Are You the “SharePoint guy/gal”? If you think you are or want to understand what I mean and how this might relate to you, read on please… The person responsible for the SharePoint initiatives to be successful in the organization is the one called the SharePoint guy/gal. This is the person who empowers herself and the other power users and SharePoint evangelists in the organization to take better advantage of the SharePoint platform. This SharePoint guru does not necessarily possess the development or IT architecture knowledge. However, this person has been tapped as the person responsible for this thing called …

SharePoint explained very nicely and simply in this video tutorial: SharePoint in plain English   Microsoft’s main SharePoint related beginner sites Check out the main SharePoint 2010 Website from Microsoft. Then check out some success stories shared by Microsoft at iUseSharePoint.   Ramp up on SharePoint To get started on SharePoint, you might want to take some formal SharePoint training. There is really no substitute for hands on training if you can afford the time and expense. I would recommend looking at the available classes here: http://www.criticalpathtraining.com Can’t travel or need on-demand training? I would recommended to start with this …

If you have been following our site or newsletters, you know that our commitment is to train, empower and support SharePoint users at all levels. I would like to focus on exactly how our corporate offerings help accomplish that goal. Our SharePoint Content 100 SharePoint 2007 video tutorials 250 SharePoint 2010 video tutorials (growing at a rate of about 4 to 6 additional tutorials every month) Video tutorial average length: 10 minutes (with the exception of end user videos) Type of content: Tutorials discussing the ‘why and how’ to accomplish various tasks and functionalities related to SharePoint (using minimal or …

We have been getting a lot of feedback from our current and potential customers that they need short and to the point end user training videos. So we went ahead and made a test batch of them here: http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/sharepoint-2010-training-for-end-users/ (The page might take about a minute to load since there are 19 video thumbnails there. Sorry) I would Really appreciate it if you can take a few minutes to check some of them out and provide us some feedback. There is a quick anonymous poll on that page you can take and also post some comments after taking the poll. …

Have you seen the SharePoint 2010 posters by Microsoft? They are especially helpful if you are in one of the following roles: SharePoint Administrator SharePoint Developer SharePoint Governance Guru (or a Governance team member) A Business User (asked/forced to act like a SharePoint Expert in the company) “The SharePoint Guy/Gal” at your company Imagine having a bunch of reference charts you can put up in your office or cubicle that guide you with a specific need or role like Governance, Services available in SharePoint, Authentication models, Farm Topologies, Search mechanisms, SharePoint Databases and more. Of course, they are all available …

The usual use of this blog is for SharePoint related news, tips etc. However, once in a while, I blog about things that I really care about like the Haiti relief effort and the flood relief effort in Pakistan. This blog entry is related to a Walk that I participate in together with my family every year: PartnershipsInAction Walk. PartnershipsInAction is an initiative of Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. and its network of volunteers across the United States. 100% of all funds raised for Partnership Walk go directly to projects in the developing world (hard to believe I know, but it’s …

The Offer Access to All of our SharePoint Videos (current and the ones that are added regularly to the site) for 1 full year for $179.55. After the year is over, the access is automatically terminated and there is no recurring charge. Here is the link: http://www.1shoppingcart.com/SecureCart/SecureCart.aspx?mid=E3B7E8B5-AFFB-470E-8E74-F741CA168A51&pid=c36e3c7b07f346538b103f76408d8808 You can use the above link and then use the following coupon code: sp10disc (please be sure to click Apply button after entering the coupon code) That will give you a 10% discount on the regular price of $199.50 making the total to $179.55. The membership will start automatically right after the payment …

Guidance and Best Practices Data Storage Changes for SharePoint 2010 With the release of SharePoint 2010 SP1 and some new guidance Microsoft is changing the supported data size limits for SharePoint content databases. Prior to SP1 the content database limit was 200 GB for collaboration and 1 TB for document archive. The content database size includes both metadata and BLOBs regardless of where the BLOBs are located and use of RBS does not bypass or increase these limits. http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blog/Pages/BlogPost.aspx?pID=988 Project Professional 2010 and SharePoint Online in Office 365 Learn how project managers can collaborate with teams to share schedule details …

We have not held a sales event on the single user DVDs for many months now. So we have decided to commemorate the July 4th weekend by holding a sale on All of our single user DVD-ROMs (SharePoint 2007 and 2010) listed here: http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/products/ This includes titles such as SharePoint Fundamentals, SharePoint Designer Workflows, Business Connectivity Services, Reporting Services and more. Once you own the DVD, you can play it on multiple computers, but it is for a single user’s usage. Let us know if you need a multi user license for the videos. When checking out using the shopping …

Check out the SharePoint Easy Start page!   After years of teaching, consulting, writing and speaking on SharePoint, I realize that each of us is still learning and discovering the power of all you can do with SharePoint. You might be a beginner or have been using SharePoint for a number of years. You might be using SharePoint 2007 or maybe you were one of the first to jump on SharePoint 2010. In any case, we are all still continuing on our SharePoint journey and it is important for us all to understand how the different pieces on the SharePoint …