Building a Business Case◦ What is Sharepoint and how would we use it?
Engineering / Planning◦ Identify needs◦ Governance / Compliance◦ Design/Architecture
Visit the Microsoft Gear Up Sitehttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/gearup/
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Getting users to adopt and use◦ Engaging and training users
Release / Launch◦ Moving into maintenance mode
Look at the Sharepoint Buzz Look at the Sharepoint Buzz KitKitdesigned to help you generate demand for your deployed sitesharepoint.microsoft.com/gearup/Pages/General/BuzzKit.aspx
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Administrators◦ Installation , configuration, maintenance
Programmer / Developers◦ Custom coding, design, and styling
Site Managers◦ Adding and maintaining sites, users
Business / End Users◦ Adding & editing content, using webparts
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Sharepoint Training Downloads◦ http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/ HA10
2488011033.aspx
Support Site: ◦ http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint
Portal Edition can be installed on your SP server, so it is accessible by all users. Generates reports of training taken.
Can add customized content by converting content to a SCORM compliant item.
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Sharepoint Training Online ◦ http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/sharepoin
tserver.aspx
Also has similar training for Designer◦ http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/ FX1
00487631033.aspx
Designer Team Blog:◦ http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdesigner/default.aspx
Look at the references at the bottom of Gear Up
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Sharepoint Solutions http://sharepointsolutions.com/
◦ Classroom in Charlotte, Nashville◦ Online: http://sharepoint-screencasts.com/default.aspx
Mindsharp http://www.mindsharp.com/ ◦ Classroom in Charlotte, Knoxville◦ Sign up for Premium Content (free). ◦ Register for their Yahoo Group (free):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharepointdiscussions/
.Net University◦ http://www.dotnet-u.com/coursematerials.aspx
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New Horizons will come on site (for $) with 5060 and 5061, which is geared to certification prep.
MS also has eLearning: http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/ learning/e-learning.mspx
If interested in Certification Prep, many members prefer MeasureUp over Transcender. They all suggest using this AFTER you study just to get a feel for the test.
SheltonBlog.com has some good training videos online.
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Security◦ Setting internal security at a high level in a site; but
giving external users rights to See the high level but only items they have rights to. <need to define the ‘items’ as item level security may be different on different items.
Moving a custom list to another ?site?◦ Try exporting to excel then import to other site
Fast, but dropdown and ‘choice’ boxes are lost◦ OR Save as a template to use on other site
Takes longer but dropdown and ‘choice boxes are maintained.
Custom List using XSLT view link breaks◦ Need to reference by Name rather than GUID
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