Some Useful links

Lots of people keep asking me about links to Demos, Case Studies and Licensing information for SharePoint 2007. So here are some links that you might find useful -

SharePoint Product Demos - http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/prodinfo/demos.mspx

Latest SharePoint News - http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/news.mspx

How to Buy SharePoint 2007 - http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/howtobuy/default.mspx

Microsoft Case Studies Website - http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/

SharePoint 2007 FAQ - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101655351033.aspx

Pricing of SharePoint 2007 - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/FX102176831033.aspx?ofcresset=1

SharePoint 2007 Editions - http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/editions/default.mspx

SharePoint 2007 Products Comparison Downloads - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA101978031033.aspx

www.SharePoint-Videos.com

Here's an excellent website that has over 2 dozen videos (screencasts) that demo most of the common tasks we come across in SharePoint 2007.

http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/

These are targeted at all types of SharePoint users - End Users, Developers as well as Admins. Each video is about 10 mins in length and can be downloaded easily to your computer. Please note that these are for personal use only.

Happy SharePointing!

Technet Virtual Labs for SharePoint Available!

Virtual Labs for learning SharePoint 2007 and WSS 3.0 are now available here -

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb512933.aspx

It's a powerful way to get trained by presenting a virtual machine workstation inside your browser. No need for a SharePoint box at all! All you need to do is have an MSN or Hotmail id and say "Yes" when it prompts to install the MS Virtual Machine plugin for your browser! There is a lab manual included which gives step-by-step instructions on how to go about the tasks. It has a nice interface with the VM workstation on the left and a pane on the rightwhere the instruction text is displayed. You can even close your lab session and resume later.

The only nag is the number of forms that it throws at you before the VM interface is displayed. Overall its a great way to learn and one gets a ready made box with all the features installed!

Happy Learning!

Community Kit for SharePoint

At last a nice looking template from Microsoft - The Community kit for SharePoint. The Community Kit for SharePoint allows us to create a community site with all the features such as Blog, Wikis, Discussion boards and the usual stuff found on a Team Site.

The template is a free download from the codeplex site -

http://www.codeplex.com/CKS

Online Demo of the community kit based website -

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge/default.aspx

Community Kit home is here -

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/default.aspx

SharePoint Blog coming up

I will be hosting a SharePoint 2007 (MOSS 2007) and WSS 3.0 blog here instead of the trivia blog soon!