Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies: 20/25th Anniversary Celebration

Some History

• History of Data Storage:
• Today is the 25th Anniversary of the Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001 (“Tahoe”) RC1 Release
• SharePoint Portal Server 2001 (“Tahoe”) ran on top of the Exchange Server 2000 Web Storage System …but only for that initial release.
• Co-released with “Tahoe” was Windows SharePoint Services (WSS), a free downloadable component of Windows Server 2000, that used SQL Server for its document and metadata store.
• SharePoint Server subsequently migrated to use WSS as its “kernel” for the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2003 release.
• As an internal Microsoft Consulting Services EC3 consultant, I worked for the SharePoint product group with the responsibility for developer, partner, and MS field readiness.
• Very interesting/heady times back then for storage.
• To read more, check out:
  • https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6781414485497405441/
  • https://hyperonomy.com/2021/03/26/microsoft-sharepoint-products-and-technologies-20th-anniversary-celebration/

Microsoft “Tahoe” Airlift and RC1 Announcements – Jan. 5, 2001

Jan. 25, 2001. This week is the 25th anniversary of our first SharePoint Field Technical Readiness Conference at Microsoft, a week-long event, a key component of the launch of SharePoint Technologies and Services, where we trained the very first cohort of 700 #MCS and partner consultants on SharePoint Portal Server 2001 install/config/operations, #webparts, Web Storage System architecture/development, Search, Windows SharePoint Services, …

I was the speaker manager, content manager, and a speaker. I spent about a quarter of my life devoted to SharePoint 🙂 It helped me buy my first ranch.

Jeff Teper (with some help 😉) has personally made a billion people’s lives better with #SharePoint over the years …including mine.🙂

“SharePoint, the fastest growing product at Microsoft …fastest MS product to achieve USD$1 billion in total revenue.”

“SharePoint had competing products but no competitive products.”

“Those were the days…”,

Thank you Jeff, Gytis M. Barzdukas and Adam Rosenblatt and the rest of the PG 🙂

• https://news.microsoft.com/2001/01/08/microsoft-announces-branding-and-rc1-availability-of-tahoe-server/
• https://searchtools.com/tools/sharepoint.html

Microsoft Products and Technologies Whitepapers I Wrote

Client: Microsoft Corporation SharePoint Product Group / Microsoft IT Showcase

• Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003: Document Library Migration Tools (online product help) (20 pages)
• Microsoft Web Enterprise Portal: Deploying Microsoft’s Enterprise Intranet Portal Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (34 pages)
• Microsoft Web Enterprise Portal: Deploying Microsoft’s Enterprise Intranet Portal Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (presentation) (25 slides)
• Deploying SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Shared Services at Microsoft (33 pages)
• Deploying SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Shared Services at Microsoft (presentation) (35 slides)
• Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Advanced Migration Scenarios (16 pages)
• Migrating from SharePoint Team Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2001 to Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies (saved HTML page) (17 pages)
• Managing SharePoint Products and Technologies Performance at Microsoft (24 pages)
• Appendix A – SharePoint Report Tool (SPReport) (6 pages)
• Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services: Content Migration Strategies and Solutions (30 pages)
• Creating Just-In-Time Business Solutions with Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 (50 pages)
• Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Evaluation Guide (65 pages)
• Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007: Evaluation Guide (114 pages)
• Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007: Evaluation Guide (2nd edition) (126 pages)
• Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Evaluation Guide (2nd edition) (74 pages)

Exchange 2000 Web Storage System Articles I Wrote

• Developing Microsoft .NET collaboration solutions (Microsoft Exchange Server .NET Strategy Whitepaper)
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/msdn-magazine/2000/july/exchange-2000-web-storage-system-workflow-tools-and-cdo-turbocharge-collaboration-apps
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/msdn-magazine/2001/may/exchange-2000-wss-web-storage-system-improves-exchange-data-accessibility
• https://gilbane.com/2000/10/microsoft-exchange-2000-tahoe-beta-available/
• https://www.computerworld.com/article/2800650/microsoft-to-highlight-collaboration-at-conference.html

Outlook 10 Drops Support for the Local Web Storage System Articles

• https://www.itprotoday.com/storage/microsoft-omits-local-web-storage-system-and-office-designer-office-10
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-cuts-two-office-10-features/
• https://redmondmag.com/articles/2000/10/09/developer-tool-leverages-exchange-2000-tahoe-office-10.aspx?m=1
• https://www.eweek.com/development/microsoft-trims-office-10-features-list/