SharePoint O365 Videos Webcasts Podcasts and Books

You Tube Channels

SharePoint and SharePoint Online

PAIT Group
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUdB2Y9D10_tMNleQY3ypug

Security

CertJunkie0042 – Security Instructor
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtudLj18oXlrzrPHqKC5bLA

FM Player Podcasts

Office 365 Podcasts
https://player.fm/podcasts/Office%2520365

More from The Cloud Engineer

SharePoint Tutorials (2013 2010)
http://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2011/07/sharepointtutorial-page.html
Courses
http://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2012/07/course-list.html
Books
http://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2011/12/sharepointbooks.html
Office 365 - The Basics
https://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2018/11/office-365-videos.html

Teams Training Videos

https://www.successwithteams.com/Academy

Development

Dev Tutorials (UWP Beginner)
http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Beginner
Getting Started with SharePoint Development (Videos Books More)
https://blogs.msmvps.com/windsor/2016/06/17/getting-started-with-sharepoint-20132016online-development/

SharePoint 2019

Overview of SharePoint Server 2019 Public Preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlzGJa69wn0

SharePoint 2016

SharePoint Dev Courses
https://github.com/andrewconnell/pres-sp15app-ng-spa
Getting Started with SharePoint 2013/2016/Online Development
https://blogs.msmvps.com/windsor/2016/06/17/getting-started-with-sharepoint-20132016online-development/

MIM (Identity Management) Videos
https://thesharepointfarm.com/microsoft-identity-manager-series/

SharePoint 2013

Videos and Demos from TechNet
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262880.aspx
Videos from European SharePoint Conference
http://www.sharepointeurope.com/content/how-to-sharepoint-2013-videos
So You Want to Become a SharePoint Developer …
http://techtrainingnotes.blogspot.com/2013/05/so-you-want-to-be-sharepoint-developer.html
Introduction to SharePoint Search 2013 and more …
http://www.surfray.com/video-center/webcast/introduction-to-sharepoint-2013-search
Couple Really Huge Lists from SharePoint Community
http://sharepoint-community.net/page/sharepoint-videos
http://absolute-sharepoint.com/2013/09/sharepoint-conference-2012-sessions-are-now-posted-online-for-free.html

SharePoint 2010

SharePoint Books
http://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2011/12/sharepointbooks.html

Microsoft - SharePoint 2010 Resources for IT Professionals
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/Pages/IT-Pro-Training-Guide.aspx
Microsoft MSDN free Offline Training Kits http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg299335

SharePoint Podcasts
http://www.sharepointpodshow.com/
SharePoint Webcasts
http://www.idera.com/Education/SharePoint-Webcasts/
http://www.idera.com/Events/SharePoint-Webcasts/%3E
http://www.blogger.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebrightwork%2Ecom%2Fwebcasts%2Frecorded_webcasts%2Ehtm&urlhash=FVTF&_t=tracking_disc

SharePoint Videos
Microsoft Sites
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262880.aspx
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/Pages/Videos.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/hh298298.aspx

Channel 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Sharepoint/

IT Pro Overview http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=188507
New Features http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=164931
Getting Started http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=164613
Snackbox http://snackbox.microsoft.com/Pages/snackhomepage.aspx
Technet http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262880.aspx
Search http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/enterprisesearch/ff961004
Advanced IT Pro http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff420396.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/take-sharepoint-server-2010-training-at-your-desk-HA101859255.aspx
ECM http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/sharepoint/hh126808.
SharePoint 2010 for Internet Sites Implementers' Course on TechNet
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/hh126807

You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/user/sharepoint

More Great Places to Start
http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/

SharePoint Coffee Video Archive
http://www.seproductivity.com/Coffee%20Talk%20Archive/Home.aspx

Marketplace
http://www.spmarketplace.com/

Microsoft series from Microsoft for Development and administration of SharePoint 2010 http://shareyourdev.blogspot.com/2011/02/sharepoint-2010-training-series.html

and more ...
Learn SharePoint Dev Fast - Have fun learning! http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=17215

http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/
http://www.spmarketplace.com/ Books
http://lynda.com/
http://www.sharepoint911.com/
http://www.learningsharepoint.com/
http://www.sptechweb.com/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee263917.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/default
http://melwaer.blogspot.com/2011/09/building-offline-learning-kit-for.html
http://www.learndevnow.com/
http://www.surfray.com/  and go to the resources tab

Ignite Videos

Microsoft Ignite Conference

All Ignite Events 2017-2015

https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite

Ignite 2017 – Australia

On-Demand SharePoint Sessions from Ignite Australia
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/Australia-2017?sort=status&direction=desc&term=sharepoint

SharePoint Virtual Summit 2017

Please join the video stream at https://aka.ms/SharePointSummit

Ignite 2016

On-Demand SharePoint Sessions from Ignite
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2016?sort=status&direction=desc&term=sharepoint

Ignite 2015

On-Demand SharePoint Sessions from Ignite
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015?sort=status&direction=desc&term=sharepoint

More Conferences

Learn More About SharePoint – ShareGate

https://en.share-gate.com/blog/learn-about-sharepoint-different-topics

Huge SharePoint Video Lists

http://sharepoint-community.net/page/sharepoint-videos

http://www.sharepointmn.com/Pages/Presentations.aspx

SP24 Conference All Sessions

https://www.sp24conf.com/2014-1/Conf/LobbyPages/AllSessions.aspx

So you want to be a SharePoint Developer…
http://techtrainingnotes.blogspot.com/2013/05/so-you-want-to-be-sharepoint-developer.html

SharePoint Course Class List

All classes can be found at  New Horizons or Microsoft Learning

2019

SharePoint 2019 Admin – MS-301

MS-301T01
2 Days
MS-301T02
2 Days - Lab Prerequisites MS-301T01
MS-301T03
1 Day - Lab Prerequisites MS-301T01 MS-301T02
MS-301T04
1 Day - Lab Prerequisites MS-301T01 MS-301T02 MS-301T03

Certification Study Guides

MS-900 Study Guide: https://absolute-sharepoint.com/ms-900-study-guide-microsoft-365-fundamentals

MS-300 Study Guide: https://absolute-sharepoint.com/ms-300-study-guide-deploying-microsoft-365-teamwork

MS-301 Study Guide Part 1
https://absolute-sharepoint.com/ms-301-study-guide-deploying-sharepoint-server-hybrid

MS-301 Study Guide Part 2
https://modery.net/study-guide-ms-301-deploying-sharepoint-server-hybrid

MS-301 Study Guide Part 2 http://www.savvytechnicalsolutions.com/educational-resources/exam-study-guides/exam-ms-301-study-guide/

2016

New Horizon List (as of 12/2018)

• 20339-1 Planning and Administering SharePoint 2016
• 20339-2 Advanced Technologies of SharePoint 2016
• 55157 SharePoint 2016 Business Intelligence
• 55193 Introduction to SharePoint 2016 for Collaboration and Document Management
• 55197 Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 for the Site Owner/Power User
• 55157 SharePoint 2016 Business Intelligence
• 55198 Microsoft SharePoint Server Content Management for SharePoint 2013 and 2016
• 55199 SharePoint 2016 End User Training
• 55200 SharePoint 2016 Power User Training
• 55217 SharePoint 2016 Power User
• 55234 SharePoint 2016 Site Collections and Site Owner Administration
• Microsoft SharePoint 2016: Advanced Site Owner with Workflow Administration
• Microsoft SharePoint 2016: Site Owner
• Microsoft SharePoint 2016: Site User

SharePoint Architect – Farm Admin
20339-1 (5 Day) Planning and Administering SharePoint 2016
20339-2 (5 Day) Advanced Technologies of SharePoint 2016
Site Collection Admin
55234 (5 Day) SharePoint 2016 Site Collections and Site Owner Administration
55198 (2 Day) Content Management for SharePoint 2016
User - Information Worker
(1 Day) Microsoft SharePoint 2016: Advanced Site Owner with Workflow Administration
(1 Day) Microsoft SharePoint 2016: Site Owner
(1 Day) Microsoft SharePoint 2016: Site User

Additional Classes * Special Classes
55193 (1 Day) Introduction to SharePoint 2016 for Collaboration and Document Management *
55197 (2 Day) Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 for the Site Owner/Power User *
55198 (2 Day) Microsoft SharePoint Server Content Management for SharePoint 2013 and 2016 *
Auditing
55095 (1 Day) SharePoint 2010 and 2013 Auditing and Site Content Administration using PowerShell
BI
55157 (3 Day) SharePoint 2016 Business Intelligence
Power BI
(3 Day) 20778A: Analyzing Data with Power BI | Microsoft
(3 Day) 20779A: Analyzing Data with Excel | Microsoft

Developer
20480 (5 Day) Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3
Developer Class 2016
55249 Developing with the SharePoint Framework
Developer Classes from SharePoint 2013 (2013)
20488B (5 Day) Developing Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Core Solutions
20489B (5 Day) Developing Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Advanced Solutions
Workflow
Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013
SharePoint Designer 2013 one day class spends 3/6 lessons on workflows
20488 Developing Microsoft® SharePoint® 2013 Core Solutions
20489B – Module 11 of a 15 module class deals with workflows. but note this is an intense 5 day dev course

Office 365

Office 365
MS 20347 (5 Day) Enabling and Managing Office 365
MS 10997 (3 Day) Office 365 Administration
MS 55215 (4 Day) SharePoint Online Power User
MS 55238 (3 Day) SharePoint Online for Administrators
NH 55238 (3 Day) SharePoint Online for Administrators
MS 55234 (5 Day) SharePoint 2016 Site Collections and Site Owner Administration
NH 55265 (2 Day) Microsoft® PowerApps
NH 55268 (1 Day) Microsoft Flow

2013

New Horizon List (as per 10/2017)

20331 Core Solutions of Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2013

20332 Advanced Solutions of Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2013

20488 Developing Microsoft® SharePoint® 2013 Core Solutions

20489 Developing Microsoft® SharePoint® 2013 Advanced Solutions

55014 Upgrading Your Development Skills to SharePoint 2013

55026 Upgrading your End User Skills to SharePoint 2013

55028 SharePoint 2013 Power User

55029 Introduction to SharePoint 2013 for Collaboration and Document Management

55031 SharePoint 2013 End User

55033 SharePoint 2013 Site Collection and Site Administration

55035 Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 for the Site Owner/Power User

55037 SharePoint 2013 Search Inside Out

55042 SharePoint 2013 Business Intelligence

55045 Microsoft SharePoint 2013 End to End Business Intelligence Boot Camp

55049 PowerPivot, Power View and SharePoint 2013 Business Intelligence Center for Analysts

55050 SharePoint 2013 End User Level I

55052 SharePoint 2013 End User Level II

55057 SharePoint 2013 PerformancePoint Services

55063 Advanced SharePoint 2013 Business Intelligence

55081 Basic SharePoint Server 2013 Branding

55105 Quick SharePoint 2013 Maintenance for the Part-Time Administrator

55141 SharePoint 2013 Search for Power Users

User - Information Worker
55031 (3 Day) SharePoint 2013 End User
55035 (2 Day) SharePoint 2013 Site Owner/Power User
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013: Site Administrator (1 Day)
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013: Site Owner (1 Day)
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013: Site User (1 Day)
Site Collection Admin
55033 (5 Days) Site / Site collection Admin
55198 (2 Day) Content Management for SharePoint 2013

SharePoint Architect – Farm Admin
20331B (5 Days) Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
Watch for prerequisites
20332B (5 Days) Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
Watch for prerequisites

Office 365
20347 (5 Day) Enabling and Managing Office 365

Additional  Related  Classes

Project Management
BA09 (2 Day) Managing Requirements for SharePoint Projects
Branding
55081 (2 Day) 55081 Basic SharePoint Server 2013 Branding
Developer Classes
20488B (5 Day) Developing Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Core Solutions
20489B (5 Day) Developing Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Advanced Solutions

Search
55037AC (5 Day) SharePoint 2013 Search Inside Out
55122A (3 Day) Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Search Administration
SharePoint Designer
Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013 (1 Day)
55048 - (3 Day) No-Code SharePoint 2013 Workflows with SharePoint Designer 2013 and Visio
PowerShell
10961B (5 Day) Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell 3.0
BI – Business Intelligence
Official BI Track from Microsoft
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ph/learning/mcse-sql-business-intelligence.aspx
20461D:(5 day) Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2014
20462D: (5 day) Administering Microsoft SQL Server Databases
20463D: (5 day) Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server
20466D: (5 day) Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server – Intro BI - Performance Point – SSRS
20467D: (5 day) Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

More BI Related Classes

55042 (3 Day) SharePoint 2013 Business Intelligence (Dashboard)
55045 (5-7 Day) End to End Boot Camp - SharePoint 2013 BI
55049 (2 Day) Power Pivot, Power View for Analysts - 2 day
20461C: (5 day) Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2014
20462C: (5 day) Administering Microsoft SQL Server Databases
20466C: (5 day) Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server – Intro BI - Performance Point – SSRS
6236A (3 day) Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services – SSRS

Related SP2013 Courses

Performance Point
50465 Performance Point 2010 Designing and Implementing Scorecards and Dashboards
SCOM
10747 Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
10748 Planning and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
55004 Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 Operations Manager
55006 System Center Operations Manager 2012
10964 Cloud & Datacenter Monitoring with System Center Operations Manager
SSRS
6236A: Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

2010

User – Information Worker
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Level 1 (2 Day)
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Level 2 (2 Day)

IT Pro
50352 (3 Day) SharePoint 2010 Overview for End Users (information workers)
50353 (3 Day) SharePoint 2010 Overview for IT Pros (administration not needed for users)
50470 (2 Day) Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 for Site Owner/Power User

Farm Administration
10174 (5 Day) Configuring and Administering Microsoft SharePoint 2010
Watch for prerequisites
10231 (5 Day) Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure -
Watch for prerequisites

Site Collection and Site Admin
50547 (5 Day) Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Site Collection and Site Administration -Watch for prerequisites

Search Admin
10802 (3 Day) Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Search for IT Professionals -
Watch for prerequisites

Additional Developer Classes

BI – Business Intelligence
50429 (5 Day) SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence
50433 (2 Day) PowerPivot for End Users

Developer using Visual Studio
10175 (5 Day) Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Application Development -Watch for prerequisites
10232 (5 Day) Designing and Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Applications - Watch for prerequisites
Search Developer
10805 (3 Day) Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Search for Application Developers - Watch for prerequisites
10806 (2 Day) Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint for Application Developers - Watch for prerequisites

SharePoint Designer 2010
50354 (2 Day) SharePoint 2010 SharePoint Designer
Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 - Level 1 (1 Day)
Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 - Level 2 (1 Day)

PowerShell
10325 (5 Day) Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell 2.0

SharePoint Search – Start Here

General

Classic vs Modern Search Experience in O365 and SharePoint
https://searchexplained.com/modern-vs-classic-search-experiences-in-office-365/

Stemming support
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219499.aspx

Stemming on nouns and adjectives http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/142899/does-sharepoint-2013-search-support-stemming

What’s the Difference Between Stemming and Lemmatization? - Ask Dr. Search
http://www.ideaeng.com/stemming-lemmatization-0601

News

Google Announces Sunset for Google Search Appliance!
http://searchexplained.com/gsa-retirement-explained-white-paper/

SharePoint Search Series

by a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) for SharePoint with focus in Enterprise Search

1. A high-level view to orchestrating the crawl     /* this post */
2. A deep dive look at starting the crawl
3. Enumeration/Discovery
   1. Concepts
   2. Illustrating through ULS               /* next in the series */
   3. Simulating with PowerShell

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint_strategery/2015/01/26/sp2013-crawling-explained-orchestration-part-1/

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint_strategery/2015/03/24/sp2013-crawling-explained-starting-the-crawl-deep-dive-part-2/

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint_strategery/2015/08/17/sp2013-crawling-explained-enumerationdiscovery-part-3a/

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint_strategery/2014/02/10/sharepoint-search-and-deadlocks-in-sql-server/

Solutions

Employee Directory
http://www.ableblue.com/blog/archive/2018/02/16/build-an-employee-directory-in-sharepoint-online-and-sharepoint/

Office 365

https://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2018/12/office-365-search.html

2016

Search on Technet

Overview of search in SharePoint Server 2016

Plan enterprise search architecture in SharePoint Server 2016

Scale enterprise search in SharePoint Server 2016

Scale search for Internet Sites in SharePoint Server 2016

Disaster recovery best practices and strategies for SharePoint 2016 search

Best practices for organizing content for search in SharePoint Server 2016

Understanding result sources for search in SharePoint Server 2016

Plan crawling and federation in SharePoint Server 2016

Overview of the search schema in SharePoint Server 2016

Plan to transform queries and order results in SharePoint 2016

Overview of search result ranking in SharePoint Server 2016

Overview of analytics processing in SharePoint Server 2016

Companies currently using Search ADP, Australia Department of Defence, Bayer, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Deloitte, Ford Motor Company, Green Mountain Coffee, Pfizer, Rio Tinto, The Procter & Gamble Company, U.S. Army, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Reference BAInsight

2013

SharePoint Search 2013 - TechNet
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/tothesharepoint/tag/sharepoint-search-2013/

Problems Crawling the non-Default zone *Explained
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint_strategery/2014/07/08/problems-crawling-the-non-default-zone-explained/

Search Unleashed Series (Fast Search – SharePoint 2013)
Search Architecture with SharePoint 2013
Crawling content with Sharepoint 2013 Search 
Notes on securing data with Sharepoint 2013 Search 
How to tell that a Continuous Crawl is actually working 
Certain types of Icons are not being displayed in search results with Sharepoint 2013

Compare Content Query Web Part vs. Content Search Web Part
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/When-to-use-the-Content-Query-Web-Part-or-the-Content-Search-Web-Part-in-SharePoint-346a0f48-38de-409b-8a58-3bdca1768929

Note that the number of threads in 2013 changes with the number of cores http://blogs.technet.com/b/searchguys/archive/2013/02/19/content-processing-performance-scaling.aspx

Also here is good diagram of overlap in continuous crawls
http://blogs.technet.com/b/tothesharepoint/archive/2012/09/14/how-can-i-achieve-the-best-freshness-of-search-results-introducing-continuous-crawls-for-sharepoint.aspx

Lowest value is one minute for continuous crawl
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219802.aspx

Rock your Search Performance on SharePoint Dev Environments
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/24596.rock-your-search-performance-on-sharepoint-development-environments-in-10-steps.aspx

Running SharePoint 2013 search within a limited RAM footprint
http://reality-tech.com/2014/02/03/running-sharepoint-2013-search-within-a-limited-ram-footprint/

Performance Issues
http://platinumdogs.me/2014/01/07/controlling-search-noderunner-memory-usage-in-sharepoint-2013/

Custom entity extraction in SharePoint 2013
http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2013/01/08/no-metadata-no-problem-custom-entity-extraction-in-sharepoint-2013.aspx

Troubleshooting Tool
https://sp2013searchtool.codeplex.com/

Foundation
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sharepoint-online-search-service-description.aspx
https://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/sites/itpro/pages/search-in-sharepoint-2013-foundation-versus-full-blown-server.aspx

Reset Index from Microsoft

Solution

To solve the issue follow these steps:

1. Stop the Timer Service
2. Clear the configuration cache
   1. Find in \ProgramData\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config the folder where the file cache.ini exists
   2. Delete every file from this folder EXCEPT cache.ini
   3. Open cache.ini, delete the content and put ’1′ (without the quotes) in it and save the file
3. Restart the Timer Service
4. Index reset
5. Full crawl

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jamesway/2011/05/23/sharepoint-2010-clearing-the-configuration-cache/

Reset Index Additional Reference http://www.itidea.nl/index.php/search-has-encountered-a-problem-that-prevents-results-from-being-returned/

Export/Import Managed Properties via Powershell
http://blog.riccardocelesti.it/exportimport-managed-properties-via-powershell/

Check these TechNet articles:

Good article on intro to ….
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/russmax/archive/2013/06/06/search-2013-search-architecture-part-1-intro.aspx

Test Lab Guide: Configure a highly available SharePoint Server 2013 Search topology
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn271768.aspx

Changes from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607742(v=office.15)#section4

FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint deprecated features
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607742(v=office.15)

Search technical reference for SharePoint Server 2013
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219574(v=office.15).aspx

Administer search in SharePoint Server 2013
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee792877(v=office.15).aspx

Architectures - Download
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30383
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30464

Scale Search Performance
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219628.aspx
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/16002.sharepoint-2013-capacity-planning-sizing-and-high-availability-for-search-in-spc172.aspx

More Articles from the web:

Great articles from BAInsight.
http://www.bainsight.com/pages/sharepoint-search-2013.aspx

SharePoint 2013 Search – FAST Integration
http://www.matdesmarais.com/2012/07/sharepoint-2013-search-fast-integration/

What happens with FAST in SharePoint 2013
http://nbsharepointtalk.blogspot.se/2012/07/whats-new-within-sharepoint-2013-search_24.html

Check out more cool new features in SharePoint 2013
http://www.surfray.com/blog/2012/07/16/new-features-in-sharepoint-2013/

Document Preview
http://www.surfray.com/blog/2012/07/16/document-preview-in-sharepoint-2013/

SEO is built in 2013
 http://blog.mastykarz.nl/search-engine-optimization-sharepoint-2013/

SharePoint Features Comparison

News

ShareGate Nintex Hyperfish Survey (Online and On-Prem)
https://en.share-gate.com/global-sharepoint-industry-study

2019

SharePoint 2019 is now RTM
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoint-Blog/Announcing-General-Availability-of-SharePoint-Server-2019/ba-p/272546

New and improved features in SharePoint Server 2019
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/what-s-new/new-and-improved-features-in-sharepoint-server-2019
What's deprecated or removed from SharePoint Server 2019
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/what-s-new/what-s-deprecated-or-removed-from-sharepoint-server-2019

2016

Feature availability across SharePoint on-premises plans
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/SharePoint-2016-Feature-1746745d

Standard vs Enterprise

SharePoint 2016 Licensing

SharePoint 2016 licensing
https://products.office.com/en-us/sharepoint/sharepoint-licensing-overview
SharePoint 2013 vs 2016
https://www.cloudappsportal.com/sharepoint/sharepoint-2016-2013/

2013

2013  - Service Applications
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/12512.sharepoint-2013-service-applications.aspxSince many links have change please use the following:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140205120238/https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj819267.aspx
2013 - What's New – Changes from 2010 to 2013
https://web.archive.org/web/20170222121421/https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607742(v=office.15)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607742(v=office.15) 
2013 - What's Gone
https://web.archive.org/web/20160508183009/https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607742(v=office.15).aspx#section1
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607742%28v=office.15%29.aspx#section1
2013 - Discontinued Features
http://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2012/09/sharepoint-2013-discontinued-features.html
2013 vs Office 365
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sanjaynarang/archive/2013/01/20/sharepoint-2013-2010-2007-feature-comparison.aspx

2010

Compare SharePoint Versions
http://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2013/02/versions.html

Compare SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint Online
http://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2012/03/feature-comparison-across-sharepoint.html

2007

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc678862(v=office.12).aspx

SharePoint Office 365 Books

Free Microsoft Tech Books

2018 Free Books

http://aka.ms/mspressfree

Free Books from MVA

https://mva.microsoft.com/ebooks

Free Books from TechNet

E-Book Gallery for Microsoft Technologies
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!

https://web.archive.org/web/20190209134103/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mssmallbiz/2017/07/11/largest-free-microsoft-ebook-giveaway-im-giving-away-millions-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-again-including-windows-10-office-365-office-2016-power-bi-azure-windows-8-1-office-2013-sharepo/

2016 – Awesome List Once Again!
https://web.archive.org/web/20190209134056/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mssmallbiz/2016/07/10/free-thats-right-im-giving-away-millions-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-again-including-windows-10-office-365-office-2016-power-bi-azure-windows-8-1-office-2013-sharepoint-2016-sha/

Free Books from Real Time Publishers (ads)

https://www.realtimepublishers.com/

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
Search


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

SharePoint Branding

2019

Branding guidance for SharePoint

Branding guidance for SharePoint Online portals
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/solution-guidance/portal-branding

How to brand SharePoint and Office 365 Out of the Box
https://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-brand-sharepoint-and-office-365-out-of-the-box/

Branding for SharePoint sites in Office 365https://www.abelsolutions.com/branding-sharepoint-sites-office-365/

SharePoint Site Theming
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/declarative-customization/site-theming/sharepoint-site-theming-overview

Theme Generator
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric#/styles/themegenerator

Branding SharePoint: The New Normal (M365)
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/bobgerman/2018/09/04/branding-sharepoint-the-new-normal/
https://bob1german.com/2018/09/04/branding-sharepoint-the-new-normal/

Office 365

Branding SharePoint: The New Normal

https://bob1german.com/2018/09/04/branding-sharepoint-the-new-normal/
Repost
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoint-Blog/Branding-SharePoint-The-New-Normal/ba-p/241855

2013 / 2016

Composed Looks

Deploy a custom theme in SharePoint
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/general-development/how-to-deploy-a-custom-theme-in-sharepoint

SharePoint 2013: Creating a Composed Look
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/30903.sharepoint-2013-creating-a-composed-look.aspx

Use composed looks to brand SharePoint sites
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/solution-guidance/use-composed-looks-to-brand-sharepoint-sites

Step by Step: Create a SharePoint 2013 Composed Look
https://bniaulin.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/step-by-step-create-a-sharepoint-2013-composed-look/

Create a SharePoint 2013 Theme using Color Palette Tool
https://en.share-gate.com/blog/create-sharepoint2013-theme-using-color-palette-tool

Branding Links Recommended by Students (Thx Jon)

http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/84412/modifying-top-navigation-through-css

https://kogzee.wordpress.com/2013/08/07/style-sharepoint-2013-top-navigation-global-navigation-menu/

http://www.sharepointdiary.com/2014/11/sharepoint-2013-top-navigation-bar-branding-css.html

http://www.macaalay.com/2014/01/28/how-to-remove-sharepoint-2013-quick-launch-andor-top-link-bar/

https://discoveringsharepoint.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/programmatically-set-navigation-settings-in-sharepoint-2013/

https://chrisstahl.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/customizing-sharepoint-2013-global-navigation-with-css-and-jquery-part-5/

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/eed6e044-3c14-43cd-9885-2490a0121e79/move-top-navigation-bar-in-sharepoint-2013?forum=sharepointcustomization

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25036569/sharepoint-2013-css-move-around-global-navigation-elements

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/move-top-nav-bar-down

http://en.share-gate.com/blog/create-sharepoint2013-theme-using-color-palette-tool

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj927175.aspx

Themes

Team Sites to inherit master page and theme
http://www.sharepointeurope.com/blog/2013/7/22/sharepoint-branding-team-sites,-inherit-theme-and-master-page-on-office-365

Change the default theme of a site collection and future subsites.
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/79750/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-default-theme-of-a-site-collection-and-fututre-subs

Composed Looks - Use composed looks to brand SharePoint sites
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn985875.aspx
http://sharepoint-community.net/profiles/blogs/creating-and-applying-a-composed-look-in-sharepoint-2013
https://bniaulin.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/step-by-step-create-a-sharepoint-2013-composed-look/

All you need to know about site logo size in SharePoint 2013
http://blog.incworx.com/blog/sharepoint-administrators-blog/all-you-need-to-know-about-site-logo-size-in-sharepoint-2013

Branding

SharePoint Branding - Themes, Master Pages, and Page Layouts
Excerpt below from above …

Theme:
     - we want our logo
     - we want our colors
     - we want our fonts
     - we want background image
Master Page:
     - we want site logo to link to start page, not to subsites
     - we want another navigation
     - we want links on the top
     - we want footer on every page
     - we want a big banner on the top
     - we want breadcrumb
Page Layouts:
     - we want more content zones on the page
     - we want a content zone on the right for related links and content
Styling
    - we want 20px or 30px margins
    - we want larger headings (H1,H2,H3..)
    - we want border around content

Guide to quick SharePoint 2013 branding
http://blog.blksthl.com/2013/02/26/a-guide-to-quick-sharepoint-2013-branding/

Step by Step
http://www.sharepointempower.com/Blog/Post/3/SharePoint-2013-branding-step-by-step

Start Master Pages
http://startermasterpages.codeplex.com/

How do I apply master page changes to all subsites in SharePoint 2013?
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/61979/how-do-i-apply-master-page-changes-to-all-subsites-in-sharepoint-2013

Hide Recent
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/61347/how-to-hide-recent-in-the-navigation

Tips on Team Site
Recent Heading – current navigation (five most recent appear)
http://blogs.office.com/b/sharepoint/archive/2012/07/25/the-new-team-site.aspx

SharePoint 2013 Design Manager
http://sharepointfordeveloper.blogspot.com/2013/06/sharepoint-2013-design-manager.html
MSDN - Overview of Design Manager in SharePoint 2013
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj822363.aspx

2010

Basics
https://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/sites/eusp/Pages/Hack-SharePoint-Master-Pages-Introduction.aspx

Navigation
https://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/sites/eusp/Pages/Brand-SharePoint-Global-Navigation-The-Journey-Begins.aspx

Mega Menu

http://www.nothingbutbranding.com/blog/2012/august/mega-menu-dropdown-sharepoint

Move Quick Launch – to the Right Side

http://www.nothingbutbranding.com/blog/2012/august/move-sharepoint-quicklaunch-to-the-right

Heather Solomon - great presentations on branding in 2007 and is now working on 2010
http://www.heathersolomon.com/blog/