First and foremost, this blog is not going away. I won't be contributing here after this post. All new posts will be on http://www.sharepointjoel.com . My RSS feed has been updated automatically. If this is the last post you've gotten, then you need...

I'm so jazzed about my upcoming trip. I wanted to share just a bit of my travel plans, and give a shout out to the user groups as well as call out the sessions I'll be speaking at. Hope you enjoy some points of interest on my upcoming trip. Hope to see...

I don't know if you've ever seen a blog with a little drop down with "translate" in it . I saw one today by following some track backs to others that were in job changes the choose your own adventure post was a great analogy. I must admit I was so surprised...

I really don't like the term end user. Sounds like it's over. It's the end. Client or Cutomer is nicer, but client sounds like an application and customer sounds like a business. Information worker sounds like they must be smart (that's not so bad), and...

Oh, the opportunities with SharePoint. Oh the places I’ll go! I have a lot to thank Microsoft and SharePoint. It’s was one of the hardest, but best decisions I ever made taking a pay cut to come work for Microsoft, and moving my family from Plano ...

With the SharePoint Conference there are a number of new partners in the SharePoint space with more coming every day. How do you keep them straight? How do you know if they are going to treat you well? I've been thinking I need to put together a litmus...

I twisted Mike Watson's arm to let me blog some of his recent time tests on backup. I thought the data was an interesting reference . Emphasis is purposefully placed on reference. Your numbers will sure to vary. Data Protection Manager 2007: 100MB...

This is a SharePoint blog, so let me give you my top 10 reasons why a SharePoint Administrator would want to upgrade their SQL environment at RTM. (I say RTM since the SharePoint team plans to support SQL 2008 at it's RTM release.) I also look at this...

Beyond the 10 or so customer meetings I had, 6 or so partner meetings, and 2 analyst meetings, I did find some time to attend some social events that were a lot of fun. If you're looking for my decks or notes on the keynote and announcements I posted...

We've been preparing for this conference since since the fall and oh, was it worth it. I had a blast! Not only with the sessions, parties, but simply hanging out with 3900+ incredibly cool people (with 500 on the waiting list) and taking about our passion...