SharePoint Server

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SharePoint Server 15
SharePoint Server 2010
SharePoint Server 2007

SharePoint Server 15

• Microsoft IT Builds a Field Dashboard to Improve Business and Marketing Operations (Published May 07, 2013)
• Microsoft IT Inspires Employee Software Adoption Using Marketing Principles (Published April 2, 2013)
• Best Practices: How Microsoft IT Managed Enterprise Social Platform Adoption (Video published June 22, 2012)
• Enhance Enterprise Efficiency and Productivity with Intranet Shared Services (Video published June 22, 2012)

SharePoint Server 2010

• Microsoft IT Inspires Employee Software Adoption Using Marketing Principles (Published April 2, 2013)
• Consumerization of IT within Microsoft (Updated February 18, 2013)
• SharePoint 2010 Document Libraries Improve Technical Support (Published August 16, 2012)
• Enterprise vs. Public Web 2.0: Microblogging to Encourage Internal Business Socialization (Video published June 22, 2012)
• OfficeTalk: From Garage Project to Enterprise Ready (Published June 06, 2012)
• Collaborating with SharePoint Server 2010 Get Started (Published March 30, 2012)
• Deploying FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (Published February 29, 2012)
• IT Showcase On: Business Intelligence (BI) (Published December 12, 2011)
• Consolidating and Sharing Business Intelligence Reports for Finance (TechNet Radio published November 22, 2011)
• How Microsoft IT is Moving to the Cloud to Meet and Exceed the Needs of the Business (Video published July 01, 2011)
• Using Excel Services to Improve Financial Data Retrieval Performance (Published October 20, 2011)
• Enabling Self Service BI from EDW using SharePoint 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2 (Updated October 04, 2011)
• Measuring and Driving Microsoft IT Using Microsoft BI Solutions (Published September 30, 2011)
• Consolidating and Sharing Business Intelligence Reports for Finance (Video published July 01, 2011)
• SharePoint 2010 Governance and Life Cycle Management (Updated July 01, 2011)
• How Microsoft IT Manages Project and Portfolio Management (Published June 30, 2011)
• Interactive Web Technologies Deliver Financial Message to Investors and Analysts (Published June 10, 2011)
• Microsoft IT Leverages its Compute Service to Virtualize SharePoint 2010 (Published June 09, 2011)
• How Microsoft Built Its Internal Social Video Platform (Published May 24, 2011)
• IT Showcase On: Microsoft SharePoint (Published May 13, 2011)
• New FAST Search Solution Speeds Retrieval of Relevant BI Data (Published May 09, 2011)
• How Microsoft is Becoming a Social Enterprise (Published May 05, 2011)
• Migrating to SharePoint 2010 (Published May 05, 2011)
• Building the Next Generation Intranet Using SharePoint 2010 (Published May 04, 2011)
• Microsoft IT CIO Office Scorecards – Delivering Dashboards from KPI Catalog to the Masses (Video published May 04, 2011)
• An Inside Look at Finance at Microsoft: Leveraging Technology (Published April 07, 2011)
• Enabling Managed Metadata for Information Discovery at Microsoft (Published April 07, 2011)
• Creating Scorecards to Report Organizational Rhythm of Business (Published April 01, 2011)
• Microsoft IT CIO Office Scorecards – Delivering Dashboards from KPI Catalog to the Masses (IT Pro Webcast published March 22, 2011)
• Architecting a Global Human Resources System Using SharePoint, Azure, & Duet (Published February 03, 2011)
• Customizing the User Experience with FAST Search (Published January 11, 2011)
• Initial Best Practices & Lessons Learned from Microsoft IT's SharePoint 2010 Upgrade (Published January 11, 2011)
• Managing a Parallel Upgrade to SharePoint 2010 (Published January 11, 2011)
• Facilitating Employee Rewards Management at Microsoft (Published November 12, 2010)
• Creating BI Dashboards Using SharePoint 2010 Without Programming (Published October 22, 2010)
• The Power of ECM2: Enterprise Content Management Using SharePoint 2010 (Published June 16, 2010)
• How Microsoft IT Enables Office Web Applications in SharePoint 2010 (Published June 11, 2010)

SharePoint Server 2007

• Microsoft IT Inspires Employee Software Adoption Using Marketing Principles (Published April 2, 2013)
• Centralizing and Sharing Business Intelligence (Updated February 09, 2010)
• Enabling Information Security through HBI Information Classification (Updated January 14, 2010)
• Microsoft Consolidated Business Intelligence Portal Lowers Costs (Updated November 24, 2009)
• Data administration of Business Rules Providing A Great Connected Systems Experience (Published November 09, 2009)
• CIO Scorecard Fosters Strategic Performance Management Culture (Updated September 11, 2009)
• Delivering a Comprehensive Self Service Customer Engagement Portal (Published July 01, 2009)
• Supply Chain Management Platform Supports Seamless Partner Collaboration (Published June 25, 2009)
• How Microsoft IT Designs and Creates Enterprise Publishing Portals Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Published June 08, 2009)
• How Microsoft IT Scaled Enterprise Services by Standardizing Business Processes and Integrating a Global Tools Platform (Published June 08, 2009)
• Securing Business Workflows and Networks for Partners (Updated April 02, 2009)
• Microsoft IT Design Patterns used to Deliver Agile Business Intelligence Solutions for Microsoft Executives (Published November 19, 2008)
• Microsoft IT Designs Re-Usable MOSS 2007 Solution Building Blocks for Microsoft Internal Portals (Published November 19, 2008)
• Migrating from SharePoint 2003 to SharePoint Server 2007 (Published November 18, 2008)
• MS IT Enterprise SharePoint Performance and Optimization (Published September 10, 2008)
• Improved Business Analytics Solution Enables Faster Decision Making (Updated August 29, 2008)
• Physical Security at Microsoft (Updated July 31, 2008)
• Creating Effective Enterprise Portals by Using SharePoint Server 2007 (Published January 25, 2008)
• Streamlined, Customized Workflow Demonstrates Power and Flexibility of Development Platform (Updated January 02, 2008)
• Improving Proposal Processes at Microsoft (Updated November 15, 2007)
• Managing Information Exchange Agreements based on Microsoft Office System Technologies (Published July 18, 2007)
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Hosting (Updated May 25, 2007)
• 2007 Microsoft Office System Service Management (Published January 31, 2007)
• Improve Productivity and Communication Using Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Published January 31, 2007)
• Improving an IT Self-Help Portal User Experience (Published September 19, 2006)