A consolidated view of Sharepoint resources
Gabor Fari put together a useful compilation of Sharepoint resources which with his permission I'm sharing below.
The categories include: Training/Adoption, Compliance/Governance,Utilities/Add-ons, technical White papers, and Books.
Training and Adoption:
§ GEAR Up: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/gearup/Pages/default.aspx
§ SharePoint End User Training: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/10/11/sharepoint-end-user-training-kit-now-available.aspx
§ Additional step-by-step setup instructions and examples are also posted here: http://training.wssdemo.com/default.aspx
§ Ted Pattison Group – SharePoint Training Resources: http://www.tedpattison.net/
Compliance and Governance:
§ Records Management Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb736213.aspx
§ Governance content for SharePoint: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/05/16/new-governance-content-for-sharepoint-published-on-technet.aspx
§ Governance Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb507202.aspx
§ SharePoint Governance Checklist Guide: http://office.microsoft.com/download/afile.aspx?AssetID=AM102306291033
§ Plan Governance: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263341.aspx
§ Joel Oleson’s Blog: http://www.sharepointjoel.com/default.aspx (note the reference to the SharePoint Best Practices Conference: http://www.sharepointbestpractices.com/ )
§ SharePoint Governance and Manageability Tools on CodePlex: http://www.codeplex.com/governance
§ White Paper: Compliance Features in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
§ White Paper: Enterprise Content Management in Regulated Industries
Utilities and Add-ons:
§ WSS Demo – a great collection of resources by Ian Morrish (including the Fantastic 40 Templates for download): http://www.wssdemo.com/default.aspx
§ SharePoint Reviews – a great collection of available utilities and add-ons: http://www.sharepointreviews.com/
§ Bamboo Solutions – a great collection of Web Parts and Solutions: http://store.bamboosolutions.com/bamboomainweb/
§ CorasWorks: a great collection of Web Parts, Collections and Templates: http://www.corasworks.com/
§ KwizCom – Knowledge Worker Components: http://www.kwizcom.com/
§ Techtra – a collection of collaborative Products, Solutions and Services: http://www.techtra.ca/EN/Pages/default.aspx
Technical White papers:
§ SharePoint 2007 Software Development Kit (SDK), Microsoft
§ WSS 3.0 Software Development Kit (SDK), Microsoft
§ Development Tools and Techniques for Working with Code in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Part 1 of 2), by Patrick Tisseghem
§ Development Tools and Techniques for Working with Code in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Part 2 of 2), by Patrick Tisseghem
§ Best Practices: Common Coding Issues When Using the SharePoint Object Model, by Mike Ammerlaan and Scott Harris
§ Creating a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web Part Using Visual Studio 2005 Extensions, by Alex Malek and Andrew May
§ Working with ASP.Net 2.0 Web Parts and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, by Erika Ehrli and Jo-Anne West
§ Team-Based Development in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, by Eric Charran
§ Evaluating and Customizing Search Relevance in SharePoint Server 2007, by Dmitriy Meyerzon, Avi Schmueli and Jo-Anne West
§ Developer Introduction to Workflows for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007, by Andrew May
§ Windows SharePoint Services Document: Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – Under the Hood
Books:
The following goods are worth reading – some are more reference-like, others are more on the tutorial side:
§ Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Administrator's Companion, By Bill English
§ Inside Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, By Ted Pattison
§ Inside Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, By Patrick Tisseghem
§ Beginning SharePoint 2007: building team solutions with Moss 2007, by Amanda Murphy
§ Microsoft SharePoint: building Office 2007 solutions in C# 2005, by Scot Hillier
§ Designing forms for Microsoft Office InfoPath and Forms Services 2007, by Scott Roberts
§ Real world SharePoint 2007: indispensable experiences from 16 SharePoint and WSS MVPs, by Scot Hillier
§ Essential SharePoint 2007, by Scott Jamison Mauro Cardarelli, Susan Hanley
