The book I read to research this post was Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 Unleashed which is a very good book which I read at http://safaribooksonline.com. Although I'm currently doing a video training course I thought this book would supplement what I learn and was right because it goes into a lot of detail. A lot of the information even if you build sharepoint sites as part of your job you would probably never have to implement but it's handy as a reference. You can upgrade from Sharepoint 2010 but if you have an earlier version will have to upgrade to 2010 first. This of course means that most of the features on your sharepoint site should still work after the upgrade. There are 3 versions of sharepoint, foundation which is free and just has the core features. Standard which is ideal for the small business and Enterprise which is loaded with features and is for bigger concerns. Sharepoint integrates with the other Microsoft products like Office 2013, SQL Server 2012 & R2 2008, Windows 2008 R2 & 2012 Lync 2013 & Exchange Server 2013. It has limited support for programs like Office 2010 but most features will still run. There is a free download called Sharepoint Designer 2013 which is the successor to the old Front Page program but is very different. The first version of Sharepoint came out in 2003 and each subsequent version has been a substantial upgrade. A sharepoint site is about people collaborating online in projects and one feature is wikis that let you store different versions of your work so if it doesn't work out you can always roll back to an earlier version. I did really enjoy this book which is quite interesting and would recommend it.
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