• SharePoint

I'm loath to admit that I'm spending time on learning M$ SharePoint (my last experiences with something MicrosoftFrontPage related were not pleasant) at work but that's the way it goes sometimes. Here are some useful docs about it all.

Official Sites

• Home page

  • http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/sharepoint/default.htm

• FAQ

  • http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/sharepoint/faq.htm

• Interactive video

  • http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/sharepoint/howto.htm

• Sample chapter from MicrosoftFrontPage Version 2002 Inside on SharePoint Team Services Out

  • http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/5023.asp

• Technical articles on TechNet

  • http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/sharepnt/default.asp?frame=true

• SharePoint SDK

  • http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/spsdk11/caml_schema/spxmlconcaml.asp

• CAML proprietary markup language for modifying sites

  • http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/spsdk11/caml_schema/spxmlconcaml.asp

  • news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.sharepoint.teamservices.caml

  • http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/spsdk11/CAML_Schema/spxmlconCAML.asp

  • http://support.voicegateway.com/Lists/TutorialSteps/ShowStep.htm?ID=1 (source for that page, find the word Collutions to see what CAML actually looks like.)

Add On Software

• SharePoint Experts PowerPak

  • http://www.sharepointexperts.com/software_powerpak.htm

• SharePoint Experts PowerSearch

  • http://www.sharepointexperts.com/software_powersearch.htm

Further Reading

• Sample Sites

  • http://www.sharepointsample.com/samplesites.htm

• Beta News - SharePoint Team Services Given New Name (discusses future of share point)

  • http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1046733218

• Tech Republic - SharePoint keeps project teams connected

  • http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00720030207bla01.htm

• Anil Dash - Microsoft's Weblog Software

  • http://www.dashes.com/magazine/backissues/microsofts_weblog_software.php

• Collutions SharePoint FAQ

  • http://www.collutions.com/Lists/FAQ/

• SharePoint Experts

  • http://www.sharepointexperts.com/

Alternative Software

I'm aware of many OpenSource alternatives (Drupal, MoinMoin, PHPGroupWare, etc), however the reason we ended up at SharePoint is for the ability to save files directly to the server (via WebDav) and the ability to search all types of Windows files. There are no OpenSource solutions that do this as far as I know. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

• Microsoft Project Server - Comes with SharePoint

  • http://www.microsoft.com/projectserver/

• Groove Networks - Works with SharePoint

  • http://www.groove.net/

  • http://www.groove.net/about/microsoft/sharepoint.html

• Documentum (apparently bought/merged with eRoom)

  • http://www.documentum.com/ (via http://www.documentum.com/eroom/)

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