Find here Microsoft IT's early adopter experiences, best experiences, and lessons learned from our own deployments of SharePoint Server within our global enterprise. By leveraging our best practices, you can make decisions about how best to plan for, deploy, and manage Microsoft solutions in your own environment.

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SharePoint Server 2010
SharePoint Server 2007

SharePoint Server 2010

• Architecting a Global Human Resources System Using SharePoint, Azure, & Duet
• Building the Next Generation Intranet Using SharePoint 2010
• Collaborating with SharePoint Server 2010 Get Started
• Consolidating and Sharing Business Intelligence Reports for Finance (TechNet Radio)
• Consolidating and Sharing Business Intelligence Reports for Finance (Video)
• Consumerization of IT
• Creating BI Dashboards Using SharePoint 2010 Without Programming
• Creating Scorecards to Report Organizational Rhythm of Business
• Customizing the User Experience with FAST Search
• Deploying FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
• Enabling Managed Metadata for Information Discovery at Microsoft
• Enabling Self Service BI from EDW using SharePoint 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2
• Facilitating Employee Rewards Management at Microsoft
• How Microsoft Built Its Internal Social Video Platform
• How Microsoft is Becoming a Social Enterprise
• How Microsoft IT Enables Office Web Applications in SharePoint 2010
• How Microsoft IT is Moving to the Cloud to Meet and Exceed the Needs of the Business
• How Microsoft IT Manages Project and Portfolio Management
• Implementing Social Computing at Microsoft
• Initial Best Practices & Lessons Learned from Microsoft IT's SharePoint 2010 Upgrade
• Interactive Web Technologies Deliver Financial Message to Investors and Analysts
• An Inside Look at Finance at Microsoft: Leveraging Technology
• IT Showcase On: Business Intelligence (BI)
• IT Showcase On: Microsoft SharePoint
• Managing a Parallel Upgrade to SharePoint 2010
• Measuring and Driving Microsoft IT Using Microsoft BI Solutions
• Microsoft IT CIO Office Scorecards – Delivering Dashboards from KPI Catalog to the Masses (IT Pro Webcast)
• Microsoft IT CIO Office Scorecards – Delivering Dashboards from KPI Catalog to the Masses (Video)
• Migrating to SharePoint 2010
• New FAST Search Solution Speeds Retrieval of Relevant BI Data
• The Power of ECM2: Enterprise Content Management Using SharePoint 2010
• Server Virtualization
• SharePoint 2010 Governance and Life Cycle Management
• Using Excel Services to Improve Financial Data Retrieval Performance

SharePoint Server 2007

• 2007 Microsoft Office System Service Management
• Centralizing and Sharing Business Intelligence
• CIO Scorecard Fosters Strategic Performance Management Culture
• Creating Effective Enterprise Portals by Using SharePoint Server 2007
• Data administration of Business Rules Providing A Great Connected Systems Experience
• Delivering a Comprehensive Self Service Customer Engagement Portal
• Enabling Information Security through HBI Information Classification
• How Microsoft IT Designs and Creates Enterprise Publishing Portals Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
• How Microsoft IT Scaled Enterprise Services by Standardizing Business Processes and Integrating a Global Tools Platform
• Improved Business Analytics Solution Enables Faster Decision Making
• Improving an IT Self-Help Portal User Experience
• Improve Productivity and Communication Using Office SharePoint Server 2007
• Improving Proposal Processes at Microsoft
• Managing Information Exchange Agreements based on Microsoft Office System Technologies
• Microsoft Consolidated Business Intelligence Portal Lowers Costs
• Microsoft IT Design Patterns used to Deliver Agile Business Intelligence Solutions for Microsoft Executives
• Microsoft IT Designs Re-Usable MOSS 2007 Solution Building Blocks for Microsoft Internal Portals
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Hosting
• Migrating from SharePoint 2003 to SharePoint Server 2007
• MS IT Enterprise SharePoint Performance and Optimization
• Physical Security at Microsoft
• Securing Business Workflows and Networks for Partners
• Streamlined, Customized Workflow Demonstrates Power and Flexibility of Development Platform
• Supply Chain Management Platform Supports Seamless Partner Collaboration