MercuryNewt

A recent post to the Enterprise Architecture forum posed this question:

Originally Posted by laura

How to become an enterprise architect? – Some observations.
What does a technical architect do next? And what does a chief architect do next?

To which I responded:

Originally Posted by MercuryNewt

This answer may not be popular among some folks around here, but I'll put this out there as an opportunity for debate. To me you become an EA through exposure to a multitude of technologies, techniques, frameworks, patterns,

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A recent post to the Microsoft Technologies forum brought about this question:

Originally Posted by bhaught

I would like to hear from experience what people felt are the pros and cons of the Microsoft SharePoint Architecture. Thanks.

To which I responded:

Originally Posted by MercuryNewt

The pros to the SharePoint architecture are many. Foremost is provides a quick platform to develop a robust intranet or even Internet site that can easily be expanded to support custom branding, themes, enterprise collaboration,

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