Host Kirk Evans talks with Jeff Becraft from AT&T Hosting & Application Services about the hosting services that AT&T provides, why customers should take a serious look at hosting in the cloud, and what features of SharePoint 2010 interest him as a hosting provider.  We had a great time at the SharePoint Conference 2009, and @JeffBecraft demonstrated his…[more ]

Host Kirk Evans talks with Arpan Shah, Director for SharePoint at Microsoft.  In this interview, we discuss a bit of web content management and using SharePoint 2010 for public facing internet sites.  We talk about the implications of Azure for storage, and discuss the developer features that were announced this week.  I had a great time doing this interview, I hope you enjoy it![more ]

Kirk Evans interviews Tom Rizzo, Senior Director for SharePoint.  In this interview, we discuss some of the announcements that were made in the keynote, options for hosting on premise or in the cloud, and we discuss SharePoint 2010 and the roadmap for .NET 4.[more ]

Host Kirk Evans talks with Tom Resing about using the Business Data Catalog in SharePoint 2007.  Tom has been doing some very interesting work with the BDC, including surfacing geocoded data through BDC.  Tom is also organizing the SharePoint Saturday San Antonio event to be held Saturday, November 14th 2009 in San Antonio, Texas.  This is a free event, you should check it out (especially since I will be presenting there on the new Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010!)[more ]

Host Kirk Evans talks with Rackspace SharePoint Architect Jeff Deverter.  I had my first experience with Rackspace seeking a quote for hosting a SharePoint solution, and I was blown away by their customer service and depth of knowledge.  I had to find out more about this awesome company and the folks behind it.  I met Jeff at SharePoint Saturday Dallas, he is a very entertaining and knowledgeable speaker.  If y…[more ]

Host Kirk Evans talks with the SharePoint Cowboy, SharePoint MVP Eric Shupps.  In this interview, Eric discusses the use of SharePoint as an application platform and we discuss the use of TDD within application frameworks.  We also discuss how Visual Studio 2010 and its SharePoint integration will significantly lower the bar for developers starting out with SharePoint.  [more ]

Join us at The Water Cooler as host Kirk Evans interviews SharePoint MVP Shane Young.  In this episode, we learn about the choices admins make when installing SharePoint, we hear several tips on how to increase performance, and we subject you to a really bad cow joke.[more ]

In our first episode of The Water Cooler show, host Kirk Evans interviews Doug Ware and Brendon Schwartz.  We discuss the question, "Does every SharePoint installation require a developer?"  [more ]

Our first episode of The Water Cooler Demo show, focused on all things Office related.  In this episode, Kirk Evans demonstrates how to create a SharePoint state machine workflow using Visual Studio 2008 that accomodates escalations and timeouts.  [more ]

Come take a peek as we wrap up the day at SharePoint Saturday Dallas, and check out the activity on Twitter at http://search.twitter.com/search?q=spsdallas.[more ]