Check out this 14 part video series on how to create a custom document review workflow for SharePoint using Microsoft SharePoint Designer. My hat’s off to the “WorkflowsEverywhere” user on Microsoft’s Community Clips site for spending the time, creating these videos, and offering them up for free to anyone interested.

Creating 14 videos is no small task, trust me, I know. I’d like to thank him for going above and beyond.

http://communityclips.officelabs.com/User.aspx?cid=-226744010422865504

Andrea

Andrea Kalli Virtual Trainer and Assistant, LLC

Affordable, on-demand video tutorials at our E-Learning Center

I wanted to make sure anybody interested in learning more about SharePoint knows about the 2 seminars making their way to Denver in the coming weeks. Each are targeted to specific groups of people.

• For SharePoint IT folks:  April 28 to May 2, 2008 - 5 Days to a Successful MOSS Deployment 
• For SharePoint pros, IT generalists, IT directors/managers responsible for SharePoint deployments: May 1, 2008 - SharePoint Pro Live Roadshow

Personally, I’m signed up for the second one. It’s more up my alley.

The first one is geared toward installation and configuration of a MOSS site, so WAY too technical for me. It’s put on by Bob Mixon, a very respected name in the SharePoint industry. If you’re an IT person that has been tasked with the implementation of a MOSS site, but it’s very new to you, then this is the ticket for you.

If you haven’t already signed up for one of these two seminars, there is still time. Neither are free, but both are well worth the price of admission.

Andrea Kalli

Think you can’t afford custom development for your SharePoint environment? Think again!

I met with a local gentleman last week whose company, BPFast LLC, does SharePoint Development. Their tagline is: The Fastest Way to Business Process Automation. It’s the perfect description of what they’re all about. Providing targeted SharePoint solutions in a shorter amount of time than you would expect, AND for a lower cost than you would expect. What a great combination!

What they do (excerpt taken from their website): We specialize in applying out-of-the-box features of Microsoft Office 2007 and SharePoint to meet your goals. This approach helps reduce the cost of creating your solutions. We quickly build business solutions by configuring SharePoint and Office.

What I really like about them and what makes them stand out from the crowd is that they focus on smaller development projects that REALLY utilize the integration between the Office 2007 products and SharePoint to bring Reporting, Workflow, Electronic Forms, etc. to the table for a fraction of what you would normally expect to pay for a SharePoint development project.  Perfect for small to medium sized businesses where their development budgets are tighter than a large or Fortune 500 company. 

To see an example of what combining a Microsoft Office application and SharePoint can offer, check out a whitepaper they wrote called Access 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Integration

Check them out at www.bpfast.com.  Don’t be fooled by the fact they they focus on smaller development projects. One of the owners, Cliff, is a SharePoint architect with 20 years of consulting experience. Their dedication to helping small businesses is quite admirable.

They could take you or your client’s SharePoint usage to the next level and make it an even more powerful tool than it already is.

I’ll be posting an interview and demo at my podcast site (once I record them), so be sure you’re subscribed there as well.

Andrea Kalli

Andrea Kalli Virtual Trainer and Assistant, LLC

www.virtualassist.net

Check out our E-Learning Center for affordable, on-demand video tutorials on Outlook and SharePoint.

Just released!

We now offer our SharePoint Services 3.0 Power User video training course with a Reseller’s License. It’s a great revenue-generating opportunity for those that have the ability to sell products from their website.

(Helpful idea: check out www.Payloadz.com for an easy way to sell products)

This opportunity is PERFECT for (but not exclusive to):

• SharePoint hosting companies
• Technology companies
• IT consulting companies

 What videos are included?

10 hours and 38 minutes of full-motion, narrated video tutorials

Target audience:

• Site Owners
• Site Designers
• Site Members

A complete course that’s perfect for the Power User in charge of managing a SharePoint Services 3.0 site AFTER initial installation and configuration. These users may not be the IT administrator, but instead they are the people the administrators hand over the site to for the purpose of getting it prepared for the general users of the site.

Videos in this course are:

Lesson One

WSS Environment
Site Settings
Permissions
Help

Lesson Two

Site Image Logo
Create New List or Library
Create New Announcement, Create New Calendar Item
List Settings
Working with the Links List
Contact Lists 1 – create a new Contact List, and Working with List Permissions
Contact Lists 2
Contact Lists 3
Tasks
Project Tasks
Issues Tracking
A Custom Project Task List
Alerts
Recycle Bin
Content Approval for a List

Lesson Three

Create new document library, new folder, List Settings, Connect to Outlook
Add new file, upload, use Windows Explorer, My Network Places
Edit files, check-in/check-out, file versions
Library permissions, folder permissions
Views, Metadata, Filter and Sort
SendTo menu
Picture Libraries
Discussion Groups
Surveys
How to use RSS feeds in SharePoint
SharePoint site Mobile URL

Lesson Four

About Blogs in SharePoint
About Wikis in SharePoint
Working with Subsites
Document Workspaces
Meeting Workspaces

Lesson Five

Working with Web Parts I
Working with Web Parts II
What are Web Part Pages?
What are Basic Pages?
Creating Custom Lists
Working with Custom Views
Sharing your customizations by making them portable

Lesson Six

SharePoint Calendar and Outlook integration
SharePoint Contacts and Outlook integration
SharePoint Tasks and Outlook integration
SharePoint Document and Picture Libraries and Outlook integration
SharePoint Discussion Groups and Alerts and Outlook integration
Excel 2007 Integration with SharePoint
Word 2007 Integration with SharePoint
Shared Document Management with SharePoint and Office 2007

Lesson Seven

Site Columns
Contact Types
Web Part Connections
Workflows

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 Want to kick the tires first? Preview a few of the videos before you make your purchase:

• Customize A Custom Project Task List
• Web Part Connections - Create a Customer Dashboard
• SharePoint Tasks and Outlook Integration

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Resale License is $580 for over 10 hours of video training. Suggested retail is $99 per person. These are available through our E-Learning Center site and are listed as a product. View the Reseller’s License Agreement. Includes print quality sales images for your website and print material…a $100 value.

Not into shelling out $580 up front, but still want to make money on our training videos? Try out our Affiliate program. You earn 30% on any training your clients buy. Signing up for free as a registered user on our E-Learning Center automatically gives you an affiliate account.

Super Selling Tip: Let’s say you want a Reseller’s License. Great! But you also have clients that might want to become resellers too. No problem! While our reseller’s license does NOT allow you to resell to other resellers, you can still make 30% as an affiliate if they purchase a Reseller’s License through us.  A No Brainer!

It couldn’t be easier to make money with our products! 

Andrea

Andrea Kalli Virtual Trainer and Assistant, LLC

www.virtualassist.net

Happy Holidays to everyone!

This is a great time to announce the launch of my new E-Learning Center. There you will find on-demand training courses for Outlook and SharePoint Services. I’ll be adding new courses on a regular basis. Go to www.virtualassist.net/elearning

Right now, here’s what is available:

1. SharePoint Services 3.0 User Training – online version $24.95 – over 10 hours of narrated video tutorials
2. SharePoint Services 3.0 User Training – download version $99.95 – over 10 hours of narrated video tutorials
3. Outlook 2007 – What’s New – online version $9.95
4. Outlook 2007 – What’s New – download version $17.95
5. Outlook 2007 and SharePoint Services 3.0 Integration – download version $12.95

We also have an affiliate program for those that wish to earn a little extra money referring clients to our site. You’ll earn 30% on anything they buy. Create your own new revenue stream!

Enjoy your day!

Andrea Kalli

akalli@virtualassist.net

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