UPDATE: 04/25/08: Aenean aliquam erat iactata super postes et invenit link to this article: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/032608-microsoft-sharepoint.html?page=1. I make note of it because in addition to asking, "how do I learn sharepoint?", some people ask "why should I learn sharepoint?". That article partly answers the later.

In novissimo aliquot menses, dozen plus folks trans planete fuerint petens et emailing me generali quaestione, "How do I learn SharePoint?"

Vix ego auctoritate, sed ego eo successu (melius et studio in omni tempore) so I thought I’d document my personal road map. Others may find it valuable.

Priusquam id faceret,, EGO iustus volo ut mihi manifestum est quod facere, ex his etiam plurium personarum emails et MSDN / Columnaeque academiæ ejusdem naturae SharePoint, that there is huge developer interest in getting up to speed with WSS/MOSS. I wonder what it’s going to be like a year from now … bonum ingenium facile invenire SharePoint? The same? Are folks committing themselves to the platform at a rate sufficient to keep up with demand for good resources? How could you even figure something like that out short of a WAG?

Pauli roadmap

I was full time employed by the good folk at Conchango while I followed this road map. This means that from a learning perspective, I was actively engaged in projects as I followed the steps I outline below.

Nonnullus basic condiciones

Nam hoc mundo intrantes, duo sunt key acronyms:

• WSS: SharePoint Fenestra Muneris
• MUSCUS: Microsoft Muneris SharePoint Server

WSS is "free" in sarcina ut suus fenestras server 2003 (aut saltem potest downloaded a MS). I put quotes around free because you need a box, Valida o /, et fortasse licenciam SQL (though there’s a "free" genus tam SQL).

MOSS is built on top of WSS and extends it. There is no MOSS without WSS. MOSS is not free.

Ne forte die una, Donec aliquam mox habes diam commercium, it’s important to learn the differences. Verbigratia, potens textus partem, Quaero Web content Parte, is a MOSS feature and not available WSS. People often make the incorrect assumption that CQWP is available in WSS and then end up scrambling for a stop-gap measure when they realize their error.

Ledo Books

I started working with WSS/MOSS on about 01/02/2007. I had a little prior experience with SPS 2003 but very little. To get myself started, Ego emit duobus libris recensentur hie (http://paulgalvin.spaces.live.com/lists/cns!1CC1EDB3DAA9B8AA!203/).

I started with the big blue administration book. Naturally, it covers administration. Simul, circumspectis igitur omnibus providet MUSCUS features (et uultus tam WSS).

Enim me, Details non est tanta, quot meminisse (donee tempus adquirendi nunciavimus scriptor) but it’s good to know the boundaries. (Sequor idem aditus in 1st persona jaculatores ludere in PC vel Xbox — I enter a room and tend to make a counter-clockwise loop until I get back where I started. I just feel better knowing the shape of the box I’m in.)

Lectis libro magnum hyacintho, I would read the entire Inside WSS book. It dives deeply into issues that developers care most about.

Partum a Rectum Opera

Ut faceret vel bene uti ambitu progressionem, vos opus a fenestra server plena titulique operating ratio SharePoint Designer, Visual Bulla 2005 (2008 operatur, Sed quaedam instrumenta tamen utile fuerit portaverat ut scripturam hanc articulum), InfoPath 2007 and some other stuff. There are many good blog entries describing this process. I’d have a look at these two:

• Quam creare MUSCUS 2007 Image VPC: Tota 9 Navalibus – Notario SharePoint Blog
• Quam ædificare optimal elit VPC pro SharePoint Development – Blog

Praeter, Andreas Connell experientiarum participes eius hic cum VMWare:

• Microsoft scriptor products nobis virtualization. VMWare oblationes scriptor

Use your favorite search engine to see what other people do. It’s a useful learning exercise in and of itself.

Spend a few minutes angrily denouncing the fact that you need a server environment on which to do development. Sed … don’t bother blogging about it or posting it to MSDN forums. It’s already been done 🙂. Pro, embrace it and move on. You’ll be better off for it.

Adepto nunciavimus

Credo quod MS SharePoint certificationem semita, quae consistit quattuor volutpat, is exhaustive. I suggest that you follow their online preparation guide and do your best to understand each of the areas of the test.

Ego noli suggest that you take the exam just to pass it. Ego noli suggest that you use one of the "brain dump" style 3rd party "tools" for passing MS tests. If you can take the test, transibo eam, fundatur in compositum tua dirigebar studio et manus-in experientia,, firmior eris elit et job candidatus eam.

There are four tests in two "tracks":

Elit:

• TS: Fenestra Microsoft Muneris SharePoint 3.0 – Applicationem ipsum
• TS: Microsoft Muneris SharePoint Server 2007 - Application Development

Admin:

• TS: SharePoint Fenestra Muneris 3.0, Vestibulum
• TS: Microsoft Muneris SharePoint Server 2007, Vestibulum

I recommend that developers study for all of these exams. You’ll be strong for them, tamen credo, si est exsultástis Fusce volutpat, vos adepto a.

Inveni WSS version esse aliquanto magis deposcendis quam debita MUSCUS versions, much to my surprise. I was in a class recently and several others made the same point.

Dum enim studebat 70-542 exem (MUSCUS progressum) I tracked my study resources. These may be helpful to you as well: http://paulgalvin.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!1CC1EDB3DAA9B8AA!192.entry

Plug te in Community

In SharePoint communitas est Vividiorque, fortis et crescit maior omne tempus.

Vis at consequat ante:

• Blogs
• Forums
• Codeplex
• Aliquam

Blogs

Si non intelligere RSS, stop everything and learn it. It will take 10 minutes addiscere, fortasse alio 10 minutes inveniet lector RSS Lorem fundatur (Ego similis Google Lector scriptor, www.google.com / lector).

Start by adding this blog to your RSS reader 🙂

Postero, addunt www.sharepointblogs.com to your reader. They aggregate many blogs into a single feed.

Super tempus, you’ll find blogs that are not aggregated that way. Just add them individually.

I subscribe to a few dozen blogs which I’ve accumulate over the last year. If you want, Possum exportare mea album quod email.

Tandem, you may want to start your own blog. I personally think that a series of blog entries describing a "newbie’s" profectus cognita WSS / MUSCUS esset an interesting seriei. Utinam ipse facit.

Forums

Ego foro coetus actuose participent duo: MSDN et SharePoint University.

Forums are excellent places to learn. People ask questions ranging from the very simple ("How do I create a site column") ad panicked ("My server is down!") hypothetica magis consilium rogationibus.

Lorem ipsum dolor saporem, venture out and start replying. Short of directly interacting with a customer, nam nihil melius esse quam manus dolor.

Codeplex

Ad www.codeplex.com.

Reprehendo eam et quaerere inceptis SharePoint.

Subscribant quotidie Summary Codeplex tua pascuntur in lectori pascite.

Addere novum inceptis ad tuum SharePoint pascuntur lector.

Tandem, post lectionem autem forums et deorsum versus tua WSS / MUSCUS daemonum, considera quod compositio tua project codeplex.

Aliquam

Ut scribo is blog ingressu, multus of populus have coepi usura SharePoint Aliquam.

It’s hard to characterize Twitter. You’ll just have to check it out yourself.

Conclusio

That wraps up my roadmap and makes me current. I just started using Twitter two weeks ago.

WSS/MOSS is a very cool platform and the community is growing all the time. Use community resources to improve your skills and enjoy the journey!

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