What's new in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Read about new ways to help your team stay connected, share information, and get work done faster.

Getting started with Windows SharePoint Services
Get started with sharing information by using lists, libraries, and other features of a SharePoint site.

Introduction to content types
Help your organization share information more efficiently and consistently by using content types.

Demo: Tour a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site
See a demonstration of how a SharePoint site can help your team to share information and get more work done.

Accessibility features
Learn how you can perform most tasks by using accessibility features such as keyboard shortcuts.

Introduction to lists
Share information with your team by using contacts, tasks, calendars, and other types of lists.

Introduction to site navigation
Learn how to move around on a site and customize the navigation.

Copy a file to a library
See how to copy files to different libraries, and then manage the copies after they are created.

Create a survey
Learn how to poll team members or customers to find out what is on their minds.

Introduction to blogs
Share ideas and information about products, technologies, and processes by publishing that information as posts to a blog.

Create a blog
Learn how to quickly create a blog site using the Windows SharePoint Services blog template.

Post to a blog
Create a post on a blog in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 by using a Web browser. Learn how to create content, add pictures, apply formatting, and insert hyperlinks.

About controlling access to sites and site content
Learn how you can control access to what users or SharePoint groups can access on your SharePoint site.

Manage SharePoint groups
Learn how to manage SharePoint groups by adding or deleting groups, adding or removing users from a group, and changing group settings.

Send e-mail to members of a SharePoint group
Use SharePoint groups as email distribution lists.

Save a site as a template
Learn how to quickly recreate the design, structure, or content of a site by using site templates.

Share customizations by saving them as templates
Find out how templates can package up customizations to an existing site so that you can easily reuse them.

Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Learn how to get predefined templates you can use to quickly build customized solutions to address specific business needs.

Introduction to data calculations
Learn about formulas, functions, and constants that help you calculate data in a SharePoint list.

Calculate data in lists or libraries
Learn how to create and add calculated columns to lists, such as an expiration date that is 30 days from the current date.

Demo: Tour a SharePoint site
See an online demo of a SharePoint site, including navigation, lists, and libraries.

Introducing the features of a SharePoint site
Learn how your team can start using the features of a SharePoint site to share and manage information.

Customizing a SharePoint site in your Web browser, Part 1
Learn how to change the look and structure of your site without using additional design tools.

Moving your team online with Windows SharePoint Services technology
Improve your team’s online communication and collaboration by setting up a Windows SharePoint Services site just the way they want it.

Customizing a SharePoint site in your Web browser, Part 2
Go beyond the basics of customizing a SharePoint site and learn how to build an interactive Web page that makes data in lists more dynamic and useful.

Changing the graphics on the home page of a SharePoint site
Learn how to replace the default graphics on your SharePoint site home page with your own custom graphics.

About Meeting Workspace sites
Learn how a Meeting Workspace site can help you centralize and track information for one or more meetings.

About creating lists, libraries, and their Web Parts in a Meeting Workspace site
A great introduction to using lists, libraries and Web Parts in Meeting Workspace sites.

Create or add other lists or features in a Meeting Workspace site
Learn how to create your own types of lists or libraries for a Meeting Workspace site. Also learn how to add previously created lists, libraries, and Web Parts to your Meeting Workspace site.

Six easy ways to customize your site using Web Parts
Learn six ways to customize your sites quickly without Web design software.

Displaying SharePoint lists in Web Parts
See how to display information from a list on a separate page in your site.

Customizing a SharePoint site in your Web browser, Part 2
Learn how to create custom pages to display and connect information from lists and libraries.

About list templates
Learn about reusing your list settings and structure by saving your lists as templates.

About list templates
Learn about reusing your list settings and structure by saving your lists as templates.

Manage site templates
Learn how to create site templates and manage them in a gallery so others can use them.

Copy information between your SharePoint site and your calendar or address book
Discover how you can share calendar and address book information between Outlook and your SharePoint site.

Add, edit, or delete an event
Learn how to add, edit, and delete events on a SharePoint site.

Add, edit, or delete a contact
Learn how to add, edit, and delete contacts on a SharePoint site.

About Web Part galleries
Learn about the different Web Parts available in Web Part galleries and how you can use the gallery to quickly build pages on your SharePoint sites.

Modify Web Parts
Learn how to modify the attributes and customize the appearance and layout of a Web Part.

Introduction to workflows
Workflows can help improve your team's efficiency. Learn the workflow basics here.

Create a workflow
Ready to design your first workflow? Get the steps here.

Workflow example: Route an expense report for review
Design a workflow for a form library by following the steps in this example.

Screencast: Creating Custom Workflows with the SharePoint Designer 2007
Watch this screencast to learn more about using the Workflow Designer.

MSDN Library: Developer Introduction to Workflows for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007
Are you a developer? Get a high-level overview of how Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 implements the workflow capabilities of the Windows Workflow Foundation.

Workflow example: Send a notification message
Quickly design a workflow that sends an e-mail message to any team member when they receive an assignment. Just follow the steps in this example.

Subscribe to the SharePoint Designer team blog
Get tips and tricks and best practices for working with SharePoint Designer directly from the SharePoint Designer team.

Watch this series of demos on SharePoint Designer
This six-part demo series provides information on how you can get the most from Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007.

Read Part One of this three-part series on customizing a SharePoint Server 2007 publishing site
Do you use SharePoint Designer 2007 to create and customize page layouts in a SharePoint Server 2007 publishing site? This articles gives you an overview of the page model.

Read Part Two of this three-part series on customizing a SharePoint Server 2007 publishing site
This article explains the structure of master pages, the steps to create a custom master page, and more.

Read Part Three of this three-part series on customizing a SharePoint Server 2007 publishing site
This article examines the features of a SharePoint Server 2007 publishing site from an administrative perspective, including configuring a site for anonymous access.

Screencast: Watch this demo on how to create and customize pages with SharePoint Designer 2007
Learn how to customize both master pages and content pages in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site.

Presentation and demo: Building no-code SharePoint solutions
Watch this developer-oriented video from the Microsoft Office System Developers Conference 2006 on using SharePoint Designer 2007 to build no-code solutions.

Presentation and demo: Customizing the look and feel of SharePoint sites
Watch this developer-oriented video from the Microsoft Office System Developers Conference 2006 on using SharePoint Designer 2007 to customize your SharePoint sites.

MSDN Library: Create a minimal master page
This topic shows you how to create a minimal master page that includes only the minimal functionality that Office SharePoint Server 2007 requires so that you have a stable platform upon which to build your own master pages. Creating a minimal master page can help you avoid the time-consuming process of backing code out of a pre-existing .master page such as BlueBand.master, or removing functionality, and then building it back in to suit your customization needs. You can, of course, create a master page from scratch. However, we generally do not recommend this because a truly empty master page does not include all the content placeholders that the Office SharePoint Server 2007 page model needs to work correctly.

MSDN Webcast: Building Collaborative Applications Without Code Using Office SharePoint Designer 2007
Learn how to use Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to build productive and efficient solutions on Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. In this webcast, we explain how you can use SharePoint Designer 2007 to create and deploy interactive Web solutions on the SharePoint platform—without writing any code. We also describe how to build reporting and tracking applications and collaborative workflows, and show you how to customize Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services application templates.

New Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Application templates are out-of-the-box custom scenarios tailored to address the needs and requirements of specific business processes or sets of tasks in organizations of any size. They can be applied to a task, such as managing a help desk or tracking a marketing campaign, to easily create a dedicated Web-based application for a more efficient and effective way of working.

Download sample master pages
Microsoft has made available a package of four sample master page sets that were built using the new CSS and Master Page editing tools in Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007. The sample master pages provide a variety of instant styles ready to be applied to your SharePoint site. The download includes four master page sets; each set has a distinctive look and feel and comes in five color variations: blue, orange, red, purple, and green.

Screencast: Office Live with SharePoint Designer
SharePoint Designer 2007 is a great tool for designing, developing, and customizing your Business Applications in Office Live. In this screencast Albert Shen, a software design engineer on the Office Live team, will show you the various capabilities in SharePoint Designer and how you can use them with Office Live.

MSDN Webcast: Creating a Custom Page Layout with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Learn how to use Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to create custom page layouts for your publishing site in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.