As I work with various clients with different skill levels with SharePoint, I have on more than one occasion needed to compile a list of training resources.  Microsoft (and others) provide a good number of resources so I thought I would try and compile a list in one place.  These resources can be a mix of delivery methods including blogs, whitepapers, online videos, tutorials or courses.  Let’s start with resources for end users, then move to the IT Pros, then to the developers.  I started writing this for the purpose of training, but the lists quickly grew to include other resources, so I hope you find it a useful resource.

For the sake of this post, all resources will be for SharePoint 2010.  But with the very soon to release SharePoint 2013, I will provide some information in another post.  Stay tuned! 

End Users

These resources are for the end users, the folks who use SharePoint day in and day out. 

Training

• SharePoint in Plain English
• Take SharePoint Server 2010 training at your desk
  • Make the switch to the new SharePoint 2010 user interface
  • Share information in a central place
  • Collaborate on documents and projects more efficiently
  • Manage documents and content in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
  • Introduction to Web Content Management
  • My Sites: Connecting to people and information
  • Introduction to Records Management and Compliance
  • Quickly find the resources you need to get your job done
  • Make Better Business Decisions
  • SharePoint document libraries 1: An Introduction
  • SharePoint document libraries 2: Organize and configure a library
  • SharePoint lists 1: An Introduction
  • SharePoint lists 2: Create and work with different lists
  • SharePoint lists 3: Create a list based on a spreadsheet
  • SharePoint lists 4: Create a custom list
  • SharePoint lists 5: Techniques for managing large lists
  • SharePoint lists 6: Exciting ways to display your list data
  • SharePoint lists 7: Handy tips and tricks
  • SharePoint pages 1: An Introduction
  • SharePoint pages 2: Work with wiki pages
• What Can SharePoint Server 2010 Do for Me?
  • This is actually the first video in the Getting Started for IT Pros training course, but I think it gives a great walkthrough of SharePoint 2010 and its features.

Other Resources

• What is SharePoint?
• SharePoint 2010 Resources for End Users
• What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
  • Find out what is new for SharePoint Server from the last version.
• Basic Tasks in SharePoint Server 2010
• That’s Why I Use SharePoint site
• Compare SharePoint 2010 Editions
  • Review the features below to help you decide which edition of SharePoint 2010 is right for your business.
• Licensing Resources for SharePoint 2010
• Getting Started with SharePoint Online for Office 365
  • Whether you are learning SharePoint Online for Office 365 for professionals and small businesses, used an earlier version of SharePoint, or have never used SharePoint before, explore these resources to begin learning how to use SharePoint Online.

Blogs

• ‘Get the Point’ blog
  • Blog by Microsoft for SharePoint end users

IT Professionals

For all those in the trenches, administering or supporting SharePoint, or power users that would like to expand their skillsets or knowledge.

Training

• Learn SharePoint 2010
  • Landing page with links to featured training videos available.  Below are some direct links to those courses.
• Getting Started with SharePoint 2010 for IT Pros
  • Use the modules in the Getting Started series to help you learn what Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 can do for you, how it works, how to create a site, and more.
• SharePoint 2010 advanced IT Pro Training
  • View the advanced modules to learn about topics such as core architecture, security, enterprise search, composite solutions, business intelligence, and more.
• SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Search IT Professional Training
  • This series of videos and hands-on labs demonstrates how to enable high-end enterprise search with SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint.
• SharePoint for Internet Sites Implementers’ Course
  • This course describes how to implement and brand a SharePoint-based public web site using SharePoint web content management (WCM), branding in general.
• SharePoint Enterprise Content Management Implementers’ Course
  • This covers all things ECM like information architecture, content types, metadata/taxonomy, records management, security/auditing, retention, document routing, digital asset libraries, etc.
• SharePoint 2010 Business Composites Training
  • This course covers a SharePoint Server 2010 Composites overview and all of these aspects for SharePoint Server 2010: Access Services, InfoPath Forms Services, Workflows in SharePoint 2010, Business Connectivity Services, and SharePoint BI and Composites Service Application Configuration.
• SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence Insights Training
  • This course teaches how to use SharePoint Server 2010 as your BI platform and covers the following topics: Business Intelligence Overview, Excel Services, PerformancePoint Services, Visio Services, Reporting Services Integration with SharePoint 2010, and PowerPivot for SharePoint Server 2010.
• SharePoint 2010 Overview for IT Pros
• Video Demos and Training for SharePoint Server 2010 on TechNet
  • Contains links to all Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 video demos that are intended for IT professionals.
• TechNet Virtual Labs for SharePoint 2010 IT Pros

How Do I Videos

• How Do I: Use the SharePoint 2010 Managed Metadata Service?
• How Do I: Email Enable SharePoint 2010 Lists?
• How Do I: Configure an Alternate Access Mapping in SharePoint 2010?
• How Do I: Backup and Restore a SharePoint 2010 Site Collection?

Other Resources

• TechNet Videos – SharePoint 2010
• TechNet Wiki - Tag SharePoint
  • SharePoint 2010 Best Practices
  • SharePoint 2010: Tips for Dealing with Performance Issues
  • SharePoint Server 2010 Test Lab Guides
• SharePoint 2010 Technical Library on TechNet
• 2010 SP1 Information Worker Demonstration VM Download (Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Project Server 2010)
  • Pre-configured VM by Microsoft for demonstration purposes
• SharePoint 2010 Technical Diagrams
  • Downloadable posters in XPS, PDF and DOCX
• Business Intelligence scenarios and solution articles
  • The articles in this section are intended to help you apply and integrate Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service applications to solve your business intelligence needs.
• Download Productivity Hub 2010 SP1
  • The Productivity Hub is a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 SP1 site collection that offers training materials for end-users.

Resource Centers

• SharePoint Server 2010 IT Pro Resource Centers
  • Architecture design
  • Best Practices
  • Capacity management
  • Getting Started
  • Governance
  • High Availability and disaster recovery
  • Installation and deployment
  • Operations and manageability
  • Security and authentication
  • SQL Server and SharePoint Server 2010 Databases
  • Updates
  • Upgrade and migration
  • Virtualization
  • What’s new
  • Windows PowerShell
• Business Intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010
• Workflows in SharePoint Server 2010

Blogs

• SharePoint Product Team Blog
• SharePoint ‘To the Point’ IT Pro Blog
• The SharePoint Expertpage
  • A blog roll of well known and respected SharePoint bloggers in one combined feed.

Development

For those that write all that fancy code and stuff.

Training

• Getting Started Developing on SharePoint 2010
  • This is a free online eLearning course for .NET developers who are just starting out in SharePoint development. It includes 10 modules of video content, hands on labs and code samples.
• SharePoint 2010 Advanced Developer Training
  • Topics include core development, user interfaces and lists, data access, composites, ECM, search and BI.
• SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Search Developer Training
  • Explore labs, presentations, and videos that show how to enable high-end enterprise search.
• Online SharePoint 2010 Developer Training or Download SharePoint 2010 Developer Training Kit
  • The SharePoint 2010 Developer Training Kit provides developers with deep guidance on how to develop for SharePoint 2010. Through PowerPoint decks, Hands-On Labs, Source Code, and Instructor-Led Videos, the developer kit walks you through an array of important developer topics--including Developer Roadmap, Visual Studio tooling, Workflow, Business Connectivity Services, and much, much more.
• SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure Training Course
  • Ramp up on different ways to integrate SharePoint and Windows Azure.
• SharePoint 2010 and Windows Phone 7 Training Course
  • Create Windows Phone 7 applications that consume SharePoint and Windows Azure data.
• SharePoint 2010 and Silverlight Training Course
  • Learn how to integrate Silverlight applications with SharePoint web sites.
• SharePoint Server Virtual Labs on MSDN

How Do I Videos

• How Do I: Create Visual Web Parts for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010?
• How Do I: Create Content Types for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010? 
• How Do I: Create Site Definitions for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010?
• How Do I: Create a Business Data Connectivity Model for SharePoint 2010 Using Visual Studio 2010?

Other Resources

• Video Center for SharePoint 2010 Development
  • SharePoint 2010 visual how-to videos
• SharePoint 2010 SDK Online, or download the SharePoint 2010 SDK
• SharePoint Development with Visual Studio 2010
  • Getting Started
  • Developing SharePoint solutions
  • Localizing SharePoint solutions
  • Building and debugging SharePoint solutions
  • Packaging and Deploying SharePoint solutions
  • SharePoint Development Samples and Walkthroughs
  • Extending the SharePoint tools in Visual Studio
• SharePoint General Development Resources
  • Find in-depth developer resources, such as how-to documentation, training, videos, code samples, and SDKs, for all releases of SharePoint products and technologies, including: SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Server 2007, and Windows SharePoint Services.
• SharePoint 2010 101 Code Samples
• SharePoint 2010 on Channel 9 (MSDN)
• SharePoint Designer for developers
• MSDN: SharePoint Developer Center RSS Updates

Resource Centers

• SharePoint 2010 developer resource centers
  • Administration extensions
  • Application lifecycle management
  • Business Connectivity Services
  • Client object model
  • Composites
  • Developer best practices
  • Developer top 10
  • Enterprise Content Management
  • Enterprise Search
  • Excel Services
  • PerformancePoint Services
  • Sandboxed Solutions
  • Security
  • SharePoint Online
  • Social Computing
  • Upgrade and migration
  • User Interface Customization
  • What’s new for developers
  • Word Automation Services
  • Workflow
• Visual Studio Development Center
• ASP.NET Developer Center

Blogs

• SharePoint Dev Team Blog
• Paul Stubbs Blog
  • Microsoft Architect for Windows Azure
• Todd Baginski blog