Basic SharePoint Administration Videos on SharePoint-Videos.com
Ran into these interesting basic SharePoint administration videos online. These may help give those of you who are just starting out with the basic concepts around SharePoint administration. When you're ready for more advanced administration, check out ControlPoint for full farm-wide administration capability.
Exploring SharePoint's Central Administration
Central Administration in SharePoint is where all the magic happens. Setting Farm Level or Server level settings for SharePoint is all done here. The creation of Web Applications and Site Collections also happens through here and a whole lot more. This video explores the various functionality that is accessible to the SharePoint Admin through the Central Administration site
Introducing Search CenterUse the Search Center capability to search Enterprise data in your environment
Importing Profiles from Active Directory into SharePoint Import user profiles from your Active Directory directly into SharePoint. This allows for audience targeting features and people search
Backing up Sites with STSADM utilityThe STSADM utility is a very powerful friend of a SharePoint admin. Watch this video to learn how you can use this utility to back up SharePoint sites
Site Delete Capture - Recycle Bin for deleted sitesSharePoint out of the box does not contain the functionality to archive deleted sites. Use the Site Delete Capture feature made by available by Microsoft IT team on CodePlex to implement the site delete capture functionality.
This video walks you through obtaining this component, installing it and how to use it.