Configuring and Managing Microsoft SharePoint 2010

Exercise 2: Installing SharePoint Server Prerequisites

Exercise 3: Installing SharePoint Server

Exercise 4: Configuring the SharePoint Installation

Exercise 4: Configuring the SharePoint Installation

Exercise 6 (Optional): Installing a Language Pack

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Evaluate the Features of SharePoint 2010

Prepare for SharePoint 2010

Install SharePoint 2010

Perform an Advanced Installation of SharePoint 2010

This module covers creating a SharePoint 2010 Intranet and shows students how to configure and administer the fundamental components of a SharePoint farm, including its configuration, logical structure, user-facing features, and underlying engine.

Performing Initial Farm Configuration

Configuring the SharePoint Logical Structure

Exploring the SharePoint Web Application and Physical Architecture

Exercise 1: Creating a Web Application

Exercise 2: Creating a Site Collection

Exercise 3: Creating a Site Collection in a New Content Database

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Perform Initial Farm Configuration

Configure the SharePoint Logical Structure

Explore the SharePoint Web Application and Physical Architecture

This module covers Administering and Automating SharePoint. It covers how to apply the full range of options for administering and automating SharePoint—Central Administration, STSADM, and PowerShell. The module also introduces students to the logs.

Configuring Central Administration

Administering SharePoint from the Command Line

Automating SharePoint Operations with Windows PowerShell

Exercise 1: Adding SharePoint Functionality to Windows PowerShell

Exercise 2: Delegating the Ability to Use Windows PowerShell to Manage SharePoint

Exercise 3: Reporting Web and Site Collection Properties

Exercise 4: Creating Site Collections Using Windows PowerShell

Exercise 5: Creating and Updating Items

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure Central Administration

Administer SharePoint from the Command Line

Automate SharePoint Operations with Windows PowerShell

This module covers Configuring Content Management. It explains to students how to manage content (lists, libraries, items and documents).

Optimizing Content Storage and Access

Managing Site Content Types and Site Columns

Configuring the Managed Metadata Service

Exercise 1: Configuring List Throttling

Exercise 2: Enabling FILESTREAM and Provisioning the RBS Data Store

Exercise 3: Installing RBS on All SharePoint Web and Application Servers

Exercise 4: Configuring the BLOB Size Threshold for RBS

Exercise 1: Configuring and Implementing Managed Metadata

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Optimize Content Storage and Access

Manage Site Content Types and Site Columns

Configure the Managed Metadata Service

This module describes the process of how to administer authentication to SharePoint Web applications.

Understanding Classic SharePoint Authentication Providers

Understanding Federated Authentication

Exercise 1: Creating and Configuring an ASP.NET Membership Database

Exercise 2: Creating a Web Application that Uses Claims-Based Authentication

Exercise 1: Creating User Accounts for Access to External Data

Exercise 2: Configuring Secure Store Services

Exercise 3: Configuring Secure Store Unattended Accounts

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Microsoft SharePointServer 2010 authentication.

Describe SharePoint Server 2010 federated authentication.

This module details how to manage security of SharePoint content within a Web application.

Administering SharePoint Groups

Implementing SharePoint Roles and Role Assignments

Securing and Auditing SharePoint Content

Configuring Security for SharePoint Content

Exercise 1: Managing SharePoint Groups

Exercise 2: Creating Custom Permission Levels

Exercise 3: Managing Permissions and Inheritance

Exercise 4: Creating a Web Application Policy

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Administer SharePoint Groups

Implement SharePoint Roles and Role Assignments

Secure and Auditing SharePoint Content

Configure Security for SharePoint Content

This module enables students to manage customizations to the SharePoint environment.

Customizing Microsoft SharePoint

Deploying and Managing Features and Solutions

Configuring Sandboxed Solutions

Exercise 1: Administering Features

Exercise 2: Administering Solutions

Exercise 1: Administering SandBoxed Solutions

Exercise 2: Modifying SandBoxed Solutions Timer Jobs

Exercise 3: Configuring Sandbox Points

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Customize SharePoint installations to suit your organizational needs.

Deploy and manage SharePoint features and solutions.

Configure sandboxed solutions.

This module shows students how to manage the SharePoint service as a whole, as well as individual services and service applications

Securing the Enterprise SharePoint Service

Securing and Isolating Web Applications

Services and Service Applications

Exercise 1: Administering SharePoint Services

Exercise 2: Administering SharePoint Windows Services

Exercise 1: Configuring Web Application and Application Pool Security

Exercise 2: Configuring Secure Sockets Layer Security

Exercise 1: Creating a Service Application

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Secure your enterprise-level SharePoint service.

Secure Web applications.

Configure SharePoint services and service applications.

This module describes how to manage user profiles, My Sites, and social content.

Configuring User Profiles

Implementing SharePoint 2010 Social Networking Features

Exercise 1: Creating a User Profile Service Application

Exercise 2: Configuring User Profiles

Exercise 3: Configuring Profile Import from External Data Sources

Exercise 1: Configuring My Sites

Exercise 2: Creating Your My Site and Profile

Exercise 3: Configuring Social Networking Features

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure user profiles.

Implement SharePoint 2010 social networking features.

This module discusses how to administer and configure SharePoint Search.

Configuring Search

Refining Search

Exercise 1: Creating Content for Search

Exercise 2: Creating an Enterprise Search Center Site

Exercise 3: Creating and Configuring a Content Source

Exercise 4: Configuring File Types

Exercise 5: Configuring Search Settings

Exercise 6: Configuring Managed Properties

Exercise 7: Creating and Configuring a Search Scope

Exercise 1: Creating Keywords and Best Bets

Exercise 2: Configuring a Thesaurus

Exercise 3: Configuring Noise Words

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure the search features of SharePoint Server 2010.

Refine searches in SharePoint 2010.

This module enables students to configure specific service applications.

Implementing Business Connectivity Services

Configuring Excel Services

Understanding PerformancePoint Services

Implementing InfoPath Forms Services

Implementing Visio Services Features

Implementing Access Services

Implementing Office Web Apps

Exercise 1: Installing and Configuring Office Web Apps

Exercise 2: Configuring and Testing the Office Web Apps in a Document Library

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe business connectivity services.

Configure Excel services.

Describe PerformancePoint Services.

Configure InfoPath services.

Implement Visio services.

Implement Access services.

Install Office Web Apps.

This module teaches students how to install and upgrade to SharePoint 2010 in a variety of scenarios, and to keep SharePoint 2010 current

Installing SharePoint Servers and Farms

Upgrading to SharePoint 2010

Evaluating Installations and Upgrades

Configuring SharePoint Operational Settings

Updating SharePoint

Exercise 1: Performing SQL Server Database Maintenance

Exercise 2: Moving a Site Collection Between Content Databases

Exercise 3: Preparing SQL Server Databases for Upgrade

Exercise 4: Preparing SharePoint 2007 for Upgrade

Exercise 1: Upgrading SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010

Exercise 2: Upgrading Content Databases

Exercise 3: Implementing a Visual Upgrade

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Install SharePoint servers and farms.

Upgrade SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010.

Plan SharePoint installations and upgrades.

Configure operational settings in SharePoint 2010.

Update SharePoint.

This module enables students to configure business continuity for SharePoint.

Protecting and Recovering Content

Working with Backup and Restore for Disaster Recovery

Implementing High Availability Solutions

Exercise 1: Backing Up SharePoint Using Central Administration

Exercise 2: Investigating SharePoint Backup Logs and Files

Exercise 3: Automating SharePoint Backup Using Windows PowerShell

Exercise 1: Restoring a Web Application Using Central Administration

Exercise 2: Investigating SharePoint Restore Logs and Files

Exercise 3: Performing a Partial Restore

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe how to protect content and recover content.

Perform backup and restore operations to mitigate against disasters.

Implement high availability solutions with SharePoint Server.

This module shows students how to monitor SharePoint performance, health, and usage, and to identify and remediate performance and health problems.

Monitoring Logs

Configuring SharePoint Health Analyzer

Configuring Usage Reports and Web Analytics

Monitoring and Optimizing SharePoint Performance

Exercise 1: Configuring SharePoint Diagnostic Logging

Exercise 1: Configuring Health Analyzer Rules

Exercise 2: Reviewing and Repairing Health Analyzer Problems

Exercise 1: Configuring SharePoint Usage Data Collection

Exercise 2: Creating Reports from the Logging Database

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use monitoring logs to establish a baseline for performance monitoring.

Configure SharePoint Health Analyzer.

Configure both usage reports and Web analytics.

Monitor your SharePoint servers’ performance and optimize them.

This module covers implementing sand administering Office 365 and SharePoint Online

Introducing Office 365 and SharePoint Online

Setting Up Office 365

Administering SharePoint Online

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the components of Office 365 and compare the functionality of SharePoint Online to that of a SharePoint on-premise farm.

Create and configure an Office 365 subscription.

Secure SharePoint Online and integrate it with on-premise systems.