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Sharing news and tips about SharePoint and related technologies. If you know what you are looking for, head to Resources where all content (internal and external) is organised by category and topic. Resources is also home to the SharePoint handbooks (reference guides). For latest published news and articles, visit the Blog. Can’t find what you need? Post a question to the Q & A forum.

Please note (disclaimer): This site is for information purposes only. No warranties or guarantees are made regarding accuracy of its content or links to external sites. Use at your own risk.

Who is the site for?

Anyone who wants to find out about what SharePoint and friends can and cannot do. Content is focused on what’s possible ‘out of the box’ or with minimal customisation, targeting business and IT/project teams responsible for evaluating or getting the most out of SharePoint.

Why isn’t this site running on SharePoint?

An excellent question, it is wise to use the products you talk about. SharePoint software is designed for groups and organisations. This is an individual web site with a few pages and a blog. Contrary to what the fan club might say, SharePoint is not the answer to everything! This site takes an unbiased look at what it can and cannot do…

…on the other hand, Services includes an extranet that does run on SharePoint

SharePoint Trivia

The site logo highlights the capital letters of SharePoint.Sharon: SPS. The first two versions of SharePoint were known as SharePoint Portal Server, shortened to SPS. The third version has been called MOSS (short for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server). The latest version has dropped the Office tag and is simply SharePoint (at last!)

The home page picture is lake Tahoe, the first codename for SharePoint. The lesser known 2nd and 3rd codenames were Matrix and Helix. Both disappeared when SharePoint joined Office and its duller codenames: Office 11 (SPS 2003), Office 12 (MOSS 2007) and Office 14 (SP 2010). No Office 13 – someone at MS is superstitious…