Tell us who you are?
My name is Evren Ayan, I am an active blogger and Regional Evangelist of ISPA (International Sharepoint Professionals Association) since 2008. I’m currently working as Solution Architect for Ceviz Information Technologies. My areas of expertise include portal and collaboration solutions, architectural solutions and related technologies.

Tell us about your MVP history, whenwere you first awarded?
I have been awarded MVP title in 2005. Until 2006 my MVP technical expertise was XML Web Services. In 2007 I was awarded the MVP title for Connected System Developer until the end of 2008. In 2009 my MVP technical expertise was Windows Sharepoint Services:Architecture which I still hold. During my MVP history I have written a lot of articles and presented seminars for well-known local software communities like

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Saifullah Shafiq, SharePoint MVP has published a new SharePoint book called “SharePoint 2007 Tips, tricks and techniques“. He have been writing technical programming articles/tutorials since 1999. His technical articles have been published on 62 different programming related web sites. He is also the founder of SharePoint Pakistan User Group, which is the first and only SharePoint related user community in Pakistan. Click here to view MicrosoftFeed interview with Saifullah.

SharePoint is a powerful collaboration platform. It gives users power to implement content management and search solutions. It helps in information sharing. SharePoint can be used to create sites quickly, sites that can provide complex business intelligence and records management solutions. This book is a recipe book that gives you ready-to-use recipes to implement complex solutions in your organization. It contains full length articles as well as small tips that will come in handy at some point during your development cycle. SharePoint learning curve is steep; books like these enable you to learn SharePoint quickly. Book contains tons of information on InfoPath. Remember, using InfoPath with SharePoint gives you a powerful platform to create business applications. You can create electronic forms easily with InfoPath and publish them in SharePoint where users from across the organization can easily access them. Browser-enabled forms is another excellent feature that InfoPath 2007 provides. Not only InfoPath but SharePoint integrates well with the Office 2007 suite. The book shows you how you can use products like Groove and OneNote with SharePoint. It also gives you examples on how to use it with Access.

You will find lots of walkthrough exercises in this book that will help you get up to speed with topics like web services, web service deployment and consuming web services. More information about this book is available at http://sharepoint2007tips.com. Users can download free sample chapters from the book site. Book is available in both paperback and ebook editions.

SharePoint Pakistan User Group recently arranged “SharePoint 2010 Community Launch” at University of Central Punjab, Lahore. During the event the speakers covered latest technologies like Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010, ASP.NET 4, ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio Team System and provided real world guidance on Developing Application on top of SharePoint 2007, ASP.NET, Exploring Implementation and Integration scenarios and getting ready for SharePoint 2010.

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SharePoint Pakistan User Group is arranging a “SharePoint 2010 Community Launch” that will be held on 5th of December, 2009 at University of Central Punjab, Lahore. Technical Communities play very important role in helping developers stay in touch with other developers, learn latest technologies and getting solutions to the problems they are facing in the their working environments This event will help reigniting the communities in Lahore as well as help restructuring SharePoint Pakistan User Group and related Microsoft User Groups.

The event will exclusively disclose the latest technologies like Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010, ASP.NET 4, ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio Team System and while providing real world guidance on Developing Application on top of SharePoint 2007, ASP.NET, Exploring Implementation and Integration scenarios and getting ready for SharePoint 2010.

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Tell us who you are?

My name is Saifullah Shafiq. I am a SharePoint Server MVP. I am a SharePoint consultant and author. I have been writing technical programming articles/tutorials since 1999. My technical articles have been published on 62 different programming related web sites. I have also written for magazines, both paper-based and online. I am founder of SharePoint Pakistan User Group, which is the first and only SharePoint related user community in Pakistan. We started this group in 2006. Currently it has over 450 members.

Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I got my first MVP award in 2007. I got renewed in 2008 and 2009. It felt really good to be honored with an award. I have been doing volunteer work since 1999 but this was the first time I was recognized by the Microsoft for my community work. There were only a handful of MVPs in Pakistan in 2006. The most prominent were Saqib Ilyas, Adnan Hashmi and Hammad Rajoub.

What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies?
I read books and blogs to keep myself up to date. Technical blogs are an excellent way of keeping oneself up to date. I also attend conferences and technical events.

What does being an MVP mean to you?
It’s an honor. It keeps me motivated. Honestly speaking, it’s not easy to be an MVP. It requires lot of hard work and commitment on your part. You don’t do it for money. You do it as a passion, to help the community. Many people ask me these questions. How do you become an MVP? Is it easy? Is it difficult? I tell them it’s all hard work and your love for the community. You share your knowledge with the community. You help them by answering their technical questions. You have to spend time.

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