Useful Links for SharePoint Administrators and Developers

Installing & Configuring the Environment
Deploy Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a server farm environment: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303428.aspx

Plan for administrative and service accounts (Office SharePoint Server): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263445.aspx

Planning and Monitoring SQL Server Storage for Office SharePoint Server: Performance Recommendations and Best Practices (white paper): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263261.aspx

Enable usage reporting: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262537.aspx

Stsadm command-line tool (Office SharePoint Server): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261956.aspx

STSADM Custom Extensions - Automating SharePoint 2007 Configurations via STSADM Custom Extensions: http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2007/08/stsadm-commands_09.html

Information about the Maintenance Plan Wizard in SQL Server 2005 and about tasks that administrators can perform against SharePoint databases : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932744

Support for changes to the databases that are used by Office server products and by Windows SharePoint Services: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841057

Database maintenance for Office SharePoint Server 2007 (white paper): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262731.aspx

SharePoint Backup and Restore Overview: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb447526.aspx

Plan for backup and recovery (Office SharePoint Server): http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc261687.aspx


Understanding the Environment
Planning and architecture for Office SharePoint Server 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261834.aspx

Logical Architecture Components:: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc263121.aspx

Database types and descriptions (Office SharePoint Server):: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc678868.aspx

About SharePoint Site Collections : http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc742548.aspx

Manage SharePoint Site Collections:: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc835712.aspx

Plan lists (Windows SharePoint Services): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287823.aspx

White paper: Working with large lists in Office SharePoint Server 2007:: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc262813.aspx


Managing Environment Customizations
Customization Whitepaper: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/Cc263010.aspx

Understanding and Creating Customized and Uncustomized Files in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/cc406685.aspx

Solutions Overview: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa543214.aspx

Solution package components: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc263289.aspx

SharePoint Features: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb861828.aspx

SharePoint Solutions: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb862721.aspx


A System Administrators Role in Branding
Customizing and Branding Web Content Management-Enabled SharePoint Sites: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa830818.aspx

How to: Create New SharePoint Themes: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa867986.aspx

How to: Apply a SharePoint Theme: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/cc621346.aspx

Create a publishing page layout: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA101741281033.aspx

Implementing a Brand in a SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dd221375.aspx

Understanding and Creating Customized and Uncustomized Files in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/cc406685.aspx

Introducing Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA100740831033.aspx

Help for SharePoint Designer 2007: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/FX100646991033.aspx

Introduction to Contributor Settings: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA101174691033.aspx


A System Administrators Role in Development
SharePoint Server Developer Portal: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905503.aspx

WSS Developer Center: http://msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint/default.aspx

Review of Environments: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc263209.aspx

Team-Based Development in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb428899.aspx

Hyper-V and Virtualization on Microsoft TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/

Setting up the Dev Environment: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc262741.aspx

Code Access Security: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/930b76w0.aspx


Governance
Governance Resource Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb507202.aspx

Index of Governance Content: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc263341.aspx

Steps for building governance into SharePoint Server 2007 (white paper): http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=92602&clcid=0x409

Sample governance plan: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=92333&clcid=0x409

Governance checklist guide: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91896&clcid=0x409