Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Boot Camp
Course Length: Five Days

Audience

The audience for this course is Business Application Administrators (BAAs), Web Administrators and Server Administrators and SharePoint administrators and Designers  who are engaged in the planning, design, and selection of line-of-business (LOB) applications (including Office SharePoint Server) in conjunction with internal business customers. Their primary responsibility is the deployment, customization, management, design and support of LOB applications. They routinely monitor application status and troubleshoot application problems.

Prerequisites:

-Good understanding of Administering IIS 6.0 (Internet Information Server)
-Experience in implementing, managing and supporting Microsoft Windows Server 2003
-Basic understanding of WSS3.0 (Windows SharePoint Services)
-Familiarity with Office 2003 interface
- Working knowledge of networking (TCP/IP and Domain Name System


Days One & Two:

Module 1: Overview of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

This introductory module provides an overview of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Lessons

Introduction to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Integrating Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in the Enterprise

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Architecture

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Explain how Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 integrates with many different products and systems in the Enterprise.

Describe the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 architecture.

Module 3: Deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

This module provides high-level information about deployment environments and its prerequisites, and then focuses on the tasks and activities involved in installing and configuring Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The module concludes with an overview and examples of Shared Service Providers.

Lessons

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Deployment Architecture

Installing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Managing Shared Service Providers

Lab: Planning for and Deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Creating Deployment Plans for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Installing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 deployment architecture.

Install and configure Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Describe and manage Shared Service Providers.

Module 4: Administering Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

This module sets the groundwork for the solution-specific modules that follow this one. It provides details and guidance about general administrative tasks for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Lessons

Creating Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Sites

Managing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Features

Lab: Managing Sites and Features

Creating and Managing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Sites

Activating and Deactivating Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Features

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the options that are available for centralized and decentralized site provisioning and the templates that you can use to create Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 sites.

Describe the features that are available in Office SharePoint Server 2007, their functions, and how to manage them.

Module 5: Implementing Portal Solutions

This module focuses on the portal-oriented features provided by Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, by describing portal sites, collaborative features, and user profiles and audiences.

Lessons

Creating Portal Sites

Implementing Collaborative Features

Implementing Users Profiles and Audiences

Lab: Implementing Collaborative Features in Portal Sites

Creating and Managing Portal Sites

Managing Personal Sites

Managing User Profiles and Targeting

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the portal-based features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Describe and implement collaborative features in portal solutions.

Describe user profiles, and how they are used in Portal-based solutions.

Describe and implement User Profiles in portal solutions.

Module 6: Implementing Content Management Solutions

This module focuses on the content management-oriented concepts of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, by describing content management requirements, features and processes.

Lessons

Overview of Content Management

Managing Documents and Content with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Implementing Content Management Processes

Implementing Content Management Policies

Lab: Implementing Content Management Sites and Processes

Creating Content Management Sites

Managing Authoring Workflows and Processes

Lab: Implementing Auditing and Policies

Planning Records Management Solutions

Implementing Records Management Solutions

Creating Records Management Solutions

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the basics of the content management process, and explain how various parts of these processes are implemented in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 solutions.

Describe content- and document-management concepts and processes in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 solutions.

Implement standard and advanced content-management processes.

Implement advanced features in Office SharePoint Server 2007 to enable robust policies and auditing for enterprise-level content management.

Module 8: Implementing Search and Indexing

This module focuses on the concepts, requirements, and processes for implementing search and indexing.

Lessons

Overview of Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search and Indexing

Implementing Search

Lab: Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search and Indexing

Defining Content Sources and Scopes

Building Indexes

Performing Searches

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Explain the search and indexing features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and explain which features are provided by Windows SharePoint Services and which are provided by Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Describe the process of defining content to be indexed, indexing that content, and performing searches.

Module 9: Maintaining and Optimizing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

This module focuses on the day-to-day maintenance, monitoring and optimization concepts, processes and requirements.

Lessons

Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Backup and Restore

Monitoring Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Performance Tuning and Optimization of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Solutions

Lab: Backing Up and Restoring Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Configurations and Data

Performing Backups Operations

Performing Restore Operations

Lab: Monitoring and Optimizing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Solutions

Monitoring Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Optimizing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the factors that affect the backup and restoration of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 data, and the processes for performing backup and restore operations.

Describe the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 performance counters, and explain the significance of the most important counters.

Describe the process and concepts of monitoring and tuning Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007-based operations, explain the difference between throughput and response times, describe the factors that affect these two measurements, and describe approaches that can be used to increase throughput and/or response times.

Days Three & Four

Module 10
Lesson 10.1: Starting Out
- What is SharePoint Designer?
- What's New in SharePoint Designer 2007?
- Opening SharePoint Designer
- Interface Overview
- Closing SharePoint Designer

Lesson 10.2: Interacting with SharePoint Designer
- Using SharePoint Designer's Menus
- Using the Common Toolbar
- Moving Toolbars
- Hiding & Showing Toolbars
- Using the Status Bar

Lesson 10.3: Navigating Through Your Site
- Using the Folder List
- Switching Views in the Main Pane
- Viewing Site Reports
- Modifying Site Settings

Module 11
Lesson 11.1: Using Data Sources
- The Data Source Library
- Adding an XML Source File
- Adding an ASP.NET Source
- Removing a Data Source

Lesson 11.2: More Data Source Commands
- Creating a Data View
- Using Data Source Properties
- Filtering Data
- Sorting Data
- Applying Conditional Formatting
- Refreshing Data

Lesson 11.3: What is ASP.NET?
- Inserting an ASP.NET Control
- Types of ASP.NET Controls
- Modifying ASP.NET Control Properties
- Programming ASP.NET Controls
- ASP.NET Data Controls
- Technical Issues

Lesson 11.4: Adding SharePoint Web Zones
- What is a Web Zone?
- Creating a Web Zone
- Modifying Web Zone Properties
- Removing a Web Zone

Lesson 11.5: Interactive Buttons
- Interactive Buttons
- ASP.NET Image Buttons
-Adding an Image to the Button
-Adding a script for the Image Button

Lessong 11.6: Using SharePoint Templates
- Requirements for Using SharePoint Templates
- Creating a Web Site from a SharePoint Template
- Creating a Web Page from a Template
- Exporting a Site as a Template

Module 12
Lesson 12.1: Adding Behaviors
- Using the Behaviors Pan
- Adding a Behavior
- Editing a Behavior
- Removing a Behavior

Lesson 12.2: Doing more with Data Views
- Data View Review
- Linking Data Sources
- Displaying the Data from the Linked Data Sources
- Manipulating Records in a Data View

Lesson 12.3: Data Forms
- Inserting a Data View as a Form
- Adding a Built-In Form Action
- Adding a Form Action Link
- Adding a Custom Action

Module 13
Lesson 13.1: Master Pages
- About Master Pages
- Creating a Master Page
- Editing Master Pages
- Setting an Existing Page as Master
- Creating a Content Page
- Attaching or Detaching a Master Page


Lesson 13.2: Using Text Styles
- Using the Apply Styles Pane
- Creating a Style
- Setting Style Options
- Applying a Style to Text

Lesson 13.3: Managing Text Styles
- Modifying a Style
- Renaming a Style
- Copying a Style
- Deleting a Style

Lesson 13.4: Using Style Sheets
- What are CSS Style Sheets
- Attaching a Style Sheet
- Opening a Style Sheet

Lesson 13.5: Creating a CSS Style Sheet
- Using the New CSS Command
- CSS Language Basics
- Advanced CSS Syntax
-Building a Cascading Style Sheet
- Modifying a CSS Document
- Using the CSS Properties Task Pane
- Linking a Cascading Style Sheet

Module 14
Lesson 14.1: Using Contributor Settings
- What are Contributor Settings?
- The Contributor Settings Task Pane
- Specifying Contributor Settings
- Using Region Types
- Working as a Contributor

Module 15
Lesson 15.1: Setting SharePoint Options
- Startup Options
-SettingService Options
- Customizing Reports
- Setting Editor Options

Day Five: InfoPath

Section 1
1.1: Starting Out
- What is Microsoft InfoPath?
- What's New in InfoPath 2007?
- An XML Printer
- Opening InfoPath 2007
- Using the Getting Started Window
- Interface Overview
- Closing InfoPath 2007

1.2: Interacting with InfoPath
- Using Menus
- Using the Standard Toolbar
- Using the Formatting Toolbar
- Using Task Panes

1.3: Customizing InfoPath
- Moving Toolbars
- Hiding & Showing Toolbars
- Creating Toolbars
- Deleting Toolbars
- Modifying Menus
- Resetting Toolbars and Menus

1.4: Working with Files
- Saving Files
- Opening Files
- Switching Between Open Files
- Window Controls
- Closing Files

1.5: Getting Started with Forms
- Choosing a Form
- Form Tasks
- Creating a New Form
- Searching for Templates

1.6: Getting Help in InfoPath
- Using the Help Menu
- Using the Help Window
- Type a Question for Help
- Getting Help in a task pane

Section 2: Working with Basic Forms

2.1: Filling out Forms
- Opening a Form
- Understanding the Form
- Entering Data
- Saving your Form

2.2: Designing a Form
- Using the Design a Form Window
- Using the Design Tasks Task Pane
- Setting the Layout
- Using the Tables Toolbar

2.3: Basic Editing Commands
- Selecting Objects
- Using Cut, Copy and Paste
- Undo and Redo
- Resizing Objects
- Moving Objects
- Aligning Controls and Labels

2.4: Color and Formatting
- Basic Text Effects
- Changing Text Color
- Changing Font Type and Size
- Aligning Text
- Applying a Background Color
- Using Color Schemes

2.5: Finishing your Form
- Adding Controls
- Using Data Sources
- Switching Controls
- Running the Design Checker
- Protecting a Form
- Using Security Levels
- Testing a Form
- Publishing to a Shared Network Folder


 

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