Implementing Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007

Key Data Product #: 2486

Course #: 5061A

Number of Days: 3

Format: Instructor-Led

Certification Exams:

This course helps you prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional exams:

§ 70-630, TS: Configuring

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Certification Track: TBD

This course syllabus should be used to determine whether the course is appropriate for the students, based on their current skills and technical training needs.

Course content, prices, and availability are subject to change without notice.

Course Syllabus

Implementing Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills required to implement Microsoft

Office SharePoint Server 2007 successfully in their organization

Audience

The audience for this course is Business

Application Administrators (BAAs), Web Administrators and Server Administrators 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, and support of LOB applications. They routinely monitor application status and troubleshoot application problems.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

§ Describe Microsoft Office

SharePoint Server 2007.

§ Plan for and design a Microsoft

Office SharePoint Server 2007 implementation.

§ Deploy Microsoft Office

SharePoint Server 2007.

§ Administer Microsoft Office

SharePoint Server 2007.

§ Implement a portal solution with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

§ Implement a content management solution with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

§ Implement a business intelligence solution with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

§ Implement a search and indexing solution with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

§ Maintain and optimize Microsoft

Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

§ Experience in implementing, managing, and supporting a Microsoft Windows® SharePoint

Services 3.0 environment.

§ Basic knowledge of Windows

SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 interoperability.

§ At least 2 years of experience implementing, managing, and supporting Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

§ At least 2 years of experience implementing, managing, and supporting Internet Information Services (IIS).

§ Working knowledge of networking. For example TCP/IP and Domain Name System (DNS).

In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have completed:

§ 5060 - Implementing Windows®

SharePoint® Services 3.0.

§ 3370 - First Look: Getting

Started with Microsoft® Office SharePoint Server2007.

§ 2553 - Administering Microsoft®

SharePoint® Portal Server 2003.

Module 1: Overview of Microsoft Office

SharePoint Server 2007

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

Lessons

§ Introduction to MicrosoftOffice SharePoint Server 2007

§ Integrating Microsoft OfficeSharePoint 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 2: Planning and Designing for Microsoft

Office SharePoint Server 2007

This module focuses on planning and design issues and activities. It contains elements of the Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF) concepts, and provides a brief refresher for those students who are already familiar with MSF (and a high-level introduction to the concepts for those who are not).

Lessons

§ Preparing for a MicrosoftOffice SharePoint Server 2007 Implementation

§ Planning and Designing for

Non-Functional Requirements

Lab:

Documenting Non-Functional Requirements for Microsoft Office SharePoint

Server 2007 Solutions

§ Preparing for a MicrosoftOffice SharePoint Server 2007 Implementation

§ Defining Non-Functional

Requirements for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

After completing this module, students will be able to:

§ Prepare and plan for implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 solutions.

§ Describe typical non-functional requirements for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007-based solutions and how to consider these requirements at the design stage.

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 SharePointServer 2007 Deployment Architecture

§ Installing Microsoft OfficeSharePoint Server 2007

§ Managing Shared Service

Providers

Lab:

Planning for and Deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

§ Creating Deployment Plans forMicrosoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

§ Installing Microsoft OfficeSharePoint Server 2007After 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 OfficeSharePoint Server 2007 Sites

§ Managing Microsoft Office

SharePoint Server 2007 Features

Lab:

Managing Sites and Features

§ Creating and ManagingMicrosoft 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 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 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 CollaborativeFeatures

§ Implementing Users Profiles and Audiences

Lab:

Implementing Collaborative Features in Portal Sites

§ Creating and Managing PortalSites

§ 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 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 ContentManagement

§ Managing Documents andContent with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

§ Implementing ContentManagement Processes

§ Implementing Content

Management Policies

Lab: Implementing Content Management Sites and

Processes

§ Creating Content ManagementSites

§ Managing Authoring Workflows and Processes

Lab:

Implementing Auditing and Policies

§ PlanningRecords Management Solutions

§ Implementing

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

Module 7: Implementing Business Intelligence

Solutions

This module focuses on the business data-oriented concepts of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, by describing the Business Data Catalog, Excel Services, Key PerformanceIndicators, Business Intelligence Dashboards and Reports.

Lessons

§ Configuring and IncorporatingBusiness Data Catalog Applications into Portal Solutions

§ Implementing Microsoft OfficeSharePoint Server 2007 Excel Services

§ Implementing BusinessIntelligence Dashboards

§ Creating Report CenterWeb Sites

§ Implementing Microsoft Office

SharePoint Server 2007 Forms Server

Lab:

Implementing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft Office SharePoint

Server 2007

§ Creating Business DataCatalog Applications

§ Implementing Excel Services

§ Creating BusinessIntelligence Dashboards

§ Creating Server-Side InfoPathForms

§ Deploying Server-SideInfoPath FormsAfter completing this module, students will be able to:

§ Describe the key part that the

BDC plays in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007-based solutions, and describe the process of creating BDC applications.

§ Describe the features and capabilities of Excel Services, and explain how they contribute to business intelligence solutions.

§ Describe business intelligence dashboards and capabilities, and explain how they form the cornerstone of business intelligence solutions.

§ Describe Office SharePoint

Server 2007 Report

Center features.

§ Describe how you can incorporate server-side forms into business intelligence solutions, and explain the different processes that you must use to deploy no-code and code-based forms.

Module 8: Implementing Search and Indexing

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

Lessons

§ Overview of ImplementingMicrosoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search and Indexing

§ Implementing Search

Lab:

Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search and Indexing

§ Defining Content Sources andScopes

§ 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 OfficeSharePoint Server 2007 Backup and Restore

§ Monitoring Microsoft Office

SharePoint Server 2007

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

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