Update on Office 365 Getting Started and Training Resources

I had a post on this subject before (see Office 365 Information & Resources), so this is more of a refresher and an update (cloud services is a dynamic field). So, here we go.

Often getting familiar with new technologies may seem intimidating at first, but with the right training resources at your disposal the learning curve can be smoothed out considerably. The following site has excellent Office 2013 and Office 365 end-user video and text training resources and they are well organized by the subject and type:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj871004.aspx

If you have an internal training site and would rather host all training content there, a downloadable Office 365 video training series called "Get to know Office 365" is available for download; it contains quick, introductory videos:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-suite-help/get-to-know-office-365-RZ103709937.aspx

Additional training resources (downloadable and online) are available here:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/training-FX101782702.aspx

Also, consider signing up for the Microsoft IT Academy (an affordable training option); this will get you access to Microsoft training courses and digital MS Press books:

https://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/

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