"As consultants in the SharePoint space we often threaten to write a build guide. But we never seem to have the time. Tight deadlines, rushed PM or customer requests, helping out a colleague in a pinch ... there's just never enough time.

So I hear about Andreas's guide from a friend and decide to give it a try.

I could not have been more pleased. This is the most comprehensive SharePoint build guide I have seen. He really covers it all, even the PowerShell scripts are included and I learned a thing or two from his code as well.

I highly recommend this guide! It will save you so much time and headache whether you're building a development or production environment.

Thanks for all the hard work Andreas, the SharePoint community benefits in a major way from dedicated folks like you."

"I have been working in the SharePoint community for military, government, and commercial clients since the inception of MOSS 2007 performing advanced configurations, architecture, and .NET development.

During the early years of operating I was introduced to Andreas Glaser’s SharePoint material and have since relied on its accuracy and step by step displays to create both simple and complex SharePoint farms. His PowerShell scripts are accurate, easy to read, and assisted me in not only implementing configurations but also learning and understanding PowerShell features and capabilities.

Much of my evolution has been heavily influenced through the exposure of Glaser’s PowerShell which has allowed me to expand and grow into a more effective enterprise solution architect and .NET developer.

I consistently recommend these SharePoint tutorials to students, interns, and other resources that work with me in the SharePoint community. There is no other SharePoint resource I rely on more."

"I am have been working with SharePoint in enterprise environments over 10 years and decided to learn SharePoint development. Even with my background it is a great challenge since you have to be a good web developer and should be able to do common SharePoint farm administration jobs as well.

So I tried different ways.

• Getting the information from the internet by my own: took too much time, no stringent approaches since every author has a slightly different one (i.e. how many service accounts should I use?)
• Learn SharePoint certifications (70-480, 70-486 and 70-488): took way too much time since there are too much topics; not suitable because of the lack of practical experience
• Use online video training courses: in my eyes the best way to learn web development but not enough courses available for SharePoint

Only with the SharePoint tutorials from Andreas Glaser I was able to make a breakthrough. Especially the scripts saved very much time since it boosted my try-and-error phases! Another great advance: for every SharePoint version – no matter if 2010, 2013 or 2016 – the material is clear, logic and stringent. I was immediately able to set up other SharePoint versions after I became familiar with the 2013 one.

I my eyes the tutorials from Andreas Glaser is the best source to learn SharePoint administration."