SharePoint Server 2007 Architect

What the heck is SharePoint Architect? SahrePoint architecture is getting a lot of attention. Is it just a silver bullet? We think not! It is surely critical to today's business success, yet it requires technical, business and organizational talents that warrant their own path of career development, education and research.

SharePoint architects ccommunicate mainly with business owners within a company and with the technical staff that delivers the solution. The projects they work on affect the enterprise and they design the solution to take advantage of the existing assets, integrate them into the existing environment, follow the enterprise architecture, and solve the business problems of the business owner or unit. They are primarily responsible for taking a project through envisioning and design, and are more consultative to the project manager during the development and deployment phases, ensuring the project stays true to the architecture, timelines, and budgets. If problems occur, they are escalated to the solutions architect.

Getting Started with SharePoint 2007 or WSS 3.0?

Before jumping into SharePoint or WSS 3.0, make sure you understand what is involved.  It's a great product, but maintance and support is not often discussed.  When watching demos, have you notice that it is done on the fly on production system.  How is this managed using the software development lifecycle. SharePoint architect can help with the design and maintenance of your SharePoint site.

SharePoint 2007 Architect, Design and Implementation

Why call in a SharePoint Architect? Even though SharePoint makes collaborations and exchange of information easy within a company, the architecting and design of portals requires help. Identifying the right portals to create, setting up site collections and sites, setting up security and audiences are just a few design goals that need addressing.

Why train users in SharePoint? The capabilities and functionary of SharePoint is vast. It is so flexible and powerful, that often users don’t know how to get started. It’s like the computer itself. People had to be train on navigation and use of the computer before it became useful. SharePoint is a new horizon on collaboration. Watching it in action seems very easy, but hands on experience and think in terms of collaboration takes training.

How to Managing SharePoint Customizations? After adoption SharePoint as a standard within your organization, it may soon require custom solutions that need development. Architecting a process for customizing master pages, content types and web parts will need to be determined. Migrating from test to development into production is a different than what your developers is use to. We can help you thru this process.

What is SharePoint Managed Service? SharePoint managed service is a service where we provide the hardware, software, support and training. Our price as based on a one time initiation and setup fee and monthly user fee.

How We Architect


  • Leadership - We develop partnerships with stakeholders both inside and outside the organization on projects and we mentor others so they can develop and form strong teams and achieve successful results.
  • Communication - We maintain well-written and accurate project documentation and present a technical subject in a concise and measured manner. We are able to influence others and manage conflict effectively and customize communication to the needs of the target audience.
  • Organizational Dynamics - We recognize the key stakeholders on a project and can work with those stakeholders to drive a project to successful conclusion. We recognized the political landscape within an organization that can influence a project and we can influence organizational politics for the success of their projects in turn.
  • Strategy - We apply our knowledge of technology to further the organizational goals with their vertical industry. We understand the principles of project management and interact with project managers to complete project successfully. Additionally, we understand the economic dimension of projects and how cost influence the available choices of technology.
  • Process and Tactics - We gather and refine project requirements from both a technical and business perspective. We design, create, maintain and verify models of the deployed infrastructure. We also create effective project artifacts and have the ability to refine project goals and tactics that are necessary to achieve those goals as the project develops.
  • Technology Breadth - We understand architectural best practices and are able to apply them across a breath of technologies to orchestrate a solution. We articulate their views on the future development of a technology, understand the interaction between the infrastructure and solution architecture.
  • Technology Depth - We have the detailed knowledge of the concepts and application of the software development life cycle (SLDC), solution frameworks, enterprise information modeling and component, software integration and solution modeling.

2008 News

Nov 2008: Michael Wharton is certified in Microsoft Project 2007 and Microsoft Project Professional 2007.

Oct 2008: Michael Wharton attends Project Server Conference in Seattle, WA.

Jan 2008: Michael Wharton appointed Director of Programs for the Piedmont Triad PMI Chapter.

2007 News

Mar 2007: WCC releases new Project Tracker 101 for Municipalities. » more

Feb 2007: Wharton Computer Consulting renews Microsoft Gold Partner for 2006-2007.

Jan 2007: Michael Wharton appointed Director of Programs for the NC Piedmont PMI Chapter. » more

Sept 2006: Wharton speaks at SBS User Group about Technology Assessment kit and the rewards to Microsoft Partners.

2006 News

Sept 2006: Michael Wharton achieves PMP. The PMP is recognized by the Project Management Institue as successfully completing all prescribed requirements and meets their professional requirements.

April 2006: Wharton presents to ASAP group about benefits with efficient technology and low cost solutions.

April 2006: Wharton presents to AITP at ECPI about "Managing Efficiency Thru Technology"

Jan 2006: Wharton Computer Consulting starts off the new year by achieving Microsoft Gold Partner and Small Business Specialist

2008 News

Triad Web Designer

Third year in a row, Wharton Computer Consulting is listed in Business Journal's issue as "Triad Largest Web Designers".