Introduction

An Analyst Writing a Book on SharePoint?

MY DAY JOB IS running an industry analyst firm. Industry analysts look at what is happening with vendors and products at the level of the industry as a whole, instead of being worried about the messiness of individual situations. Analysts look for trends.

One of the trends I have been watching is the emergence of Microsoft SharePoint as a major force in multiple industries. The collaboration strategy of Microsoft in the late 1990s was centered on Microsoft Exchange Server, but with the dawn of a new millennium, Microsoft started to position SharePoint to take a far greater role. As the years have passed and the versions of SharePoint have ticked over, SharePoint has become increasingly central ...

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