SharePoint Book Reviews

Here you can find various overviews of upcoming SharePoint 2013 books from O’Reilly published by Microsoft Press.
http://search.oreilly.com/?q=sharepoint+2013&x=0&y=0  

Downloadable eBook: Explore SharePoint 2013

Learn what’s new in SharePoint 2013 from this official ebook from Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35396  

Downloadable eBook: Deployment guide for SharePoint 2013

Want to learn how to install and configure SharePoint 2013? This book provides deployment instructions for SharePoint 2013. It's aimed at application specialists, line-of-business application specialists, and IT administrators who are ready to deploy SharePoint 2013.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30384

New ways to share with external users in SharePoint Online 2013

The sharing functionality in SharePoint 2013 has been improved and made easier. In the upcoming SharePoint Online 2013 (currently still in preview), you can make use of it already, as described here by Microsoft. 
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=673  

SharePoint Manager 2013

The SharePoint Manager 2013 is a SharePoint object model explorer. It enables you to browse every site on the local farm and view every property.
Documentation: http://spm.codeplex.com/documentation
Downloads: http://spm.codeplex.com/releases/view/97332

 

RECOMMENDED DOWNLOADS

SharePoint Manager 2013 (ver: 1.0.12.1106)

 

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