ASAP SharePoint Services

Compiled List of SharePoint Resources

Many customers in the process of rolling out SharePoint across the organization have recurring questions about the best sources for training and tools.  Below is a compiled list of some of the available resources:

Training and Adoption:

Compliance, Governance and Administration:

• Records Management Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb736213.aspx
• Governance content for SharePoint: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/05/16/new-governance-content-for-sharepoint-published-on-technet.aspx
• Article - SharePoint Governance-Considerations for a Successful Deployment: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1222425
• Governance Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb507202.aspx
• SharePoint Governance Checklist Guide: http://office.microsoft.com/download/afile.aspx?AssetID=AM102306291033
• SharePoint Site Collection Governance: http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200804/ij_04_07_08a.html
• Plan Governance: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263341.aspx
• SharePointGovernance.org:  www.sharepointgovernance.org
• Joel Oleson’s Blog: http://www.sharepointjoel.com/default.aspx  
• SharePoint Governance and Manageability Tools on CodePlex: http://www.codeplex.com/governance 
• SharePoint Diagnostics (SPDiag) Tool:   http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/02/05/sharepoint-diagnostics-spdiag-tool-v1-0-for-sharepoint-products-and-technologies.aspx
• AvePoint Compliance Kit: http://www.avepoint.com/products/sharepoint-compliance
• AvePoint Administration Tools: http://www.avepoint.com/products/sharepoint-administration
• Quest Administration tools: http://www.quest.com/site-administrator-for-sharepoint/
• Axceler ControlPoint: http://www.axceler.com/products/controlpoint.html
• speakTECH SharePoint Governance Kit: http://sharepointgovernancekit.com/ 
• Omada Omada SharePoint Governance Manager: http://omada.net/SharePoint-Governance-Manager-147.aspx
• Courion Compliance Manager for SharePoint: http://www.courion.com/products/compliance-manager-sharepoint.html
• HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff: http://www.hisoftware.com/
• Role-and Attribute Based Access Control: http://www.bholdcompany.com/products/index_Suite.html  http://omada.net/Role-based-Access-Control-144.aspx  http://epok.net/solutions_sharepoint.html 
• SOX Compliance Solutions: http://soxcompliancemanager.com/   http://www.neudesic.com/what/products/Pages/ACES.aspx
• NextPage Control: http://www.nextpage.com/products/sharepoint.htm
• Universal Rights Management: http://www.liquidmachines.com/  http://www.gigatrust.com/ 
• Document Classification: http://www.titus-labs.com/
• Metadata and Taxonomy Management: http://www.schemalogic.com/solutions/by_platform/MetaPointIntroduction2.php  http://www.metavistech.com/architect     
• Reporting Tools: http://www.intlock.com/  and  http://www.nintex.com/en-US/Products/Pages/NintexReporting2008.aspx
• Replication tools: http://www.syntergy.com/sharepoint/products/replication/standard/index.html   http://www.infonic-geo-replication.com/solutions_sharepoint_geo_replicator.php  http://www.avepoint.com/products/sharepoint-administration/sharepoint-replication   
• Archiving Solutions: http://www.storagepoint.com/  http://www.metalogix.net/products/professional-archive-manager-for-sharepoint   http://www.commvault.com/solutions-microsoft-sharepoint.html     http://www.avepoint.com/sharepoint-extension-archiving-docave/   http://www.mimosasystems.com/html/sol_sharepoint.htm
• White Paper: Compliance Features in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
• White Paper: Enterprise Content Management in Regulated Industries

Utilities and Add-ons:

• WSS Demo – a great collection of resources by Ian Morrish (including the Fantastic 40 Templates for download): http://www.wssdemo.com/default.aspx
• SharePoint Reviews – a great collection of available utilities and add-ons: http://www.sharepointreviews.com/
• Bamboo Solutions – a great collection of Web Parts and Solutions: http://store.bamboosolutions.com/bamboomainweb/
• CorasWorks: a great collection of Web Parts, Collections and Templates: http://www.corasworks.com/
• KwizCom – Knowledge Worker Components: http://www.kwizcom.com/
• Techtra – a collection of collaborative Products, Solutions and Services: http://www.techtra.ca/EN/Pages/default.aspx
• Drag-and-drop tools to connect Outlook to SharePoint: http://www.nsynergy.com/products/mydocs/Pages/About_myDocs.aspx http://www.colligo.com/products/sharepoint/contributor_how_it_works_add-in.asp http://www.scinaptic.com/scinaptic/index.nsf/web/oneplacemail.htm  Also see here for native integration of Outlook and SharePoint: http://cid-7354ef8f2fda474f.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public/Drag%20n%20Drop%20Email
• Visual Workflow Designers:  http://www.nintex.com/en-US/Products/Pages/Workflow2007.aspx  http://blackpoint.k2.com/en/index.aspx   http://store.bamboosolutions.com/conductor.aspx  http://www.datapolis.com/en/Offer/Products/WorkBox/Pages/default.aspx  http://www.kaldeera.com/Paginas/Home.aspx   
• Electronic Signatures for Forms: http://www.qdabra.com/en/products/ElectronicSignature.aspx
• BPM and SOA platforms for SharePoint:  http://www.agilepoint.com/    http://www.metastorm.com/   http://www.k2.com/en/displayContent.aspx?id=903
• Business Data Catalog solutions: http://www.lightningtools.com/default.aspx
• SAP integration:  http://topazbridge.com/  http://www.k2.com/en/displaycontent.aspx?ID=972  http://www.lightningtools.com/sap/business-data-catalog.aspx   http://www.simplement.us/public/products/dataLiberator.aspx
• Capture and Imaging:  http://www.knowledgelake.com/   http://bluethreadinc.com/  http://www.clearviewecm.com/clearview.htm    http://www.ecopy.com/  http://www.psigen.com/  http://sharepointscanning.com/  http://www.darkblueduck.com/ 
• Fax integration:  http://www.faxcore.com/default.asp   http://biscom.com/products_solutions/faxcom_sharepoint.htm
• Image annotation tools: http://www.vizitsp.com/products/vizitsp   http://www.infograph.com/sharepoint/  
• Legacy Migration and Integration:
• SharePoint Migration Framework on CodePlex: http://www.codeplex.com/SPMigration
• Integrating External Document Repositories with SharePoint Server 2007 (CMIS approach): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd440954.aspx
• WSRP Toolkit for SharePoint: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/12/15/announcing-the-wsrp-toolkit-for-sharepoint.aspx 
• Resources for Interoperability with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb544954.aspx
• Metalogix: http://www.metalogix.net/
• MetaVis Classifier: http://www.metavistech.com/classifier 
• MetaVis Classifier Bulk Import Plug-in: http://www.metavistech.com/bulk%20import  
• AvePoint Migration Kit: http://www.avepoint.com/products/sharepoint-migration
• SeeUnity Intelligent Content Migration: http://www.seeunity.com/solutions/intelligent.content.migration.asp  
• Proventeq Content Migration Suite: http://www.proventeq.com/products/content-migration-suite/SharePoint-Migration
• PathBuilder Migration Studio: http://www.vital-path.com/products/studio/pb-studio.asp
• DocWay for SharePoint: http://www.wingspantech.com/default.asp?id=serv_sharepoint 
• Vorsite v-Parts for SharePoint: http://www.vorsite.com/SharePointSuite.aspx  
• MetaVis eRoom to SharePoint Migrator: http://www.metavistech.com/eroom
• Verinon ShareTop: http://www.verinon.com/sharetop.html
• Quest Migration Kit: http://www.quest.com/sharepoint/migration.aspx
• Vamosa Content Migrator: http://www.vamosa.com/vamosa-content-migrator-a115 
• Valiance TRUmigrate http://www.valiancepartners.com/products-trumigrate.php
• Tzunami: http://www.tzunami.com/
• MetaPlus: http://www.metaplus.net/

Technical White papers:

• SharePoint 2007 Software Development Kit (SDK), Microsoft
• WSS 3.0 Software Development Kit (SDK), Microsoft
• Development Tools and Techniques for Working with Code in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Part 1 of 2), by Patrick Tisseghem
• Development Tools and Techniques for Working with Code in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Part 2 of 2), by Patrick Tisseghem
• Best Practices: Common Coding Issues When Using the SharePoint Object Model, by Mike Ammerlaan and Scott Harris
• Creating a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web Part Using Visual Studio 2005 Extensions, by Alex Malek and Andrew May
• Working with ASP.Net 2.0 Web Parts and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, by Erika Ehrli and Jo-Anne West
• Team-Based Development in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, by Eric Charran
• Evaluating and Customizing Search Relevance in SharePoint Server 2007, by Dmitriy Meyerzon, Avi Schmueli and Jo-Anne West
• Developer Introduction to Workflows for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007, by Andrew May
• Windows SharePoint Services Document: Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – Under the Hood

Books:

The following books are worth reading – some are more reference-like, others are more on the tutorial side:

• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Administrator's Companion, By Bill English
• Inside Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, By Ted Pattison
• Inside Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, By Patrick Tisseghem
• Beginning SharePoint 2007: building team solutions with Moss 2007, by Amanda Murphy
• Microsoft SharePoint: building Office 2007 solutions in C# 2005, by Scot Hillier
• Designing forms for Microsoft Office InfoPath and Forms Services 2007, by Scott Roberts
• Real world SharePoint 2007: indispensable experiences from 16 SharePoint and WSS MVPs, by Scot Hillier
• Essential SharePoint 2007, by Scott Jamison, Mauro Cardarelli and Susan Hanley

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