The SharePoint Hive

You can now build your own book of TechNet articles! For several product versions, the SharePoint IT Pro content team has published collections of TechNet articles as downloadable books that you can read offline and print. We’ve been able to cover only the most basic content sets. Each SharePoint Server or SharePoint Foundation environment is different, and none of the basic books exactly matches any environment.

Happily, our partners at TechNet have introduced a beta release of a new feature that you can use to build your own custom collections of articles! You can choose any articles (up to 100 per collection) from the TechNet library. That means that you can mix content from SQL Server, SharePoint Foundation, Windows Server, Office — any content in the TechNet library. The functionality is in Beta testing right now, but it’s accessible for public use and we encourage you to try it out. Here’s how.

You’ll need a recent browser. Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 work, as do the recent versions of other browsers. You’ll also need a Live ID for signing in to TechNet to export your collection.
Make sure you’re looking at the Lightweight view of the TechNet library. Go to the TechNet library home page. If you’re in Lightweight view, you should see something like this in the upper right corner:
If you don’t, click Lightweight in that corner to switch views.

To build a collection:

1. Click the arrow next to the printer icon in the upper right corner, and then click Print Multiple Topics.
    
   The Help page will open.
2. Read the overview on the Help page, and then click Start. The Print Multiple Topics toolbar will appear at the top of the window.
3. Browse through the TechNet library, picking topics for your collection. Right-click a topic in the left pane to add it or it and its children to your collection.
4. When you’re finished, click Collection on the Print Multiple Topics toolbar.
5. On the Manage Collection page, you can change the order of topics and organize them into chapters.
6. To download or print your collection, choose your file format (XHTML or PDF) and click Export. (Here’s where you sign in to TechNet by using your Live ID if you’re not already signed in.)
7. Right-click the link to your collection to download it, or click the link to open it.

To start a new collection, click Delete on the Manage Collection page. There’s no way to have multiple active collections yet, so be sure you have a copy of the HTML or PDF file of your existing collection if you want to save it.

We hope you find this Beta functionality useful. Let us know!

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I am currently a graduate student and will be graduating in December. These are my skill sets

Languages : C, C++, C#, Java, PL/SQL, Visual Basic, XML
Web Development : J2EE, ASP.NET, Spring, Hibernate, Apache Wicket, Adobe Flex, ActionScript
Business Tools : JIRA, Microsoft Project.
Others : Joomla, Microsoft SharePoint, EDMS
Databases: Oracle, Teradata, MySQL, Microsoft Access, SQL Server.
Operating Systems : Unix, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS.

I have worked as a software intern at Fidelity Investments, Boston for 8 months under the Fidelity Investments Management Technology (FIMT) wing. The internship gave me considerable level of understanding in Software Development, Deployment and Troubleshooting, Web Development, Content Management Systems and Business Requirement Analysis.

Job interviews are becoming hard to find; let alone the job. And the scenario worsens if someone needs an H1B sponsoring to work. I know asking favors like this in the Yahoo Answers community is weird. But its just a hope that programmers from different companies would have a look at my skill sets and may be someone would refer me to his company thereby helping me to get an interview slot.

I would be very thankful if you could help me out by forwarding my resume to your respective companies if they are looking for entry-level positions. I apologize for posting a favor like this here. If you need additional info, please let me know.

I have already posted in job boards like collegegrad.com, careerbuilder, etc. But today, everyone knows that a person with a reference has more chances of getting an interview than the one who comes in through the job sites.

I am also aware that I may have to be patient to get my interview calls for all those companies which I have applied. But from your side, I hope a small reference might help a long way.

Chosen Answer:

I’m not the person you’re looking for, but I wanted to give a helpful tip. Besides “software analyst” web analysts are high in demand. With your skills set, you could easily pick it up. If you’re interested, check out Avinash Kaushik.
Don’t just sit around for a job. Get skills.
by: George T.
on: 12th September 09