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One Year Access to All Videos on SharePoint-Videos.com

Sep 13

Asif RehmaniGeneral, SharePoint SharePoint Videos No Comments

The Offer

Access to All of our SharePoint Videos (current and the ones that are added regularly to the site) for 1 full year for $179.55. After the year is over, the access is automatically terminated and there is no recurring charge.

Here is the link:
http://www.1shoppingcart.com/SecureCart/SecureCart.aspx?mid=E3B7E8B5-AFFB-470E-8E74-F741CA168A51&pid=c36e3c7b07f346538b103f76408d8808

You can use the above link and then use the following coupon code:
sp10disc (please be sure to click Apply button after entering the coupon code)

That will give you a 10% discount on the regular price of $199.50 making the total to $179.55.

The membership will start automatically right after the payment is made.

(Note: This membership is not available through our site. The one on the site is the yearly recurring membership for $199.50/year)

Details about the Videos

• Current video count: 271 (More videos are constantly being added every other week)
• Video tutorials are created by experts in the SharePoint field – http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/about/
• Video length is from 5 minutes to 30 minutes each video. Almost all of the videos are entirely demonstration to show you how to do tasks and create your solutions on top of SharePoint. PowerPoint is minimized as much as possible
• Videos are categorized, tagged, compiled in courses and also easily searchable – http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/video-categories/
• Videos work on all platforms: PCs, Macs, iPads, iPhones, iPods, Android phones etc.

Sample the Videos before making the decision

Lots of our videos are available here to be watched at no cost: http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/all-free-videos/

SharePoint Easy Start – An easy way for anyone to start or continue their SharePoint Journey

May 05

Asif RehmaniGeneral SharePoint Videos, Training, Videos 1 Comment

Check out the SharePoint Easy Start page!
 
After years of teaching, consulting, writing and speaking on SharePoint, I realize that each of us is still learning and discovering the power of all you can do with SharePoint. You might be a beginner or have been using SharePoint for a number of years. You might be using SharePoint 2007 or maybe you were one of the first to jump on SharePoint 2010. In any case, we are all still continuing on our SharePoint journey and it is important for us all to understand how the different pieces on the SharePoint platform fit together.
 
Since each of us has a different need and a starting point, I created the SharePoint Easy Start page to make it easy for everyone to dive right in. Just pick the version of SharePoint you are using (either 2007 or 2010) and we will guide you on your SharePoint journey. If you have any feedback about the page, we would love to hear it. Thanks!

Spotlight on SharePoint Video Tutorial DVDs

Apr 29

Asif RehmaniInfoPath, SharePoint, SharePoint Designer InfoPath 2010, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Designer, SharePoint Videos 3 Comments

Do you learn best by watching examples/demonstrations? Do you want the ability to be able to watch the videos anywhere you are regardless of presence of an internet connection? If the answers to these are yes and yes then you might find that our DVD-ROM based video tutorials are just what you need! We are dedicating this newsletter to highlight our top DVDs and provide you with some more information on what you should expect to find inside of each video tutorial package.
 
SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services
Business Connectivity Services (BCS) is one of the Most powerful features in SharePoint 2010. You can use BCS to easily integrate data from your external systems into your SharePoint environment. The videos in this tutorial show you how to take advantage of this functionality in your SharePoint environment. Create lists in SharePoint which show your line of business application data (such as from custom databases, SAP, PeopleSoft and more) or show that information using pre-built BCS web parts. You will also learn about how to make BCS associations to relate two different connections. All of this and a whole lot more is all taught in this video tutorial package.
 
Reporting Services using SharePoint 2010
The introduction of Reporting Services 2008 R2, using the SharePoint 2010 add-in with the free Report Builder 3.0 authoring tool, provides an excellent way to create powerful reports for your business needs. These video tutorials show you how to take advantage of Report Builder’s design concepts to create reusable datasets and report parts from multiple sources. Also, easily create visualizations of your data such as sparklines, databars, charts, indicators and more. The end result is transformation of live data from multiple sources into powerful and meaningful reports inserted right within your SharePoint sites.
 
SharePoint 2010 Fundamentals
If you need to start out with the basics of SharePoint, this is the video tutorial to pick up. However, even if you are an intermediate SharePoint user already, you are guaranteed to pick up other tricks and tips along the way. It covers topics such as customizing sites, navigation, document management, list management and more.
 
SharePoint Designer 2010 Fundamentals
Once you have mastered the fundamentals of SharePoint 2010, it’s time to dive into this video tutorial which will present you with all of the opportunities you have to create no-code customizations and solutions on top of SharePoint using SharePoint Designer 2010 (a free product). SharePoint Designer lets you create views of your data (fetched from lists, libraries, databases, web services and more) directly on any page within your site. In addition, you can automate processes using workflows, customize site metadata, security, list/library schema and a whole lot more.
 
SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflows
Ready to dive deeper into all that SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflow capability has to offer? Pick up this DVD for demonstrations of various opportunities you have to produce workflows in SharePoint Designer. Learn how to create list based, reusable or site workflows and what the difference is between the three. Also, you will see how to package these workflows and transport them from one site collection to another when needed.
 
InfoPath 2010 Fundamentals
InfoPath is ‘the recommended tool’ to create and modify forms in SharePoint. Learn how to create form library, list and workflow forms using InfoPath designer. Already have forms created using Microsoft Word or Excel? The videos in this DVD will guide you on how to migrate those forms into InfoPath. You will also see how easy it is to fetch information from your data repositories like lists, libraries and even databases into your InfoPath forms to present to your users.
 
Check out our complete collection of video tutorials on DVDs. Have an idea on a subject area we should consider for our next batch of DVDs? Just comments on this post or fill out our contact form to let us know and we’ll definitely consider it!

Free Video Recordings from SharePoint Connections held at The Hague – Netherlands

Nov 10

Asif RehmaniEvents SharePoint Videos No Comments

Lots of good free videos can be found on Channel 9. All have been recorded at the conference in The Hague – Netherlands.

http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/spc10

Videos from Andrew Connell, Ted Pattison, Scot Hillier, Steve Fox, Spence Harbar and many more. A couple of my presentations are available as well (one on Workflows and the other on Data Views). Enjoy!

New Videos on SharePoint Navigation, Datasheet view and Security

Jul 28

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These videos were posted on July 26, 2010. More videos coming later this week. Check out the list of all new videos on the site.

Working with SharePoint Security Groups

The built in SharePoint security groups are explored in this video – Owners, Members, Visitors and Viewers. It is shown how the user experience changes when you add them to one or more of these groups. Also, some best practice guidance is provided to help you get started with these groups.

Edit List and Library content in Datasheet view

The datasheet view provides an Excel/Access type of spreadsheet view which you can use to modify list or library data. You can use this view to quickly modify items or copy and paste items in the list/library. Also, you can modify this view as you need by resizing or moving around the columns as you would do in Excel/Access.

Modifying the Top Link Bar

The top link bar of a site can be customized to your needs. By default, it shows any subsites that the site has, but you can also customize it to show other SharePoint content or even external content. Watch this video to see a demonstration of all the available options.

Change Links in Quick Launch navigation

The links on the left hand navigation (also referred to as the Quick Launch bar) can be changed in a few different ways. You can link to items internal and external to your site from the Quick Launch bar. This video goes in detail to discuss the different options that you have. Also, the option of seeing your site items in a Tree View control is demonstrated as well.

SharePoint-Videos.com YouTube Channel

Jun 29

Asif RehmaniSharePoint SharePoint Videos No Comments

Have you checked out our videos presenting no-code solutions on SharePoint, SharePoint Designer and InfoPath at YouTube? If not, here is the URL to it. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/user/asifrehmani.

Introducing Video Articles

Jun 17

Asif RehmaniGeneral SharePoint Videos 1 Comment

A written article can only convey so much information. As they say, an image is worth a thousand words. Building on that saying, my belief is that a video is worth a thousand images. At http://www.SharePoint-Videos.com, we have 174 videos so far (and more being added every week) which total up into dozens of hours of video tutorial based training.

Since our videos are task based (about 8 – 12 minutes for each video), we needed a way to tie the videos together to have it flow like an article. In addition, we also needed a Wikipedia style way of linking the articles together. So we have decided to combine the story telling power of articles with our videos. Each article has links embedded within it to relevant videos. Also, when appropriate, articles refer to other available articles much like Wikipedia does. We call these Video Articles (or v-Articles). To see an example of how a video article works, check out the ones already available on the Video Categories page. More will be coming soon.

Huge Sale on Annual Site Memberships

Feb 23

Asif RehmaniGeneral SharePoint Videos No Comments

For the first time ever, we are offering a Huge discount on our Annual Site Membership. With an annual membership, you can watch all of our current videos on the site in addition to all of the ones we will be creating throughout the course of the year (New video updates are posted to the site every week). 

From now until Friday, Feb 26th, you can use the coupon code ANSPFEB (please remember to click on Apply button after putting in the code to activate it) to take $40 off the yearly subscription price - originally $199.50. You will get 12 months of access for only $159.50. Here is the link to the subscription page: http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/subscribe/. Click on the button for Yearly Option to get started.