SharePoint Administration

SharePoint Administration Duration: 80 hrs

SharePoint Administration course is designed to impart in-depth knowledge and skills for planning and administering a SharePoint environment.

Course Objective : This Course Covers architecture, capabilities, features, Install and configure SharePoint, Create and configure web applications, site collection, service applications, Configure and authorize access to content in SharePoint , managing users and groups, securing content in SharePoint sites, Secure SharePoint deployment, Manage content types and configure the managed metadata service, Configure user profile service application and manage profiles and audience, Monitor and maintain the SharePoint environment

Audience :

This course is best suited for those who are looking to extend their expertise in managing, installing, configuring, deploying, and configuring a SharePoint

Prerequisite: knowledge of Active Directory

1.Introduction and Architecture

• Introduction of SharePoint
• SharePoint Version, History , Capabilities and High level Features
• Role of SharePoint Server in LAN
• Components in SharePoint
• Platform Architecture and SharePoint Architecture
• Logical Architecture and SharePoint Farm Topologies

2.SharePoint Installation, Administration and Site Hierarchy

• Hardware & Software Requirements
• Supported Browser and Types of Installation
• Software’s to be Installed
• Central Administration Site and Managed Accounts
• Configuration To Send and Receive E-Mail
• SharePoint Site Hierarchy and Web Application
• Creating & Planning Site Collection
• Creating Site and Sub Site and SharePoint site Home Page.
• Branding Site Look and Feel
• Working with Quota Templates and Save Site as Template
• Create Site from Template
• Understanding Service Applications
• Site Collection Logical Architecture

3.Working with Lists, Document Libraries, Wikis, Blogs and Surveys

• Creating and Managing List Columns and Views
• Using Content Types in List and Library
• Lookups and Managed Metadata Columns
• Managing of Data and List throttling
• Predefined List and Libraries
• Version setting and Document Workspace
• Creating and Configuring Wikis , Blogs and Surveys
• Discussion Boards etc

4.Security – User Groups and Permissions

• Authentication vs Authorization
• Creating users and groups in Active Directory
• SharePoint Groups
• Creating Custom Permissions Groups
• Granting Permission to User/groups
• To Create a Custom Permission level
• To bind Users/Groups and Permission Level
• Managing Permissions in Sub site
• Allow Users to create their own site
• To Set Site Confirmation and Deletion of unused sites
• Permissions for Lists / Libraries / List Items

5.Claim Based/ Enable Form based Authentication

• How does Claims Based Authentication works?
• Creating SQL Server Database for authentication using Membership and Role Provider
• Creating Web Application using CBA.
• Allowing Anonymous Access in a Web Application
• Editing web.config of Web Application, Central Admin Application and STS
• Zones in SharePoint

6.Creating an Alternate Access MappingEnterprise Content Management

• Managed Metadata Service
• Term, Term sets & Keywords
• Enterprise Content Type and Document sets
• Document ID Service and IDs
• Content Organizer and Automatic routing
• In Place Record Management

7.User Profile Service Administration

• Social Computing and Managing User Profiles
• User Profile Service Application
• Synchronization Service and Working with Audience
• Tags and Notes and Working with My Site

8.Administering and configuring Search

• Purpose of Enterprise Search solution
• Microsoft Server Side Search Products
• What’s New in SharePoint Search Server 2010
• Logical architecture for the Enterprise Search Components
• Setting up Search Service Application
• Configuring Crawler, querying and result  Settings
• Search Administration at the Site Collection Level
• Creating Keywords, Definitions, Best Bets and Synonyms and search Scopes

9.Backup and Restore

• Complete Backup and Restore  of Web Application
• Granular Backup of Site Collection
• Exporting & Importing of List

10.Server and Client Object Model

• Using Microsoft.SharePoint.DLL
• Site Architecture and Object Overview
• SPWebApplication, SPSite, SPWeb, SPList and more
• Sample Programs to understand the Object Model
• Managed Object Model
• Silver light  and JavaScript Client Object Model
• Using SharePoint Web Services in Client Application

11.SharePoint Features and Events

• SharePoint Root Directory
• Features Overview and scope
• Create a new feature and Deploying Features using VS
• Feature Events
• Manage SharePoint Solution (WSP) using Power Shell Commands
• Event Handlers and Event receiver base classes
• Registering Event Handlers
• Example of Before Events and Programming after Events

12.Working with Web Parts

• Overview of Web Parts
• Web Part Page Structure, Common Web Parts
• Manage Web Part, Add Web Part to Gallery
• Adding Web Part to Page from Gallery
• Connecting Web Parts

13.Sandboxed Solutions

• What is Sandboxed
• Applications deployable as Sandboxed
• Sand boxed and Farm Deployment comparison
• Benefits of Sandbox, Enable Sandbox Service
• Blocking a Sandbox solution
• Build and Deploy Sandboxed Solution

14.InfoPath Forms Services

• InfoPath Forms Services
• Overview SharePoint Form
• Library InfoPath form templates

15.Business Connectivity Service

• Creating a BDC Project in VS.NET
• Working with Entities and Methods
• Type Descriptor and Using Data in External List
• Granting Permissions to the BDC List

16.SharePoint Workflow

• Overview of Workflow
• Creating Workflow using Web Interface3 State, Approval, Signature
• Workflow Authoring using SharePoint Designer  and Visual Studio
• Managing Workflow Instances in the Farm
• No-code workflows designed in Visio and developed in SharePoint Designer

17.SharePoint Designer

• What’s new in SharePoint Designer
• Opening SharePoint Site in Designer
• Types of Panes
• Editing look and feel using CSS and Themes
• Application Pages and Customized Pages
• Page Layout
• Creating Master Pages and Creating Content Pages
• Working with external data sources
• Data View Web Parts, Data Source
• Working with Web Parts and work flows

18.Search Service Application architecture

• Configuring and Managing  Enterprise Search
• Search Service