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Not only is SharePoint 2007 alive and kicking, but so is this blog!

Allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Miguel Wood and I am responsible for all things SharePoint here at Interface.  As for my background, I've been working professionally with computer systems since 1984, with a small hiatus during my time with the U.S. Army eating snakes and jumping out of flying vehicles (planes and helicopters) around the world.  My background is primarily consulting, having worked for Sapient Corporation, as well as starting and running my own successful companies.  I attended Louisiana State University (LSU) majoring in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering and minoring in Math and Computer Science. 

My SharePoint experience began in Beta 1 and Beta 2 of the 2003 release (WSS 2.0 and SPS 2003) of SharePoint Products and Technologies.  I architected and implemented deployments of SharePoint in support of Project Server 2003 for several large clients.  In June 2004, Microsoft Global Learning Services (GLS) (now called SMSG) interviewed me to be the primary instructor internally for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies for Microsoft Consuling Services (MCS) and Product Support (PSS).  For the next 16 months, 75% of my time was spent training Microsoft internally from Taiwan to Brazil to all over Europe on SharePoint with the remaining time assisting clients with enterprise implementations of SharePoint Products and Technologies.  I also had the privilege of creating the Microsoft SharePoint Roadshow that was delivered as a Roadshow event.  And, finally, in working with Jason Helmick and Simon Allardice, helped to create the successful SharePoint 2003 (SP200, SP550, and SP650) content used here at Interface.

Along those same lines, we're already fielding questions as to new courseware on the 2007 version of the SharePoint Products and Technologies (Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007).  The new SharePoint 2007 Products and Technologies for Advanced Users course (SP330) course is on the schedule.  For IT Administrators dealing with the planning, implementation and management of SharePoint 2007, courses 5060 (WSS 3.0) and 5061 (MOSS 2007) are also on the schedule.  Finally, we are hard at work on our SharePoint 2007 Developer course.

Having said all of this, what can you expect from this blog?  Obviously, the majority of content found within this blog will relate to SharePoint 2007 and related technologies.  However, I have many other interests, including, but not limited to,  .NET programming, Office System Development, and SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence.

SharePoint 2007 is ALIVE and so is this blog!!!