This intensive 4-day course demonstrates how to make the most out of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) without having to engage in any custom development. You will be shown how to create business solution using nothing more than the browser and Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 (SPD). The course is designed to teach you and give you hands-on experience with the most valuable functionality of MOSS Enterprise Edition including its portal and search features and its infrastructure for Web Content Management (WCM), business process automation and Business Intelligence (BI).
Prerequisites
Attendees should have experience with the Internet Explorer and Office Products such as Word, Excel and Outlook. It is highly recommended (but not required) that students get some hands-on experience working with sites in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environment and using Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 before the start of class.
Schedule of Lectures
- Creating and Customizing WSS Sites
- Lists, Document Libraries and Content Types
- Introduction to SharePoint Designer 2007
- Creating Corporate Portal Sites
- User Profiles, MySites and Audience Targeting
- Configuring and Extending Search
- InfoPath 2007 and Forms Services
- Workflow and Process Management
- Web Content Management using Publishing Portals
- Leveraging the Business Data Catalog
- Publishing Spreadsheets with Excel Services
- Creating Dashboards with Report Center
Day 1 (runs from 9AM to 5PM)
Creating and Customizing WSS Sites
WSS as a site provisioning engine
Understanding Web Applications, Site Collections, Sites and Site Elements
Activating a feature within a WSS site
Site customization using WSS collaboration templates and Web Parts
Managing security within a Site Collection with users and groups
Lists, Document Libraries and Content Types
Customizing a list by modifying its properties and adding columns
Configuring a document library with a custom document template
Creating custom site columns and content types
Configuring a document library to multiple content types
Making customizations reusable with list templates and site templates
Introduction to SharePoint Designer 2007
Customizing a site’s virtual file system
Understanding site pages and the default Master Page
Using WSS themes to modify the look-and-feel of a site
Adding Web Part Zones to a site page
Customizing pages using the DataView Web Part
Day 2 (runs from 9AM to 5PM)
Creating Corporate Portal Sites
Anatomy of a Corporate Portal Site
Adding child sites and pages to a Corporate Portal Site
The process for approving content
Shared Services Provider (SSP) Architecture
User Profiles, MySites and Audience Targeting
Importing and configuring User Profiles
Extending user profiles using custom properties
Creating and customizing MySites
Updating a user profile through a MySite
Content Personalization through Audience Targeting
Configuring and Extending Search
Configuring content sources
Working with search scopes, best bets and relevance
Customizing Search Center sites
Leveraging the Search Web Parts
Customizing Search Results using XSLT
Day 3 (runs from 9AM to 5PM)
InfoPath 2007 and Forms Services
Working with the InfoPath 2007 forms designer
Publishing an InfoPath form to a WSS Forms library
Creating and publishing browser-enabled forms
Accessing databases from InfoPath forms using trusted connections
Working with administrator-uploaded forms
Workflow and Process Management
Workflow Templates, Workflow Associations and Workflow Instances
Managing the features that control workflow template activation
Using the out-of-the-box workflows included with MOSS
Leveraging the MOSS Approval workflow to automate business processes
Creating custom workflows with the SharePoint Designer 2007
Web Content Management using Publishing Portals
Creating sites from the Publishing Portal site template
Managing content and customizing the navigation menus
Branding a Publishing Portal site with a custom Master Page
Creating custom Page Layouts with the SharePoint Designer
Considerations for Internet-facing Publishing Portal sites
Day 4 (runs from 9AM to 3PM)
Leveraging the Business Data Catalog
BDC Architecture and Application Definitions Files
Extending a BDC entity by adding custom actions
Leveraging the out-of-the-box BDC Web Parts
Customizing the Profile Page for a BDC entity
Integrating BDC data with WSS lists and search
Publishing Spreadsheets with Excel Services
Understanding Excel Services architecture
Configuring Trusted File Locations
Publishing Excel workbooks that render through the browser
Publishing server-side Excel Workbooks which use data connections
Creating a server-side Workbook containing pivot tables
Creating Dashboards with Report Center
Understanding the Business Intelligence (BI) features of MOSS
Creating dashboard sites with Report Center site template
Integration with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
Creating and displaying lists of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Drilling down on data using the MOSS Filtering Web Parts