The Microsoft Office Online Training crew is already busy getting the pieces together to make it easier for SharePoint End Users to get a handle on what’s coming. They have just release a new training session, Make the Switch to the New SharePoint 2010 User Interface, free online.

Chris Quick has volunteered to document every step of his SharePoint 2010 beta installation. I’ve setup a live blogging panel so that you can follow along as he is going through the process. You will be able to ask Chris questions along the way. When he has time, he’ll respond in-line.

SharePoint’s flexibility is both its greatest strength and its greatest weakness. The capabilities of SharePoint far exceed those that user communities are accustomed to receiving in a software solution. Given this, when they are first exposed to these capabilities your users may feel intimidated by SharePoint’s complexity and frustrated by its menus and cryptic options. Here are some ideas about how best to use SharePoint’s flexibility to gain greater adoption of the platform within your environment