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Peter Mcdermott
Feb 22, 2017Iron Contributor
Am I in the right place?
It seems like there are/were so many different forum and community options for SharePoint and SharePoint Online. Before I start posting like crazy, I'd like ot know I'm in the right place. I'm a ...
- Feb 22, 2017
I think of it this way:
Technet is for IT pros, the people that install software
MSDN is for devs, the people that create software
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us is for people that need tech support, but can't/won't pay for it.
This community used to exist in a Yammer network until MS decided to move it last summer, it serves many purposes and has a wide variety of visitors
Dean_Gross
Feb 22, 2017Silver Contributor
There are a lot of people in this community that are just like you. Keep in mind that this is not official technical support and that it may take some time before you get an answer.
You have the right approach, there are thousands of things you can do in SP without writing a single line of code :)
Here are the community guidelines https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Community-Guidelines/Microsoft-Tech-Community-Guidelines/m-p/31390#M14
Peter Mcdermott
Feb 22, 2017Iron Contributor
Dean_Gross, thanks for the quick reply. I'll be sure to check out the guidelines.
It seemed to me like there were so many places between TechNet and MSDN that I was never in the right place to ask questions.
As you see me posting and commenting, please feel free to share any guidance you might have. I'll try to contrbiute as well as take a lot of learnings from this community. Looking forward to making this part of my regular work week!
- Dean_GrossFeb 22, 2017Silver Contributor
I think of it this way:
Technet is for IT pros, the people that install software
MSDN is for devs, the people that create software
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us is for people that need tech support, but can't/won't pay for it.
This community used to exist in a Yammer network until MS decided to move it last summer, it serves many purposes and has a wide variety of visitors
- Feb 22, 2017This community is a great place to ask questions to guys like Dean and others that are continuously dealing with similiar scenarios / questions such as the ones you mention