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Shawn is the founder of Consejo, Inc., a consultancy that specializes in web-based applications, employee and partner portals, as well as enterprise content management. Author of Microsoft Content Management Server 2002: A Complete Guide, Shawn covers SharePoint for The Real Story Group.

Shawn's Advisory Papers and Webinars

  • You must be subscribed to this research stream A SharePoint Licensing Primer
  • You must be subscribed to this research stream What's so special about SharePoint?
  • You must be subscribed to this research stream Options for Search in SharePoint 2010: A First Look
  • You must be subscribed to this research stream SharePoint 2010: Pros and Cons for the Enterprise

Shawn's Recent Posts

  • SharePoint and cloud - ready or not... - 10-Oct-2011
  • SPC11 Wrap Up - the SharePoint freight train - 7-Oct-2011
  • SharePoint Conference Day One - steady as she goes - 4-Oct-2011
  • SharePoint Licensing Mysticism Explained - 25-Aug-2011
  • When a SharePoint Cloud is all puffery - 25-Aug-2010
  • Office 2010 and SharePoint 2007 - Not Perfect Together - 7-Jul-2010
  • Does SharePoint Cause Information Management Problems? - 1-Jul-2010
  • Is SharePoint too big for its own good? - 1-Jun-2010
  • SharePoint ecosystem jumping on 2010 bandwagon - 20-May-2010
  • SharePoint ecosystem extends to SaaS - 17-Feb-2010
  • Google vs. SharePoint can be Apples vs. Oranges - 12-Jan-2010
  • Eight Pros and Eight Cons to SharePoint 2010 - 29-Oct-2009
  • Google takes page from Microsoft playbook - 28-Oct-2009
  • SharePoint Conference 2009 - 13-Oct-2009
  • Old Software Never Dies -- SurfRay Releases Ontolica 4.0 - 14-Sep-2009
  • Be wary of self-described SharePoint killers - 31-Aug-2009
  • SharePoint 2010 has new pillars - 16-Jul-2009
  • Will the success of SharePoint 2007 keep 2010 from leaving the station? - 29-Jun-2009
  • Microsoft finally uses SharePoint on its own public site - 21-May-2009
  • Evaluating SharePoint for larger enterprises - 11-May-2009
  • SharePoint 2010: Still confused? - 16-Apr-2009
  • SharePoint Designer is no free lunch - 6-Apr-2009
  • SharePoint and Microsoft's new cloud announcement - 4-Mar-2009
  • CMIS and SharePoint - Making it Real - 4-Feb-2009
  • SharePoint - The Henry Ford of Business Intelligence? - 30-Jan-2009
  • Updated Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint - 16-Jan-2009
  • SharePoint and 3rd Party Add-ons - 26-Nov-2008
  • More on the SharePoint Service Pack - 28-Oct-2008
  • Microsoft SharePoint and the CMIS standard - 16-Sep-2008
  • Small step towards addressing SharePoint's replication problem - 29-Aug-2008
  • Ongoing confusion in the land of MS search technology - 1-Aug-2008
  • Confusing enterprise agreements and enterprise licenses in SharePoint - 25-Jul-2008
  • Infrastructure Updates for SharePoint - 18-Jul-2008
  • Understanding SharePoint through historical markers - 17-Jul-2008
  • Is SharePoint the end of (portal) history? - 16-Jun-2008
  • Microsoft Releases Latest SharePoint Extensions and Improves Developer Experience - 6-Jun-2008
  • Talking SharePoint at the Enterprise-3 Conference - 23-May-2008
  • Thoughts on SharePoint and FAST Search - 25-Apr-2008
  • SharePoint vs. Exchange Public Folders - 1-Apr-2008
  • SharePoint Conference: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue - 10-Mar-2008

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