About

Introduction

With the (recent) launch of SharePoint 2010, there is a lot of information being put forward, by Microsoft, independent bloggers, developers and so forth.

This blog will attempt to ignore most of the hype, and focus on the under-lying core of SharePoint.

SharePoint Root

From a developer and IT Pro perspective, the term "12 Hive" has probably become familiar to most.  This is a ‘nickname’ for the installation files that SharePoint comprises of  – or to be specific :

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14

This is now to be referred to as "SharePoint Root".   Instead of "13 Hive" – or "14 Hive" as it would otherwise have been.

Goals & Plans

This blog/site is to be a place for my samples of code, snippets of knowledge, and a whole bunch of other knowledge-sharing to come – most of which I haven’t even thought of, or discovered yet.

While that is true of SharePoint 2010, there are many organisations who are beginning with SharePoint 2007, and this will be a platform in use for many years to come.  And so, this blog/site will also talk more deeply into SharePoint 2007 – it’s not going away just yet !

Welcome

…. and good luck with YOUR SharePoint journey.

If I’ve been able to help, and you like what you see, or have comments, questions or ideas to discuss, please email me :  info@sharepointroot.com

You can contact me via Twitter as well – @grumpywookie.

Employed as a “senior consultant”, working for a Microsoft Gold Partner (OBS) located in Melbourne, Australia.

• OBS are always on the lookout for good SharePoint developers – let me know if you’re interested.

My current work includes a number of SharePoint related projects, and associated developer tasks.  This originated with SharePoint 2003, and the first BETA of SharePoint 2007 – before many (MANY) implementations of MOSS & WSS.  Have recently been starting up some new projects SharePoint 2010.

Recent projects have included an intranet for an electricity provider, and a number of ‘publishing’ site for local government :  www.melbourne.vic.gov.au and www.thatsmelbourne.com.au.

Being a developer, I’ve had a lot of experience with C#, HTML, JavaScript, CSS – and other ASP.NET "stuff".  

And been working flat out to master the new SharePoint API – and uncover the various jQuery, and Silverlight code bits.   And the ASCX controls – and more !

The SharePoint community is a great bunch of people – you can usually catch me at one of the local user group events (MOSSIG) – and conferences such as SharePoint Saturday, Tech.Ed or Sydney SharePoint Conference.  I’m often presenting, and been on the ‘ask-the-experts’ panel (TechEd).    AND – I’ve recently been awarded as SharePoint MVP.   

Certifications

Affiliates

• Microsoft Project Server (Enterprise Project Management) : EPM Source
• Microsoft Office System Special Interest Group (aka SharePoint User Group) : MOSSIG
• Personal blog (family, mountain biking, music, tech+nerd) : Grumpy Wookie