Hi
guys,
I
get many mails /calls from all over the world to understand how to start
understanding / Learning SharePoint from the admin Point. I see that more of
the developers are also interested. I feel if you have knowledge about
development getting into SharePoint administration can be nothing like it the best.
Maybe you don’t need to start fresh
For a Fresher, nowadays there
are trainings conducted in some institutes. However it is difficult to find a good
institute which can provide all the details about SharePoint. Cannot say awareness
is less but yes compared to other products it is less.
First understand What is SharePoint and its applications?
Microsoft
SharePoint
is a Web application platform developed by Microsoft. First launched in 2001,
SharePoint has historically been associated with intranet content management
and document management, but recent versions have significantly broader
capabilities. SharePoint evolved from projects codenamed "Office Server”
and “Tahoe” during the Office XP development cycle.
“Office
Server” evolved out of the FrontPage and Office Server Extensions and “Team
Pages”. It targeted simple, bottom-up collaboration.
“Tahoe”,
built on shared technology with Exchange and the “Digital Dashboard”, targeted
top-down portals, search and document management.
The
versions are (in chronological order):
- Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001
- Microsoft SharePoint Team Services (2002)
- Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 (free license) - Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (commercial release)
- Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (free license) - plus Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (commercial extension)
- Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 (free) - plus Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (commercial extension for Foundation), and SharePoint Enterprise 2010 (commercial extension for Server)
- Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 - plus Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 (extension on top of Foundation) SharePoint 2013 has been available to Microsoft volume licensees and TechNet and MSDN subscribers since late 2012
First
get some knowledge about the IIS
6.0 ,7.0 Active directory , Server 2003 2008 later , Sql 2005 , 2008 later
You
don’t even need a server machine / software or a windows 7 machine and install SharePoint
on it at the beginning. Don’t even need to go for a training session. Only after
you are done with this you can then have some virtual machines and then install
server software’s and SharePoint on it with sql .
First
use the labs available on : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/cc707678.aspx
SharePoint
Server 2010 Virtual Labs
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- Connectors & Using the Business Data Connnectivity (BDC) Service
- Advanced Search Security
- Configuring Search UIs
- Content Processing and Property Extraction
- Developing a Custom Connector
- Fast Search Web Crawler
- Federated Search
- Linguistics
- People Search Administration and Management
- Relevancy and Ranking
- Customizing MySites
- Designing Lists and Schemas
- Developing a BCS External Content Type with Visual Studio
- Developing a Sandboxed Solution with Web Parts
- Developing a Visual Web Part in Visual Studio
- Developing Business Intelligence Applications
- Enterprise Content Management
- LINQ to SharePoint
- User Interface Advancements
- Visual Studio SharePoint Tools
- Workflow
This will help a lot with Little Expenses.
your basics will get clear. This is just 30 - 40 % of the knowledge I would say.
Installation, configuration,
Migration consists of the other part .
You can use Hyper v machines to
install server server 2008 on VM`s and then install the Microsoft Sharepoint
Foundation version which is license free software on your machine to learn SharePoint
Installation, configuration , Migration (surely for migration you need to have
2007 ).
There are some good ebooks available
on the net which you can use to learn more . However the best links or sites
are Technet Library and MSDN Articles.
Step by Step
SharePoint Server 2010 Installation Guide
Installing SharePoint
2010 on Windows 7
Learn SharePoint
Server 2010
SharePoint Server 2010
Some good books –
