With the whirlwind of activity surrounding the recent release of our new book, Office SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices, as well as the time it took to write it, I haven't been able to blog much lately. But now that the book is out, and I have my presentations prepared to the upcoming 1st Annual SharePoint Best Practices Conference, I'm ready to get back to blogging and contributing to the community online.
I'd like to thank all my friends at Mindsharp, Microsoft, and Chevron for all your support over the past 2 years. Working within the SharePoint community has and continues to be very rewarding. Having been approached recently by my friends from Microsoft regarding my interest in becoming a SharePoint MVP, I wanted to craft this post as a means of providing a brief rundown of what all I have been up too, and what I have planned for the remainder of the year.
In the past two years, I have been involved in the following major projects and presentations:
- Technical Development Lead, SharePoint Service, Chevron (One of the largest Office SharePoint Server 2007 deployments)
- Contributing Author, Office SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices, Microsoft Press (Curry & English, 2008)
- Houston SharePoint Users Group, Chevron Project Lessons Learned (Q&A Panel)
- Mindsharp Blogs (when and where I could from a IP standpoint and while writing the book with Ben and Bill)
My planned community involvement for the remainder of the year (so far):
- Presenting 3 Sessions at the 1st Annual SharePoint Best Practices Conference in Washington DC
o Developing an Information Architecture
o Optimizing Information Security (IT Pro)
o Team Development for Delivering Complex SharePoint Projects
- In the scheduling stage to deliver the last of the above three presentations for the following user groups:
o Chevron SharePoint Users Community
o Phoenix SharePoint Users Group
o Houston SharePoint Users Group
I’m also in the process of looking for some opportunities and contacts regarding additional opportunities at conferences, radio shows, podcasts, and publications. My focus through the end of the year will be on team development for SharePoint, with a specific focus on how a team can leverage MSF, ALM, and VSTS to lay the foundation needed for delivering successful project and product/service outcomes.
If anyone has any ideas, thoughts, or feedback, please feel free to reach out to me via email: mark@solutionsmark.com