Admins + IT pros
Technical resources, roadmaps, migrations, and essential tools
Useful training
Get up to speed with these resources.
- SharePoint documentation
- Microsoft Learn: Certifications
- 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
Roadmap and updates
Keep up to date
- Microsoft 365 Roadmap (SharePoint)
- SharePoint Tech Community Blog
- Ignite Conf (particularly Jeff Teper keynotes)
- IntraZone Podcast
- Microsoft 365 Community Calls
People and blogs worth following
- Corporate President M365 Collab App & Platforms Jeff Teper
- bluesky.ms - collection of influencers
- MS 365 Blog
- Patterns and Practices Lead Vesa Juvonen and his PnP community calls
- SharePoint Community Blog
- ShareGate blog
Handy tools for M365 / SP
- Patterns and Practices, PowerShell, GitHub
- MS 365 Developer Program - a Free MS 365 Test Environment
- Graph Explorer
- Syskit SPDocKit
- Rencore Governance
- Chrome Extension: SP Editor
- Useful SharePoint API URLs (via this thread)
- SharePoint API Change Tracker
Migration + backup
- Microsoft 365 Backup overview
- MS Migration Manager
- BitTitan
- MS SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT)
- AvePoint
- Quest Metavis/Metalogix
- ShareGate
- Synology DSM - Active Backup for 365 (SME)
- Veeam
- More here…
- Very small migrations can now be achieved using PnP Powershell.
For data recovery, 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, and are having difficulty using Microsoft’s built-in support; you can get escalated to MS via a respected partner within 14 days and you may be able to get the data recovered. You can seek out the support capabilities of well qualified partners with SharePoint/MS365 competencies on Appsource.
Client software
- OneDrive Files on Demand
- Thinkscape Zee Drive - particularly useful if you’re having problems with files for CAD/architecture/etc.
- On iOS/Android app stores: SharePoint app, OneDrive app, Microsoft 365 admin app.
- OneDriveMapper - cool toy
On-Prem
- On-prem SharePoint Docs
- SharePoint Subscription Edition (SE) (not recommended, major security and long term support issues)
- Azure Local (prev. Azure Stack HCI)