Quickstart: a good list of SharePoint Resources

Many customers in the process of rolling out SharePoint across the organization have recurring questions about the best sources for training and tools.  Below is a compiled list of some of the available resources (kudos to Gabor & his credits for the list):

Training and Adoption:

• GEAR Up: https://sharepoint.microsoft.com/gearup/Pages/default.aspx
• Productivity Hub: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=277fefca-d62f-41bc-943d-79002254cfee
• Best Practices Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb736746.aspx
• SharePoint 2007 Resource Library on TechNet: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303422.aspx
• SharePoint End User Training: https://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: https://training.wssdemo.com/default.aspx
• Critical Path Training: https://www.criticalpathtraining.com/
• Mindsharp: https://www.mindsharp.com/

Compliance, Governance and Administration:

• Records Management Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb736213.aspx
• Governance content for SharePoint: https://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/05/16/new-governance-content-for-sharepoint-published-on-technet.aspx
• Article - SharePoint Governance-Considerations for a Successful Deployment: https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1222425
• Governance Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb507202.aspx
• SharePoint Governance Checklist Guide: https://office.microsoft.com/download/afile.aspx?AssetID=AM102306291033
• SharePoint Site Collection Governance: https://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200804/ij_04_07_08a.html
• Plan Governance: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263341.aspx
• SharePointGovernance.org:  www.sharepointgovernance.org
• Joel Oleson’s Blog: https://www.sharepointjoel.com/default.aspx
• SharePoint Governance and Manageability Tools on CodePlex: https://www.codeplex.com/governance
• SharePoint Diagnostics (SPDiag) Tool:   https://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/02/05/sharepoint-diagnostics-spdiag-tool-v1-0-for-sharepoint-products-and-technologies.aspx
• AvePoint Compliance Kit: https://www.avepoint.com/products/sharepoint-compliance
• AvePoint Administration Tools: https://www.avepoint.com/products/sharepoint-administration
• Axceler ControlPoint: https://www.axceler.com/products/controlpoint.html
• speakTECH SharePoint Governance Kit: https://sharepointgovernancekit.com/
• Omada Omada SharePoint Governance Manager: https://omada.net/SharePoint-Governance-Manager-147.aspx
• Courion Compliance Manager for SharePoint: https://www.courion.com/products/compliance-manager-sharepoint.html
• SOX Compliance Solutions: https://soxcompliancemanager.com/ https://www.neudesic.com/what/products/Pages/ACES.aspx
• NextPage Control: https://www.nextpage.com/products/sharepoint.htm
• Universal Rights Management: https://www.liquidmachines.com/ https://www.gigatrust.com/
• Document Classification: https://www.titus-labs.com/
• Metadata and Taxonomy Management: https://www.schemalogic.com/solutions/by_platform/MetaPointIntroduction2.php https://www.metavistech.com/architect
• Reporting Tools: https://www.intlock.com/  and  https://www.nintex.com/en-US/Products/Pages/NintexReporting2008.aspx
• Replication tools: https://www.syntergy.com/sharepoint/products/replication/standard/index.html https://www.infonic-geo-replication.com/solutions_sharepoint_geo_replicator.php https://www.avepoint.com/products/sharepoint-administration/sharepoint-replication
• Archiving Solutions: https://www.storagepoint.com/ https://www.metalogix.net/products/professional-archive-manager-for-sharepoint https://www.commvault.com/solutions-microsoft-sharepoint.html https://www.avepoint.com/sharepoint-extension-archiving-docave/ https://www.mimosasystems.com/html/sol_sharepoint.htm
• 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): https://www.wssdemo.com/default.aspx
• SharePoint Reviews – a great collection of available utilities and add-ons: https://www.sharepointreviews.com/
• Bamboo Solutions – a great collection of Web Parts and Solutions: https://store.bamboosolutions.com/bamboomainweb/
• CorasWorks: a great collection of Web Parts, Collections and Templates: https://www.corasworks.com/
• KwizCom – Knowledge Worker Components: https://www.kwizcom.com/
• Techtra – a collection of collaborative Products, Solutions and Services: https://www.techtra.ca/EN/Pages/default.aspx
• Drag-and-drop tools to connect Outlook to SharePoint: https://www.nsynergy.com/products/mydocs/Pages/About_myDocs.aspx https://www.colligo.com/products/sharepoint/contributor_how_it_works_add-in.asp https://www.scinaptic.com/scinaptic/index.nsf/web/oneplacemail.htm  Also see here for native integration of Outlook and SharePoint: https://cid-7354ef8f2fda474f.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public/Drag%20n%20Drop%20Email
• Visual Workflow Designers:  https://www.nintex.com/en-US/Products/Pages/Workflow2007.aspx https://blackpoint.k2.com/en/index.aspx https://www.datapolis.com/en/Offer/Products/WorkBox/Pages/default.aspx https://www.kaldeera.com/Paginas/Home.aspx
• Electronic Signatures for Forms: https://www.qdabra.com/en/products/ElectronicSignature.aspx
• BPM and SOA platforms for SharePoint:  https://www.agilepoint.com/ https://www.metastorm.com/ https://www.k2.com/en/displayContent.aspx?id=903
• Business Data Catalog solutions: https://www.lightningtools.com/default.aspx
• SAP integration:  https://topazbridge.com/ https://www.k2.com/en/displaycontent.aspx?ID=972 https://www.lightningtools.com/sap/business-data-catalog.aspx https://www.simplement.us/public/products/dataLiberator.aspx
• Capture and Imaging:  https://www.knowledgelake.com/ https://bluethreadinc.com/ https://www.clearviewecm.com/clearview.htm https://sharepointscanning.com/ https://www.ecopy.com/ https://www.darkblueduck.com/
• Fax integration:  https://www.faxcore.com/default.asp https://biscom.com/products_solutions/faxcom_sharepoint.htm
• Image annotation tools: https://www.vizitsp.com/products/vizitsp https://www.igcsharepoint.com/ https://www.ms-technology.com/document-management/sharepoint.html

Legacy Migration and Integration:

• SharePoint Migration Framework on CodePlex: https://www.codeplex.com/SPMigration
• Integrating External Document Repositories with SharePoint Server 2007 (CMIS approach): https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd440954.aspx
• WSRP Toolkit for SharePoint: https://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/12/15/announcing-the-wsrp-toolkit-for-sharepoint.aspx
• Resources for Interoperability with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb544954.aspx
• Metalogix: https://www.metalogix.net/
• MetaVis Classifier: https://www.metavistech.com/classifier
• MetaVis Classifier Bulk Import Plug-in: https://www.metavistech.com/bulk%20import
• AvePoint Migration Kit: https://www.avepoint.com/products/sharepoint-migration
• SeeUnity Intelligent Content Migration: https://www.seeunity.com/solutions/intelligent.content.migration.asp
• Proventeq Content Migration Suite: https://www.proventeq.com/products/content-migration-suite/SharePoint-Migration
• PathBuilder Migration Studio: https://www.vital-path.com/products/studio/pb-studio.asp
• DocWay for SharePoint: https://www.wingspantech.com/default.asp?id=serv_sharepoint
• Vorsite v-Parts for SharePoint: https://www.vorsite.com/SharePointSuite.aspx
• MetaVis eRoom to SharePoint Migrator: https://www.metavistech.com/eroom
• Verinon ShareTop: https://www.verinon.com/sharetop.html
• Quest Migration Kit: https://www.quest.com/sharepoint/migration.aspx
• Vamosa Content Migrator: https://www.vamosa.com/vamosa-content-migrator-a115
• Valiance TRUmigrate https://www.valiancepartners.com/products-trumigrate.php
• Tzunami: https://www.tzunami.com/
• MetaPlus: https://www.metaplus.net/

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 books 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