Managing Windows Sharepoint Services & Sharepoint Server

Course Overview

The course will provide an overview of the feature set provided by SharePoint 2003 and a knowledge of strategies and processes for the use of these features. Experience will be provided in the discovery and design process plus the building of a prototype testing environment and a production environment. Standard portal and site level features will be used and dicaussed for both the end users and administrators.

Audience

This course is designed for IT Professionals administrators, developers, designers, Webmasters and managers who need to acquire skills in installing, managing and developing applications and solutions using Sharepoint Services and Sharepoint Server.

Prerequisites

Those attending should have a good working knowledge of Windows and Microsoft Office applications. Some programming experience and knowledge particularly in Visual Basic/VB.NET would be an advantage.

Course Outline

SharePoint Overview

• SharePoint Portal Server
• Windows SharePoint Services Technology Primer
• Managing Documents and Data
• Collaboration
• Knowledge Management and Collaboration with Portals
• SharePoint Services vs SharePoint Portal Server
• Capabilities
• SharePoint and Office
• Backward Compatibility
• 2003 Management Tools

New Capabilities

• Collaboration and Document Management Strategy
• Terminology
• Administrators
• Customising and Enhancing SharePoint

Organisational Uses of SharePoint

• Implementation Goals
• Primary Uses
• Portal Server Uses
• Integration with Other Applications
• Complementary Products

Planning and Designing

• Design and Implementation
• Software Design
• Hardware Design
• Calculating the Number of Users a Server Can Support
• Providing Secure Access to SharePoint 2003 Sites

Planning and Designing the User Environment

• Key Components
• Designing the Environment
• Designing the Portal Environment
• Management Roles
• Planning Office Product Integration
• Training
• Documenting the Design

Installing Portal Server and SharePoint Services

• Installing Server 2003
• SharePoint Services with WMSDE
• SharePoint Services to Connect to an Existing SQL Database
• SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and MSDE
• SharePoint Portal Server& SQL Server 2000
• SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to Connect to an External SQL Database
• SharePoint Portal Server 2003 in AD Account Creation Mode
• Baseline Software Analyser
• Coexistence
• Troubleshooting Base Installation
• Uninstalling

Configuring Client Access

• Options for Configuring Client Access
• SharePoint 2003 Client Access Requirements
• Using Internet Explorer 6.0 for Access
• Using My Network Places for Access
• Using Word 2003 for Access
• Configuring an HTML Viewer
• Providing Anonymous Access
• Client Components for Backward-Compatible Libraries
• Support to Clients

Migrating from SharePoint 2001 to 2003

• Changes in the SharePoint 2003 Technologies
• Migration Strategy

Word, Excel and Outlook with SharePoint

• Information Islands
• Components of Office 2003 System
• Office 2000 and XP with SharePoint
• Integration Between Word 2003 and SharePoint 2003
• Excel 2003 Integration with SharePoint
• Outlook 2003 Integration with SharePoint

Other Office Products with SharePoint Technologies

• Working with Project 2003 and SharePoint
• Integrating Visio and SharePoint
• Using PowerPoint 2003 and SharePoint
• OneNote
• Publisher
• Access 2003
• InfoPath
• FrontPage
• Live Communications Server

Managing and Using SharePoint Libraries

• Sites, Workspaces, Libraries and Lists
• Sites and Workspaces
• Document Libraries
• Restricting Access
• Document History and Versioning
• SharePoint Picture Libraries
• Backward-Compatible Document Library
• Protection

Managing and Using SharePoint Lists

• SharePoint Lists
• Standard Actions for Most Lists
• Alerts
• Approve/Reject View
• Using Announcements to Keep Users Informed
• Contacts List
• Discussion Boards
• Links List
• Planning Events
• Tasks
• Problem Resolution with Issues List

SharePoint Workspaces

• Using Document Workspaces
• Defining a Meeting Workspace
• Standard Meeting Lists
• Changes to Meeting Workspace Sites
• Multiple Meeting Workspaces

Storage, Indexing and Centralised Information Access

• Document Libraries
• Areas
• Content Sources
• Search with Content Indexes
• Search Scopes
• Keywords and Best Bets
• Search
• Windows SharePoint Services Search and Portal Sites Directory Search

SharePoint Security

• Internal SharePoint Security Components
• Isolation Approaches to SharePoint Security
• Securing SharePoint Portal Servers
• Hardening Security
• File-Level Security
• Software Update Services
• Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)
• Securing the SQL Server Database
• Transport-Level Security for SharePoint
• Virtual Private Networks to Secure Access
• IP Security (IPSec)

Securing Remote Access with ISA Server 2004

• ISA Server 2004
• SharePoint Web Server Publishing Rules
• SSL to SSL Bridging
• Logging ISA Traffic
• Monitoring ISA

Managing and Administering Infrastructure

• Common Administrative Tasks in a SharePoint Site
• Administering SharePoint Farm Settings
• Managing SharePoint Portals and Sites
• Configuring and Administering SharePoint Search
• Administering SharePoint SQL Databases

Maintaining SharePoint Environments

• Maintaining the Environment
• Maintaining the SQL Server Database
• Auditing
• Remote Management
• Updating and Monitoring
• Maintenance Schedules

Backup and Restore

• SharePoint Components
• FrontPage 2003
• Templates
• STSADM
• SMIGRATE
• SQL Database Backups and Restores

Customising and Personalising

• SharePoint Web Parts
• Web Part Pages
• Portal Web Parts

Scaling SharePoint

• Scalability
• Scaling Logical Components
• Clustering
• Scaling SQL Server 2000 Database Structure
• Scaling Across a SharePoint Farm
• Business Portals
• Team Collaboration Solution with SharePoint
• Corporate Intranet Solution with SharePoint
• Customer Extranet Solution with SharePoint

Managing Windows Sharepoint Services & Sharepoint Server / MWSS