New to SharePoint? where to start?

Jon Løken — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:44:44 GMT

From time to time I get asked from partners and customers, that are new to SharePoint, about where to start learning SharePoint. I will try asking this question by offering some good links to check out. These will mainly be targeted to somewhat technical persons (both developers and IT Pro). OK - there are two links for end users as well...

First of familiarize yourself with SharePoint by browsing information on OfficeOnline (product guides, trial downloads, etc) , next watch some webcasts or even better try out virtual labs for real hands-on experience. For the ones that like e-Learning or classroom learning there are some courses (see below). You should watch both the SharePoint product blog and Joel Oleson's blog. There you will find many Best Practices and other goodies. If you are able to attend a conference like TechEd or the SharePoint Conference I would recommend that.

Certifications is a good target for learning, plus it will document your competency. You will find certifications for WSS v3 and MOSS 2007 for both developers and IT Pro (See below).
(WSS = Windows SharePoint Services and MOSS = Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Learn them, because you will see them a lot :-)

Main starting points

Windows SharePoint Services - OfficeOnline - for all

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server - OfficeOnline - for all

SharePoint technologies

MOSS Deployment Project Plan Sample (Project 2003 format, Project 2007 format) (added Oct 16th)

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This learning product will teach IT professionals how to implement Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 in their organizations. It will provide them with the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure a successful implementation.

5061: Implementing Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007

This learning product will teach IT Professionals how to implement Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in their organizations. It will provide them with the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure a successful implementation.

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Tech·Ed Europe: Developers

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November 5–9, 2007

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November 12–16, 2007

Microsoft SharePoint Server Gets DoD Certification

Stian Kirkeberg — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:55:00 GMT

Wondered if MOSS records management solution is any good? Well, it just recieved the Department of Defense certification 5015.2! The certification is endorsed by the National Archives and Records Administration as the benchmark for government and corporate organizations that manage records and documents.

MOSS includes extended functions for record routing, central repository, records policy, hold and more. On top of this you can again put documents rights management, ie. restricting rights to read, print etc.

All in all MOSS is a complete records management solution! You just have got to start using it. :)

Shared Points for SharePoint : certification

New to SharePoint? where to start?

Main starting points

For the end users

Blogs to watch

Developers

IT pros

Certifications

Learning: e-Learning

Learning: classroom

Conferences

Microsoft SharePoint Server Gets DoD Certification