Resources for IT Pros and Administrators

Official / Useful Training

Get up to speed with these resources.

• SharePoint Docs
• Microsoft Learn: Certificate Learning Paths
• Microsoft Adoption Centre - IT Professional
• Youtube: Microsoft Mechanics
• Free Books from Microsoft Press
• Well-Reviewed Books
• LinkedIn Learning: SharePoint
• List of Office 365 Security Resources

Product roadmap, cloud updates

Keep up to date

• Microsoft 365 Roadmap
• SharePoint Team Blog
• Ignite Conf (particularly Jeff Teper keynotes)
• IntraZone Podcast
• Microsoft 365 Community Calls
• Also worth keep up with the community…

Authorities (not definitive)

• MS 365 Blog
• SharePoint Community Blog
• @alirobe’s SharePoint-Influencer list
• Corporate Vice President Jeff Teper
• Produt Dev Leader Vesa Juvonen and his PnP community calls
• Marketing Leader Mark Kashman + Novel Technical Projects Lead Chris McNulty - Intrazone Podcast hosts
• MVP Benjamin Niaulin and ShareGate blog
• MVP Todd Klindt (Blog, Podcast, Patch Notes)
• MS VP Bill Baer

Archived authorities - great stuff for old on-prem environments.

• MVP Gary Lapointe and on ITUnity
• MVP Spence Harbar
• MVP Trevor Seward
• MVP Vlad Catrinescu

Admin Toolkit

• MS 365 Developer Program - a Free MS 365 Test Environment
• Useful URLs (via this thread)
• PnP PowerShell
• Patterns and Practices: Tools
• Powershell Guide
• Graph Explorer
• SharePoint API Change Tracker
• SPDocKit
• Rencore Governance
• Chrome Extension: SP Editor

On-Prem

• SharePoint Server Docs
• AutoSPInstaller (note: read the docs carefully)
• ULS Log Viewer
• SharePointUpdates.com
• SharePoint Client Browser

Migration Vendors

Note: vendor listings are alphabetical. If vendors are missing, please suggest them!

• AvePoint (Vendor has active history with large + complex migrations)
• BitTitan (Lift & shift - for smaller MSPs, Also does Exchange)
• Dell Migration Suite (Legacy solution for large/complex enterprise migrations)
• Quest Metavis/Metalogix (Vendor has long history with large + complex migrations)
• Microsoft Migration Tools (Official) (originally lift + shift, has limitations but rapidly improving)
• SkyKick (MSP focused)
• Share-Gate (Market leader for mid-scale migrations)
• Technet: Backup and Restore best Practices for SharePoint 2013
• Migration Vendor List from topsharepoint.com
• Technet: Deployment Resources for Office 365

  Backup Vendors

Note: many backup vendors are adding MS 365 backup capabilities. This list is definitely not exhaustive, please check your trusted backup vendor to see what they recommend.

• SkyKick (cloud-only for MSPs)
• Synology DSM - Active Backup for 365 (cheap/simple hardware and licensing for small businesses)
• Veeam (large backup vendor)
• More here…
• Be aware of built in capabilities in MS 365: dual stage recycle bin, OD rollback, SP rollback, SP version history.
• If you’ve suffered catastrophic loss in the cloud, get escalated to MS via a respected partner within 14 days and you may be able to get the data recovered. Aussies may want to contact sope.com.au for support - or any well qualified gold partner with SharePoint/MS365 expertise - check Appsource for the MS partner list.

Client software

• OneDrive Files on Demand
• OneDriveMapper
• IAM Cloud
• Thinkscape Zee Drive
• On iOS/Android app stores: SharePoint app, OneDrive app, MS365 admin app.