Audience Profile
The audience of this course is Windows
SharePoint Server 3.0 administrators, who are responsible for planning,
deploying and managing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 servers and sites in a
Windows Server 2008 environment. Students taking this course are expected to
have experience administering Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008, and
experience working with IIS 6.0 or IIS 7.0. Students are not expected to have
experience with Windows SharePoint Services.
At Course
Completion
After completing this course, students will be able
to:
Explain the fundamentals of Windows SharePoint Service
3.0.
Plan and install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
Administer and
manage Windows SharePoint Services servers.
Create and administer Windows
SharePoint Services sites.
Work with Windows SharePoint Services
3.0.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students
must have:
Technical background knowledge and hands-on experience on
implementing, managing, and supporting Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or 2008,
including Internet Information Services (IIS).
Working knowledge of Active
Directory, TCP/IP, and Domain Name System (DNS).
Course
Outline
Module 1: Introduction to Windows SharePoint Services
3.0
This module explains Windows SharePoint Services components
including Web applications and application pools, site collections, and
subsites. Windows SharePoint Services also consists of site components such as
Web parts, Windows SharePoint Services lists, and Windows SharePoint Services
library.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe
the Windows SharePoint Services environment.
Describe the SharePoint Services
components.
Describe the site components.
Explain Windows SharePoint
Services Administration.
Module 2: Planning and Installing Microsoft
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
This module describes planning and
deployment of various Windows SharePoint Services topologies depending on the
organizational requirements. In addition, there are different approaches,
practices, and considerations that allow the upgrade of Windows SharePoint
Services 2.0 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
Plan the installation of Microsoft Windows
SharePoint Services 3.0.
Plan Windows SharePoint Services
topology.
Perform a new Windows SharePoint Services installation.
Upgrade
Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to Windows SharePoint Services
3.0.
Module 3: Administering and Managing Windows SharePoint Services
Servers
This module explains administration and management of
Windows SharePoint Services servers. You can plan for server security by
blocking certain types of files, controlling access by using IRM, and by
implementing logging and reporting. Windows SharePoint Services also includes
several features that you can use to manage Web applications and sites. You can
configure certain settings of a Web application after creating the Web
application. You can also create a new content database and define the
authentication method used to connect to the database. In addition, you can plan
the maintenance of the server by taking regular backups and you can monitor the
performance of Windows SharePoint Services.
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
Configure a server security plan.
Manage Web
application.
Manage sites.
Maintain the server.
Monitor
performance.
Module 4: Administering Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Sites
This module explains how you can administer a site by
configuring the site settings and assigning permissions to it. To manage
permissions to the site and to provide an e-mail distribution list for site
members, you need to create SharePoint groups. You can also create permission
levels and associate them with SharePoint groups. In Windows SharePoint
Services, you can customize a site by configuring various features of the site
through the Look and Feel section of the Administration pages and master
pages.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe
the process of managing site collection in Microsoft Windows SharePoint
Site.
Explain the method of controlling access to Windows SharePoint
Sites.
Describe site customization.
Module 5: Working with Windows
SharePoint Services 3.0
This module describes the tasks such as
managing sites, lists, surveys, and libraries on a regular basis. You can use
site templates to customize the appearance of site elements. You can personalize
other features such as alerts, list views, and site views. You can use Microsoft
Office 2007 to create a document workspace and synchronize items with Windows
SharePoint Services 3.0.
After completing this module, students will be able
to:
Describe Windows SharePoint Services sites.
Create and manage lists
and surveys.
Create and manage libraries.
Describe how Windows SharePoint
Services integrates with Microsoft Office 2007.