The Evolution of SharePoint from two Pet Projects to a Multi-Company Ecosystem

Posted: Jan 31, 2010 at 2:15 AM
By: Matthijs Hoekstra
Avg Rating: 5

(1)
7,619 Views
reddit

Tweet

52 minutes, 6 seconds

format
< > embed
+ queue

Sign In first to access your queue.
Close

Sorry, video was not added to the queue, an error occurred. Please Contact Us and let us know.
Close

Embed code for this video

Copy the code above to embed our video on your website/blog.

Video format

Option selected may change based on video formats available and browser capability.

Auto
Use our suggested format for this video.
Smooth Streaming
Adaptive bitrate streaming - little buffering but lower video quality at times of low bandwidth. Silverlight 5 required
Progressive
Traditional buffered video format. Silverlight 5 required
HTML5
For browsers that support H.264 MP4 or WebM video playback such as:
IE9+, Firefox 4+, Chrome 5+, or Safari 4+.
Flash
For browsers that have the Adobe Flash Player plugin installed.

Download

Right click “Save as…”

WMV (WMV Video)

File size
972.1 MB
MP3 (Audio only)

File size
23.9 MB
MP4 (iPod, Zune HD)

File size
206.4 MB
Mid Quality WMV (Lo-band, Mobile)

File size
262.1 MB

This is the story of SharePoint told by former MS employee Mike Fitzmaurice who worked on every version of SharePoint, even before we called it SharePoint. Where did we start with SharePoint, how and why did we get to the point where SharePoint 2010 is today. Not just a product from Microsoft, but a great platform, the centre of the universe with a huge partner ecosystem.

And only Mike would tell this in front of 700 people wearing a kilt:)

Btw, the t-shirt he is wearing is from the very first SharePoint conference in 2003 (200 attendees). It's from the World Web Part Federation Smackdown event!

This was the keynote of the SharePoint Connections 2010 Event in Amsterdam in January of 2010. Search for the spc10 keyword for the rest of the sessions.

Follow the Discussion

Follow
Oops, something didn't work.

Try again?

Sign In to be begin to follow these comments

What does this mean?
Following an item on Channel 9 allows you to watch for new content and comments that you are interested in. You need to be signed in to Channel 9 to use this feature.

Getting "follow" information

Stop following these comments

Start following these comments

What does this mean?
Following an item on Channel 9 allows you to watch for new content and comments that you are interested in and view them all on your notifications page.

Removing your "follow"

Setting up your "follow"

Did you know you can
sign up for email notifications?
- Subscribe to this comments

Comments Closed

Comments have been closed since this content was published more than 30 days ago, but if you'd like to continue the conversation, please create a new thread in our Forums,
or Contact Us and let us know.