SharePoint Training Video and Turorial Reviews

This is a wonderful training tool. The company I work for installed SharePoint 2010 and I was assigned the task of administrating the company intranet using SharePoint. Now, mind you, I'm not an IT Professional. I work with Learning and Development, therefore prior to this I had NEVER worked with SharePoint and I felt lost as I stumbled through building the intranet.

This easy to use DVD has helped me to structure and build an intranet site using SharePoint the way it should be built. Andre, the instructor and author, gives a wide variety of demos that can be applied to virtually any work situation where SharePoint 2010 functions as a solution. The labs are simple and easy to follow, yet they are detailed and comprehensive for real-world application.

This DVD is a MUST for all Project Managers, IT Professionals, and anyone else using SharePoint 2010. I highly recommend it.

I had a few sharepoint classes in my time but this cd is really informational and the best part is that it is interactive.. recommend to anyone using sharepoint....

We just bought this at work and have started through it. The disappointing element is that we bought both this and the SharePoint 2007 Development DVD. All the material on the "Fundamentals" DVD is repeated on the "Development" DVD - so we blew an extra $299 for no reason. And of course we'd already opened both packages before noticing... (3 August 2007 update) First comment: the author contacted me directly and offered a refund of the cost of the Fundamentals DVD. Given that I'm still going through the Development DVD and have loaned the Fundamentals DVD to a coworker, I will give kudos for the offer - but keep both copies! (Am I fickle or what?) I also tried to upgrade my review to 4-5 stars (Amazon won't let me!). The material is solid and is great as an on-your-own replacement to a pricier class Microsoft might hold. I am getting many ideas for replacing legacy applications in my work environment. I had to play a little catchup to run the tutorials, so be prepared: you'll need an Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment (I'm using Microsoft Virtual PC as the author seems to) and Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007. Whether your intent is to grow into a full-blown SharePoint developer or if you need a broader background on how SharePoint works and what its capabilities are, this will be a very good introduction.

I'm creating my first production SharePoint farm and this DVD has been invaluable to me. Well-thought out, patient, and hands-on, it's effective at teaching the concepts but at a pace that's real-world, "I-need-to-get-this-done-yesterday" friendly as well. Well-structured and indexed too, viewable topic-by-topic. This DVD has been a trustworthy compendium. Seriously, I'd be hung out to dry on this project without it. It has saved me a LOT of grief. Great tool, great investment.

I am heavily involved in SharePoint 2003 projects and will need to convert to MOSS 2007 etc and needed to learn SharePoint 2007 as quickly as possible. A fellow co-worker suggested I take a look at this product, and it was the best move I ever made. I have read numerous books, but this course actully lets you download a Virtual PC image so you can work through all of the examples as if you had SharePoint 2007 on your own PC! A must faster way to learn. The material is very well organized, explained well, and I also purchased the "Development DVD" version as well as I do some ASP.NET programming. It was also a good move.

Most impressve is their support. I usually get an e-mail response within miunutes or hours if I have any questions or snags. Andre is Excellent at following up with you.

If you want to become an Expert with SharePoint 2007, and do it in a Fast Track manner, this is hands down the training DVD you need. Also if you do any development with SharePoint 2007, the extra money spent on the Developoment DVD worth every penny.

This is an indispensable tool that every SharePoint admin or developer must have.

I just finished taking this course at a nearby training facility and it was by far the best training on SharePoint I have ever seen. The material is well organized, and though not exhaustive, it is thorough. The video segments could be more polished, but the were more than adequate and the demos were excellent. Spring for the extra $100 for the Development DVD as all the Fundamentals material is covered there as well.

This is hands-down one of the best SharePoint 2003 training resources out there (and there are not many). Very comprehensive and covers a broad range of topics from the 101 Functional Usage, Design and Administration, and finally development, application building, and web part creation. Tons of demos and exercises/labs. The "freestyle" labs in the course are a perfect way to apply what you have just learned from the lecture/lab. This course will put the student in a grand position to fully understand SharePoint 2003 technology. Thank you! I cant wait for the SharePoint 2005 version to come out!!

I purchased this training video early on. I also took a class on SharePoint. I found that the video was much more comprehensive than the class, and covered SharePoint Portal and SharePoint Windows. The topics cover all the nuts and bolts of setting up and managing a SharePoint website. I would recommend it for anyone who is anticipating the installation of a SharePoint site or is in the early stages of building and managing a SharePoint site. Additionally the DVD on SharePoint 2003: Development is also comprehensive and very useful.

This DVD provides a great overview of all the important Share Point functionality with an easy to navigate menu allowing easy toggle between topics. As the IT Manager for a large construction firm, this DVD allows me to easily review only the topics I need to focus on. Continuous visual images of the narrator provide the feeling of being in a classroom environment although probably not critical to getting the message across. A great purchase for any company deploying SharePoint! Recommended.

This is a MUST reference tool for any SharePoint 2003 Administrator, when you need to refer to how and what to do in any given situation that you don't deal with day-to-day!

I bought this course because I wanted a) a refresher on SharePoint configuration and b) an explanation of SharePoint customization and extension. This course not only succeeded on both counts, it provided far more.

Fundamentally, this course provides a high level overview of what SharePoint is and why one might use it. There is detailed discussion on the difference between SharePoint Portal and Windows SharePoint Services as well as the strengths and limitations of each product.

Where this course differs from other SharePoint courses, though, is in the richly detailed sections dealing with the SharePoint API. Clearly, Andre crafted this section with the .NET Developer in mind and it shows.

After you take this course, you will be able to install & configure SharePoint, write & deploy your own web parts and even feed SharePoint data to other websites in your organization (and vice versa). I can't recommend it highly enough.

Using the DVD helped me understand SharePoint much better then reading any book. The demonstrations are full sized and crisp, unlike other blurry screen capture training videos I have seen before. I was able to pause the demos and repeat the steps on SharePoint on the Virtual PC image. I loved working on the labs (hand on exercises) because they were consistent and easy to follow. However, some of the "free style exercises", which did not have instructions, were a bit hard. Took me over 2 weeks to finish all the topics. Overall the course structure is easy to follow and has broad coverage of the subject matter.