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SharePoint is a huge product and this latest video series, created by SharePoint expert and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Sharee English will teach you some of the most important aspects of SharePoint planning, installation and configuration.

SharePoint technology is really broken down into two separate administrators, the Server Administrator and the Site Collection Administrator. The video series from TrainingSpot.com covers the planning, installation, and configuration of SharePoint. Sharee will walk you through the installation choices and provide best practices on how to install SharePoint in various environments. She will show you how configure your farm for basic needs and dive into the Central Administration application in full detail. Finally, she will wrap up with configuration of the Shared Services Provider.

Total Time: 5 Hour 39 Minutes

Video Tutorials: 36

Series Author: Sharee English

If you are looking for additional SharePoint resources, you might want to check out Sharee’s blog.

The Silverlight 4 Training Course includes a white paper that explains all of the new Silverlight 4 features, several hands-on-labs that explain the features, and a 8 unit course for building business applications with Silverlight 4. The business applications course includes 8 modules with extensive hands on labs as well as 25 accompanying videos that walk you through key aspects of building a business application with Silverlight. Key aspects in this course are working with numerous sandboxed and elevated out of browser features, the new RichTextBox control, implicit styling, webcam, drag and drop, multi touch, validation, authentication, MEF, WCF RIA Services, right mouse click, and much more!

Audience Prerequisites:
Knowledge and experience with previous versions of Silverlight.

I am glad someone is looking out for Site Administrators. There is a lot of focus on resources for Network and SharePoint Administrators, for obvious reasons, but it’s important to also keep the Site Administrators in mind. I’ve noticed that my colleague Sharee English is often talking and blogging about Site Administrators. She recently posted a blog that lists training resources for SharePoint Site Administrators. Here’s a quote from her blog.

“Site Administrators have the largest burden when it comes to SharePoint. They are responsible for managing permissions, creating lists and libraries, and maintaining metadata. Most site administrators have never done any of these things before and may not even know what some of these things mean. Luckily there are so many resources available.”

Click here for more details and links to the resources that she has listed.

I teach at various training centers. Several of them offer mentored-learning solutions and special courses for students who are changing their careers from other professions to Information Technology (IT). Even in today’s economy, IT is considered to be a lucrative field. According to IDC research, the number of IT jobs between the end of 2009 and 2013 worldwide will rise by 5.8 million.

Microsoft has a special portal for students called Microsoft Student Career Portal. For students, Microsoft provides training, certifications, IT career guidance, learning paths, and lots of special offers associated with the most commonly recognized IT job roles in the industry. And on of the many benefits is that students can get up to 55% off for certification exams. Click here for more details.

While you are at it, you might want to check out Certification Magazine’s 2009 Salary Survey.

If you are new to Microsoft SharePoint technologies you might want to check out these demos. They are also a good resource to show in your class if you are an MCT.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 demo

Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 demo