people that while the information for SharePoint development was great at PDC,...
Author: ArpanS Date: 09/19/2005
The Future of WSS, SPS and CMS revealed at PDC
There were several large announcements made at PDC that are very relevant to SharePoint and CMS...
Author: ArpanS Date: 09/14/2005
SharePoint Portal Servery Discovery Kit available
You can find the SPS 2003 Discovery kit at...
Author: ArpanS Date: 09/01/2005
SharePoint Portal Server Discovery Kit
One of the pieces of feedback that I have received from partners and customers is that they don't...
Author: ArpanS Date: 08/13/2005
SPS Reports
I've been meaning to blog about this for some time, but just getting around to do so. Recently, we...
Author: ArpanS Date: 08/09/2005
texas holdem advice for beginners
I had an interesting conversation with a poker beginner recently. So I thought I'd blog about it....
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/20/2005
SPS Search Customization
Stewart Frey has posted search customizations tip at https://spaces.msn.com/members/bagels911/. Check...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/12/2005
My Response to Drip's Article
I just read Ed Brill's blog entry on Drip's article and noticed the comment he made on my response....
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/11/2005
Best CMS/SharePoint Blog
In my opinion, the best blog out there for new information on CMS and SharePoint Products and...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/09/2005
TechEd Europe 2005
It was great to see so many people at TechEd Europe. There's clearly a lot of excitement for SQL...
Author: ArpanS Date: 07/07/2005
TechEd EMEA
One more quick post before I head to the Conference Center. I'm going to be presenting at TechEd...
Author: ArpanS Date: 06/08/2005
SP2, CMS Future and Workflow partner
Quick blog entry: At TechEd 2005, I presented 3 sessions. 2 breakout sessions and 1 cabana talk. It...
Author: ArpanS Date: 06/08/2005
June 6, 7th TechEd Sessions
On June 6th, I'm going to be presenting a session titled Accelerate your CMS Development and...
Author: ArpanS Date: 06/06/2005
Implementing a SharePoint Recycle Bin
Many customers ask for a recycle bin. If you're looking to develop your own recycle bin vs. using...
Author: ArpanS Date: 05/08/2005
U2
I went to a U2 concert last night. It was fantastic. Mind blowing. After all these years, U2 still...
Author: ArpanS Date: 04/26/2005
SharePoint Training
I've been getting a lot of questions about SharePoint Training so I thought I'd compile a partial...
Author: ArpanS Date: 04/22/2005
TechEd US and EMEA
I'm going to be presenting at TechEd US and EMEA. I'll post my session titles and descriptions up in...
Author: ArpanS Date: 03/28/2005
SharePoint Online Training
You can do SharePoint Products and Technologies Hands on Labs online....
Author: ArpanS Date: 03/22/2005
SharePoint/CMS Demos
As of right now any Microsoft Certified Partner can request a license of Migration Manager from...
Author: ArpanS Date: 03/10/2005
SharePoint Partners
Over the past week, I met two partners. One while I was in Boston and the other today in Redmond. In...
Author: ArpanS Date: 03/03/2005
Fate
I spent this weekend with family and friends. This weekend marked the 1-year death anniversary of a...
Author: ArpanS Date: 02/27/2005
SharePoint SDK and Whitepapers
Randall Isenhour's team is doing some great work at Microsoft for SharePoint developers. Check out...
Author: ArpanS Date: 02/11/2005
The cost of software
As I suspected, some folks (based on feedback on the blog and email to me), made some points about...
Author: ArpanS Date: 01/15/2005
SharePoint Portal Server Extranet Whitepaper released
Still on vacation (get back to work on Monday), but had to post some very important news: SharePoint...
Author: ArpanS Date: 01/13/2005
Indian Vacation
I'm in India right now on vacation visiting extended family and friends. I've been here since the...
Author: ArpanS Date: 12/27/2004
SharePoint Extranet Solutions
Yes. You can deploy SharePoint solutions on the Extranet. I know several small and large customers...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/24/2004
SharePoint MSDN RSS Feed
We hosted an Architect Portals Bootcamp last week in the Seattle area. I was impressed with the...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/24/2004
Some new content
Over the last few weeks, Microsoft has released some very useful content. Two rather highly...
Author: ArpanS Date: 11/02/2004
The curse is reversed?
It was the 9th inning. The Red Sox were up. I still remember that night. My friends were at my house...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/20/2004
Go Red Sox!
Ok. So I'm not a big baseball fan. But when it comes to the Red Sox against the Yankees, it's Red...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/19/2004
CMS at my Alma Matter
I'm not sure how many people know, but MIT uses CMS to manage its courses online. A few years ago,...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/18/2004
Using the word SharePoint
If you say SharePoint 2003, my respected colleague down the hall from me, Mike Fitzmaurice, won't be...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/16/2004
Integration with SharePoint Products and Technologies
If you have existing investments, you should use them. From an infrastructure standpoint it's always...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/12/2004