Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Advanced Solutions

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the apps for SharePoint development platform.

Use the client-side object models and the REST API to communicate with SharePoint.

Configure security for apps for SharePoint.

Optimize the performance of apps for SharePoint.

In this module you will see metadata objects and how they are used to categorize items so that you can learn how to work with them in code. You will also see how to use the advanced features of terms and manage permissions and roles. In this way you can provide a full set of terms that users can tag content with.

Managed Metadata

Configuring Managed Metadata Term Sets

Working with Managed Metadata Fields

Creating and Configuring the Corporate Structure App

Displaying the Existing Taxonomy Groups

Creating a Group, a Term Set, and Terms

Obtaining the Host Web

Adding Metadata Site Columns

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Explain the capabilities and applications of managed metadata in SharePoint 2013.

Automate the creation and configuration of managed metadata term sets.

Interact with managed metadata term sets and fields from client-side and server-side code.

The module provides an overview of the search service architecture in SharePoint 2013 as it relates to developers, before describing how to construct queries using Keyword Query Language (KQL) and FAST Query Language (FQL) and submit these queries to the search service.

Understanding the SharePoint 2013 Search Service

Building Search Queries with KQL and FQL

Executing Search Queries from Code

Submitting Search Queries from Client-Side Code

Using a Custom Action to Launch A Search App

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the SharePoint 2013 Search Architecture.

Build simple and advanced KQL Queries.

Describe the SharePoint Search Index.

Describe and work with crawled and managed properties.

Describe the levels and security of the SharePoint Search Schema.

In this module you will create and modify queries as well as manage search results.

Customizing Query Processing

Customizing Search Results

Customizing Content Processing

Configuring and Test Result Type

Customizing an Item Display Template

Customizing a Hover Panel Display Template

Create and deploy an entity extractor

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create various types of result sources

Create basic and complex query transforms

Configure query rule conditions and actions to target query intent

Create and modify result types

Create and modify display templates

Utilize display templates with various search web parts

Add managed properties as refiners with counts

Utilize entity extraction in your crawls

Extend content processing with Content Enrichment

In this module, you will see how to work with SharePoint document management features in code.

Working with eDiscovery

Working with Content Management

Automating Records Management

Creating a Custom Document ID Provider

Registering a Custom Document ID Provider

Applying a Custom Audit Policy

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use SharePoint eDiscovery functionality in custom applications.

Create and manage information management policies and document sets programmatically.

Manage and customize SharePoint records management functionality.

In this module, you will learn how to utilize develop web content solutions for publishing sites.

Programming with the Web Content Publishing API

Developing Page Components for Web Content Publishing

Building a Custom Page Field Control

Building a Page Layout

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe how to utilize the Publishing API to access publishing settings and content.

Describe how to use and customize page content controls in publishing sites.

This module will focus on providing you with the knowledge to build web sites that are mobile device friendly, support multiple language and with proper navigation. This will be accomplished by introducing you to SharePoint features including device channels, managed navigation and variations.

Website Structure and Navigation

Publishing Content

Publishing to Mobile Devices

Multi-language sites using Variations

Creating a Navigation Term Set

Creating a Device Channel

Using the Device Panel Control

Creating a French Variation

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure website structure and navigation.

Describe the difference between structured and metadata navigation.

Utilize basic publishing features of SharePoint.

Use the new cross-site publishing features of SharePoint 2013.

Configure and implement variations for multilingual sites.

In this module, you will learn how to optimize your site for Internet search engines, and maximize the performance of rendering your site content.

Optimizing a SharePoint Site for Search Engines

Optimizing Performance and Scalability

Optimizing a Site for Search Engines

Maximizing the Performance of a Publishing Site

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure search engine optimization settings.

Add SEO Properties to publishing pages and Managed Navigation terms.

Configure caching to improve site rendering performance.

Optimize site assets and resources to maximize performance.

In this module, you will learn how to develop Business Connectivity Services (BCS) solutions.

Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2013

Creating BDC Models in SharePoint Designer

Creating BDC Models in Visual Studio 2012

Creating Farm-Scoped External Content Types

Creating App-Scoped External Content Types

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the key components of Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint Server 2013.

Create and configure BDC models by using SharePoint Designer.

Create and configure BDC models by using Visual Studio 2012.

This module will explore how to create custom search connectors using several different methodologies and lastly, you will learn the advanced topic of the new SharePoint 2013 external event notification feature to support SharePoint list features such as alerts and event receivers when external data changes.

Configuring BDC Models for Search

Developing Custom Connectivity Components

Working with External Events and Notifications

Create a .NET Connectivity Assembly

Implementing Entity Methods

Deploying and testing a .NET Connectivity Model

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe BCS Connector Framework scenarios.

Design and Develop BCS Connector stereotyped operations.

Design and Configure BDC model security.

Optimize Search Connector crawl performance.

Use Visual Studio to build BDC Models for Search.

Deploy BDC Search connectors.

Debug and troubleshoot your search connectors.

Design and deploy BDC event subscriber methods.

Describe how to format event notification messages.

Configure alerts and event receivers on external lists.

In this module you will leverage BCS components and data in custom solutions. The module first covers the built-in components that SharePoint provides for surfacing business data in the user interface. Next, we describes how to work with business data in code. Finally, the module describes how to work with offline business data in Office client solutions.

Working with Business Data in Composite Solutions

Working with Business Data in Custom Solutions

Working with Business Data in Client Applications

Reading Business Data in Client-Side Code

Presenting Business Data in an App for SharePoint

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the key components of Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint Server 2013.

Create and configure BDC models by using SharePoint Designer.

Create and configure BDC models by using Visual Studio 2012.

In this module, you will review key aspects of the user profile service, and see how you can write client-side and server-side code to access, update and manage user profile properties.

Overview of User Profile Data in SharePoint 2013

Understanding Options for Accessing User Profile Data

Managing User Profile Data

Managing User Profile Properties

Add People Search Functionality to an App

Display User Properties in the App

Add Code to Display User Profile Properties

Add Code to Manage User Profile Properties

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Explain how user profile data is used in SharePoint.

Describe the options and restrictions for accessing user profile data.

Use client-side code to access and server-side code to access and update user profile data.

Configure and manage user profile properties.

In this module, you will see some of the social features in SharePoint 2013, and you will see how you can develop apps which extend and customize the social workload; tailoring the experience for your business needs.

Overview of the Social Workload

Developing Social Solutions

Working with Feeds

Displaying a Project Site Newsfeed

Posting a Message to a Newsfeed

Using Search to Retrieve Newsfeed Posts

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the main components of the social workload.

Develop solutions to extend the social workload.

Create solutions which make use of the newsfeed functionality in SharePoint Server 2013.

This module will introduce methods that you can use to improve the performance and scalability of solutions and apps.

Debugging SharePoint Apps in Visual Studio

Diagnosing Faults in Deployed Apps

Testing Performance and Scalability

Adding a Diagnostics Page to a SharePoint App

Configuring ASP.NET Tracing

Using Trace Logs

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe how to identify, diagnose, and remove bugs in SharePoint apps during development.

Describe how to record information about issues that arise in deployed SharePoint apps.

Describe how developers optimize the performance of SharePoint apps by implementing best practices, measuring performance, and load testing.