For The User

Sharing Links: End User Resources

January 18th, 2008 by ferringer

This is the first post in a running series I'm going to be doing titled "Sharing Links". The premise is pretty straightforward: I'm sharing with you a list of SharePoint links on a variety of topics. I figured that since I read so many SharePoint-related posts in a given day (upwards of 100 a day according to Google Reader) that I ought to share my observations on some of the best sources available for the various types of SharePoint information out there.

And since this blog is targeted towards the End User, I'll be kicking things off with a list of End User Resources for SharePoint. Please feel free to add any of your own sources in the comment section, the more the merrier!

This blog – duh!
Get the Point – an End User-oriented blog from Microsoft, featuring contributions from both the SharePoint product team and featured guest bloggers. Heavily focused on the use of metadata in SharePoint.
EndUserSharePoint.com - An outstanding End User blog from Mark Miller. I really like the running Question of the Day series and Mark's observations from his training classes are really insightful.
Agnes Molnar's blog – Agnes has done a good job of consistently posting on a variety of topics, as well as dabbling in a few administrative topics like backup/restore activities.
Office.microsoft.com's MOSS resources – Surprisingly, Microsoft has quite a few good articles posted for MOSS users, this site is definitely worth a check when you're looking for information.
Office.microsoft.com's WSS resources – Similar to the previous link, if you're looking for WSS end user information, there's good knowledge to be found here.
My End User SharePoint feed – A lot of the items from the sources above will probably be duplicated here, but the good thing about this source is that you can subscribe to it via a feed reader such as Google Reader and get it all in one location. Plus if I see any articles from any of my normal sources that I think is end user-relevant, I'll tag it so that it will show up here.
The SharePoint End User Training Kit – As I've mentioned before in this blog, Microsoft has created a free SharePoint end user-oriented training kit for use within SharePoint based on the SharePoint Learning Kit. It may not be a comprehensive training option for your users, but it's a good starting place and you can't beat its price: free.