SharePoint Office 365 Books

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2018 Free Books

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Free Books from MVA

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Free books from Microsoft’s Senior Sales Excellence Manager in the past.
Over the years, Microsoft has given away millions of free Microsoft books to check out these lists on older titles!

2017 – Awesome List Once Again!

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2016 – Awesome List Once Again!
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Free Books from Real Time Publishers (ads)

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Office 365 – Suggested

Check out SharePoint MVP Mike Smith’s latest book.  Mike Smith is a trusted SharePoint author with several great SharePoint reference books that fill the in blanks when SharePoint documentation is lacking.  Mike’s latest book is treasure trove of missing formulas that will help any SharePoint power user or administrator.  Everything from simple calculations to complex Calculated Columns and Validation formulas can be found in what will soon be considered a SharePoint must have guide.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/098289922X

SharePoint Calculated Columns and Validation Formulas: Everything you need to know about SharePoint formulas for SharePoint 2010 to 2019 and SharePoint Online / Office 365

InfoPath – Suggested

by S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton

InfoPath 2013 Cookbook: 121 Codeless Recipes for Beginners
Info Path 2013 Cookbook 2: 121 Codeless Recipes for SharePoint 2013

PowerShell

PowerShell.org’s Free eBooks

http://powershell.org/wp/ebooks/

Suggested PowerShell Books
Best Books as Suggested by Students
http://powershell101.blogspot.com/2012/06/powershell-courses-books-and-training.html

PowerApps

Free ebook: Beginners Guide to PowerApps
http://c365.io/powerapps-ebook-v1 (2019.3)

SharePoint Hybrid

Free ebook: Configuring Microsoft SharePoint Hybrid Capabilities
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/microsoft_press/2016/07/06/free-ebook-configuring-microsoft-sharepoint-hybrid-capabilities/

Free ebook: Planning and Preparing for Microsoft SharePoint Hybrid
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/microsoft_press/2016/04/26/free-ebook-planning-and-preparing-for-microsoft-sharepoint-hybrid/

SharePoint 2016 – Suggested

Best Books as Suggested by Students

Vlad Catrinescu (Author), Trevor Seward (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Deploying-SharePoint-2016-Configuring-Maintaining/dp/1484219988
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SharePoint 2016 Search Explained
https://www.amazon.com/SharePoint-2016-Search-Explained-Premises/dp/1533673624

SharePoint Lab – Suggested

Building a SharePoint 2016 Home Lab: A How-To Reference on Simulating a Realistic SharePoint Testing Environment
https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index=books&linkCode=qs&keywords=9781484221709

SharePoint 2013

Best Books as Suggested by Students

Admin / PowerShell

Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Pocket Guide (Other Sams)

Sep 20, 2013 – Ben Curry

PowerShell for SharePoint 2013 How-To

Feb 20, 2013 – Steven Mann

Professional SharePoint 2010 Administration and Professional SharePoint 2013 Administration by Shane Young Steve Caravajal and Todd Klindt
Note that I recommend both books since there is little overlap.

Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Administration Inside Out by Randy Williams, CA Callahan, Chris Givens and John Milan Gross (Jan 25, 2014)

Workflow

Beginning SharePoint 2013 Workflows by Bjoern H. Rapp

http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-SharePoint-2013-Workflows-Bjoern/dp/1430258780

Note that Microsoft Press is now Pearson – March 2014http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140311006202/en/Pearson-Announces-Publishing-Distribution-Agreement-Microsoft-Press#.U6mkTnInKig
O’ Reilly Media is no longer – Sept 2013http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2013/09/30/microsoft-press-announcement.aspx

Free Books

Books And Tutorials for SharePoint 2013 and 2010
http://www.ashokraja.me/books/

Good Guide on Client-Side Web Design – 2010

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh404092.aspx

SharePoint 2010

Get this book for great Tips and Tricks for Site Owners!

SharePoint 2007 and 2010 Customization for the Site Owner by Michael T Smith

Must read to help site owners understand security!

SharePoint 2010 Security for the Site Owner: and for Administrators and Developers! by Michael T Smith
Admin
Microsoft - SharePoint 2010 Administrator's Companion by Bill English, Brian Alderman, Mark Ferrazhttp://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-SharePoint-2010-Administrators-Companion/dp/0735627207

Professional SharePoint 2010 Administration by Todd Klindt, Shane Young and Steve Caravajal - WROX - Professional SharePoint 2010 Administration by Todd, Shane and Steve http://www.amazon.com/Professional-SharePoint-2010-Administration-Klindt/dp/0470533331

Mastering Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010

Architech - Planning
Managing and Implementing Microsoft SharePoint Projects 
http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Implementing-Microsoft-SharePoint-Projects/dp/0735648700
Wrox - "Real World SharePoint 2010"... it's a number of authors each with a different topic. thx Charles
 http://www.amazon.com/Real-World-SharePoint-2010-Indispensable/dp/0470597135/ref=pd_sim_b_1

Governance
Essential SharePoint 2010: Overview, Governance, and Planning (Addison-Wesley Microsoft Technology Series)  A recommeded governance book (for beginners like me)
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-SharePoint-2010-Governance-Addison-Wesley/dp/0321700759

Introduction
 Beginning SharePoint 2010 Administration: Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-SharePoint-2010-Administration-Foundation/dp/0470597127/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339606257&sr=8-1

Powershell
"The Ultimate Guide Book" for SharePoint Powershell
 http://www.amazon.com/Automating-SharePoint-2010-Windows-PowerShell/dp/0470939206
Great book written for the Windows Administrator (not a developer)
http://www.amazon.com/Automating-Microsoft-Windows-Server-PowerShell/dp/1118013867/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2


Student Book Recommendations
Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 Step by Step (varied reviews)
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-SharePoint-Designer-2010-Step/dp/0735627339/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337663155&sr=1-2Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrator’s Companion - Microsoft Press
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-SharePoint-2010-Administrators-Companion/dp/0735627207
Excellent book for new or experienced SharePoint administrators. This book covers architecture, installation, upgrading, SQL optimization, information management, protecting content and data, external data sources, general administration tasks, and much more.

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed - Sams
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-SharePoint-2010-Unleashed-Michael/dp/0672333252/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343247333&sr=1-1&keywords=sharepoint+2010+unleashed+sams
Learn about the new features in SharePoint 2010 and how to architect and implement a new farm. This book is for architects and SharePoint administrators. The book covers architecture, installation, disaster recovery,SQL maintenance,alternate authentication scenarios, workflows, BI solutions, and much more.

Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Building Solutions for SharePoint 2010 - Apress
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-SharePoint-2010-Solutions-Professionals/dp/1430228652/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343247358&sr=1-1&keywords=building+solutions+for+sharepoint+2010+apress
This is a book for SharePoint developers to learn about creating custom solutions for SharePoint 2010. The book starts with the basics about setting up a development machine and moves through other topics such as: SharePoint basics, solution framework, web parts and pages, client object model, workflows, business intelligence, security, and much more.

Essential SharePoint 2010: Overview, Governance and Planning - Addison-Wesley Professional
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-SharePoint-2010-Governance-Addison-Wesley/dp/0321700759/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343247391&sr=1-1&keywords=essential+sharepoint+2010
This book focuses on helping the reader learn how to maximize the business value of SharePoint 2010 solutions. From a strict business value perspective the book explains how to plan and implement SharePoint solutions. This book covers governance, information architecture, ECM, leveraging community features, making search work, making business processes work, making business intelligence work, and much more.

SharePoint 2010 How-To - Sams
http://www.amazon.com/SharePoint-2010-How--Ishai-Sagi/dp/067233335X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343247411&sr=1-2&keywords=sharepoint+how+to+sams
This book is a great starting point for anyone new to SharePoint. This first chapter of the book is all about “What is…?”, to help the reader understand the basic components of SharePoint such as lists, libraries, web parts, workflows, and alerts. Readers will learn how to accomplish standard SharePoint tasks such as: searching content in SharePoint, using social networking features, creating lists and libraries, and managing security.

Microsoft-SharePoint-2010-Implementing-Real-World
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-SharePoint-2010-Implementing-Real-World/dp/0735662827/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1348756941&sr=1-4&keywords=real+world+sharepoint
... I was very excited when this book first came out because it appeared to contain step by step instructions to create compelling business solutions using SharePoint. When I began to build out the solutions I was struck by how poorly the book was edited. Many of the steps in buildout would use completely different syntax several times in the steps to represent the same word that needed to be entered to create columns or write rules. ...

Free Books and Content

Free Book Microsoft on Upgrade to 2010
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=fd2172e1-f9a7-45ce-ae5c-26714fd751f5&displaylang=en
SharePoint 2010 Products
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/ee428287(office.14).aspx
Downloadable Content - Foundation
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288773.aspx
Downloadable Content - SharePoint Server
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262788.aspx
How To Print a Book from TechNet
http://blogs.technet.com/b/tothesharepoint/archive/2011/07/27/export-your-own-technet-book.aspx