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I have very little knowledge of SharePoint, and want to learn about SharePoint 2013. Most of the resources that I've found are either about what's new in 2013, or they have a bunch of links to SharePoint 2010.

I also don't have the time to read a thousand page book. A hundred or so would be fine.

Can anyone recommend a resource (site / book / video / tutorial) for a beginner to learn the basics of SharePoint 2013 in a few days?

I've downloaded a Kindle book, "Getting Started With SharePoint 2013." It's perfect for absolute beginners, who just want to know how to upload & download documents, but I'm looking for more than that.

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To be honest, don't expect to became efficient in only few days. SharePoint is a complete but complex product. There are a lot of traps where you will fall. You may became efficient in few month if you works within a skilled team, but not as autodidact. If your boss throw you on a mission alone, as a beginner, you will have a hard time. – Steve B Jan 10 at 14:30
Thanks for the advice, Steve. – Stephen Oberauer Jan 10 at 14:31

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You can start from

Also as SharePoint 2013 is very similar to SharePoint 2010 you could periodically stumble into some articles related to SP2010. I could suggest some things to keep in mind about their differences:

  • InfoPath seems to be deprecated in SP2013. So take a look at ASP.Net forms instead.
  • New SP2013 Workflow manager doesn't support code workflows, so don't waste your time to understand how Visual Studio (code) WFs work in SP2010 (it is very difficult part of the development which is not actual anymore).
  • Pay some attention to Client Side Object Model. It is becoming very common (especially in new SP2013 apps) to use it.
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this is a good link to microsoft with video tutorials that show 14 modules

programming is not a big deal as that is same as most, its learning the product that is the issue, once you know the product youll be a master ;) but as everything it takes time and to do it in 2 days is impossible! youll find these vids very very helpful and esy to watch

for developers

Learn about apps for Office and SharePoint with this interactive course offering developer-focused how to training and walkthrough videos.

Important: These videos are based on an earlier preview version of Office 2013, SharePoint 2013, and Visual Studio so you might notice a few discrepancies.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/apps/fp123626.aspx

Get a quick overview of the different kinds of SharePoint development projects

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj163085.aspx

Get started developing apps for SharePoint

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj163980.aspx

for IT pros

Find IT pro-focused how-to training and walkthrough videos with this interactive course about SharePoint 2013 including changes and new features for search, social, plus deployment and performance/scalability.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/sharepoint/fp123606

hope it helps :)

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Thanks. I did start looking at this before I wrote the question. It seemed to be aimed more at people with previous SharePoint experience. – Stephen Oberauer Jan 9 at 16:41
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iv updated my answer to contain the developemet stuff, going into sharepoint is very difficult! the dev vids should be easier to understnd!when you go into sharepoint it starts off in the deep end, but once you start and keep at it, it becomes much simpler! – ali Sharepoint Jan 9 at 16:46
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I found SharePoint training presentations on the Microsoft site, which is very much helpful in understanding sharepoint 2013.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30361

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