Understanding the User Menu in XI

hi,
I am pretty new to XI (as you can probably tell by few queries i have posted).
When you log in to your XI SAP system, the system essentially displays a "User Menu", which includes many folder with different options for monitoring, sld, runtime settings, configuration,...etc.
Just curious to find out what each of the options on the user menu does and more so when would you actually use those options. Have tried to click on some of the options and get familiar with them. But is there a more specific document provided by SAP that explains each functionality (besides maybe the documentation help).
Also speaking as a beginner, what is a good strategy to get more acquainted and understand XI? Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Regards,
Manpreet

Hi,
Apart from help.sap.com, u have very good Articles in the articles section which will speak about Design, configurations, Adapters, Runtime and all u need in different pdf files and ppts. all u need to do is go to Articles section and serch for the Right document that u need. ( i cannot mention all the pdf file names here.. it will fill the whole page ).
also when u go to XI home page, u will find
e-learning link on the righthand side. Listen to the Beginners section.This will also help u a lot.
While creating scenario's u can look at the weblogs section of XI. and its a knowledge repository ( help.sap.com made simpler )
all the above mention links help u in understanding XI better. But u should start working on
1) simple File to File
2) File to DB and other simple scenario's to really get how things work in XI.
The best part is u already have weblogs (step-by-step procedure ) mentioning these.... )
For the rest u have XI forum )
Hope this helps you.
Cheers,
Siva Maranani.

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