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I realize you are working with 2010, but you may be able to use the same approach as from SP2016, so I will reference below, but if not, here are some links to 2010 resources:

http://www.harbar.net/articles/sp2010ups.aspx

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/create-a-user-profile-service-application

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/5199.sharepoint-2010-creating-user-profile-service-application-with-solution-to-most-common-issue.aspx

This snippet is from page 341 of Vlad Catrinescu and Trevor Seward's, Deploying SharePoint 2016, which I recommend getting if you will continue working with SharePoint. It's a great resource I keep next to me.

$sa = New-SPProfileServiceApplication -Name "User Profile Service Application" -applicationpool "SharePoint Web Services Default" -ProfileDBName 'Profile_DB_2013' -SocialDBName 'Social_DB_2013' -ProfileSyncDBName 'Sync_DB'

We then need to create Service Application Proxy by using the following cmdlet.

New-SPProfileServiceApplicationProxy -Name "User Profile Service Application Proxy" -ServiceApplication $sa -DefaultProxyGroup

You can purchase their book here:

https://www.amazon.com/Deploying-SharePoint-2016-Configuring-Maintaining/dp/1484219988

Please note, as with anything like this, the names of service applications, application pools, and databases, are all subjective and will need to be determined by your existing environment.

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Pluralsite is pretty great for self serve both admin and dev modules.

Also lot of good content on channel9... ie this whole series with Bill and Brian was great https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Tuning-SQL-Server-2012-for-SharePoint-2013

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• Dev
  • https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/blogs/updated-sharepoint-framework-developer-training-package-september-2019/
  • https://www.voitanos.io/

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• Server Admin
  • Buy/Read
    • 2016 https://www.amazon.com/Deploying-SharePoint-2016-Configuring-Maintaining/dp/1484219988
    • 2019 https://www.amazon.com/Deploying-SharePoint-2019-Configuring-Premises/dp/1484245253
  • Certs
    • TBH this is a shit show for onprem/admin/server admin
    • explanation https://www.nigelfrank.com/blog/becoming-a-certified-sharepoint-administrator-what-you-need-to-know/
    • overview of last major changes/options https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/205587/mcse-sharepoint-certification
    • 2016 admin https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-70-339.aspx ...aka closest thing to SP specific you can get... else just do win server/sql