Earlier this month (Dec 2/09) the Director/Product Manager for SharePoint, Arpan Shah, posted a wealth of resources on his blog to aid in ramping up on the new platform. I encourage going over and taking a look – and add his feed to your aggregator. Here are some of my favourites:
White Papers – The closest thing to “books” before the release next year:
SharePoint 2010 Overview Evaluation Guide SharePoint 2010 Professional Developers Evaluation Guide SharePoint Server 2010 Evaluation Guide for IT ProfessionalsSharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 ScenariosWhen to use ASP.NET vs. SharePoint:
SharePoint Server 2010 as an Application Development Platform SharePoint 2010 Developer Platform
For the Visual Learners:
Learning Snack for Developers: Developing solutions with SharePoint 2010
Getting Started Developing on SharePoint 2010
Hands-on-Labs (HOL) Getting Started with Development on SharePoint 2010 C# & VB.NET – These are quite good as they get you the fundamentals in a follow-along-with-me format.
Admins – We Got You Covered, Too:
Check out the IT Pro 2010 video & top features Walk through the Learning snack for IT professionals: Experiencing the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 user interface Walk through Learning snack for IT professionals: Managing and troubleshooting with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Read the SharePoint Server 2010 Evaluation Guide for IT Professionals Take a look at the training and videos @ http://www.mssharepointitpro.com
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I am a Toronto-based software consultant specializing in SharePoint, .NET technologies and agile/iterative/lean software project management practices.
I am also a former Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) Consultant with experience providing enterprise customers with subject matter expertise for planning and deploying SharePoint as well as .NET application development best practices. I am MCAD certified (2006) and earned my Professional Scrum Master I certification in late September 2010, having previously earned my Certified Scrum Master certification in 2006. (What's the difference?)