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Sheila Molnar

Sheila Molnar is a former executive editor, developer content, for SQL Server Pro, DevConnections, System iNEWS, and SharePointPro Connections. Formerly, she managed SDK and IT pro content teams at Microsoft.
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SharePoint 2010's Value for Admins

By Sheila Molnar, 01/06/2011

SharePoint 2010 is widely accepted as an improvement over previous versions of the product. Eric Swift discusses the features that make SharePoint 2010 a success.

Azure: Nothing but Blue Skies From Now On

By Sheila Molnar, 11/01/2010

“O Cloud! O Cloud!” Microsoft is banging the drum, pulling out the stops, and advancing full speed ahead toward the cloud.

Amazing SharePoint 2010 Facts

By Sheila Molnar, 11/01/2010

Eric Swift on SharePoint 2010’s Value for Developers and Admins

By Sheila Molnar, 10/29/2010

In an exclusive interview, Eric Swift, General Manager of SharePoint Product Management at Microsoft, discusses SharePoint 2010—the value for developers and admins, customer ...

The Future of SQL Server: Ted Kummert Looks Ahead

By Sheila Molnar, 10/22/2010

Microsoft’s Ted Kummert provides insight into Microsoft’s plans for the next SQL Server release, the Parallel Data Warehouse Edition, and how he sees SQL Azure and PowerPivot ...

SharePoint Products: New and Enhanced, Fall 2010

By Caroline Marwitz, 10/15/2010

Solutions from balesio, NewsGator, and more.

Data Access: What’s Your Strategy?

By Sheila Molnar, 09/30/2010

What’s your data access strategy? Guest Editor Julia Lerman strongly suggests that Entity Framework, particularly Entity Framework 4, could be in your future.

SharePoint Plays Well with Other Technologies

By Sheila Molnar, 08/30/2010

In this issue of SharePointPro Connections magazine our authors (SharePoint experts all) examine several different technologies, such as Azure and PowerShell, and explore their ...

Aligning Microsoft Development and Design

By Sheila Molnar, 08/27/2010

Developers quite often find they are alone in an organization and tasked with both design and development for an app or website. Designers are increasingly development savvy and ...

SharePoint Vendors Vie for Best of Tech Ed 2010 Awards

By Sheila Molnar, 08/20/2010

There were three very strong contenders for the SharePoint Best of TechEd 2010 Award this year.Congratuations to the winner and finalists.

DevProConnections 2010 Community Choice Awards

By Sheila Molnar, 08/05/2010

It’s that time of year for the DevProConnections Community Choice Awards, (formerly known as the Readers’ Choice Awards)presented by DevProConnections magazine!

Are You Ready for the Cloud and the Consumerization of IT?

By Sheila Molnar, 07/23/2010

At TechEd 2010 Microsoft signaled two zeitgeist-shifting trends—the inevitable restructuring of corporate IT as cloud computing rolls in and the consumerization of IT.

Making Difficult Development Choices

By Sheila Molnar, 06/21/2010

What does it take to say good-bye to a technology that you’re familiar with and that works for you? It’s pretty clear that many developers and most architects love ASP.NET MVC and ...

Developer Vendors Win Best of Tech Ed 2010 Awards

By Sheila Molnar, 06/14/2010

At Microsoft Tech Ed 2010 in New Orleans, editors from DevProConnections magazine along with colleagues from other Penton magazines gave Best of TechEd awards to vendors who offer ...

Developer Ninjas Drop in on TechEd!

By Sheila Molnar, 06/03/2010

It’s an exciting time to be a .NET business developer. Microsoft is paying a lot of attention to you with new releases of Visual Studio, .NET, and Silverlight. The partner ...

Explore the Hidden Riches of SharePoint 2010

By Sheila Molnar, 05/25/2010

SharePointPro Connections magazine invites you to explore developer and administrative features in SharePoint 2010 that you may not have heard much about, yet.

The Road to the Microsoft Silverlight 4 Launch

By Sheila Molnar, 04/15/2010

Microsoft has provided a roadmap to the launch of Silverlight 4, with several locations, such as ScottGu's blog, which you can visit for continuing product news.

Rizzo Talks SharePoint: What's Coming in SharePoint 2010

By Sheila Molnar, 03/26/2010

Get Microsoft's word on what’s new and what’s coming for SharePoint 2010.

Tom Casey on Microsoft’s BI Strategy

By Sheila Molnar, 03/24/2010

Ten years ago, Microsoft revolutionized business intelligence (BI) by making OLAP accessible to the IT professional right in the SQL Server relational database product. Now the ...

SharePoint Products: New and Enhanced, Spring 2010

By Caroline Marwitz, 03/03/2010

Quick news on products for the SharePoint universe.