Jim Jackson : Sharepoint Blogs

New BI and SharePoint Blog

axshon — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:05:00 GMT

Have you ever had one of those guys who you could ask any technology question to and he'd know the answer right off? Like he had just did this very same thing 20 minutes ago and could rattle off what it took to make it happen? That's Tad. And now he's...(read more)

Free SharePoint and Workflow Training

axshon — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:29:00 GMT

I started looking into this guy a week or so ago and have been very impressed with the volume of training info he is either responsible for or finds. I haven't gotten too deeply into any of it yet but it seems pretty well targeted for what I'm doing these days.

http://rshelton.com/Default.aspx

Starting Out References

axshon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:18:00 GMT

Here is the book that was recommended to me. The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Administrator's Companion. Its very well written when compared to some of the books I've read recently (see my old blog). It also has a companion CD with the complete searchable PDF which is also nice. It does, however, read like an administrators book. This is good for when you want to accomplish something but bad when you want to just read it for knowledge.

For the blogs, the ones listed here (besides Sahil Malik) were found when I went looking for an answer to a specific question. I found their writing and/or information helpful.

SharePoint Blogs I Subscribe To:

Arpan Shah
Nick Swan - From his posts, I think he's on the SharePoint team.
Sahil Malik - He's local and I've seen him present at a few events. Good writer and easy to follow.
SharePoint Team Blog
Stefan Gossner

Hope that gives folks a good start. There is lots more out there, it just doesn't seem to be coalesced into a manageable whole (yet).