5 Day Course
Introduction
Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.
This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge
and skills to plan, deploy, and configure server farm solutions with Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. The course
focuses on key deployment and configuration tasks.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for experienced architects and administrators who
have a minimum of two years experience with SharePoint Technologies.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
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Explain how SharePoint Technologies server roles
map to a server farm environment.
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Describe how to configure SharePoint
Technologies server farms.
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Describe how to secure SharePoint Technologies
deployments.
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Describe how to configure information
architecture and solution architecture in SharePoint Technologies deployments.
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Explain how to plan for disaster recovery and
how to backup and restore SharePoint Technologies solutions.
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Explain how to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot
SharePoint Technologies deployments.
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Describe how to plan for capacity and how to
right-size a SharePoint Technologies deployment.
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Describe how to configure search and indexing in
SharePoint Technologies deployments.
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Explain how to customize and extend SharePoint
Technologies deployments.
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Describe how to configure the Business Data
Catalog.
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Describe how to configure Forms and Excel
Services
Prerequisites
Before attending this course,
students must have:
At least two years working with
SharePoint Products and Technologies in any of the following roles:
- Solution Architect
- Technical Architect
- Information Architect
- Farm Administrator
- Experience gathering and analyzing customer requirements.
- Completed course 5060A: Implementing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
- Completed course 5061A: Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint
Server 2007
Course Outline
Module 1: SharePoint Technologies Server Farm Architecture
This module explains the server
role architecture of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows
SharePoint Services 3.0.
Lessons
- WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 Server Farms
- MOSS 2007 Server Farm Topology
- Deploying WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 Farms
Lab : Planning and Deploying MOSS 2007 Farms
- Exercise 1: Planning a MOSS 2007 Server Farm Deployment
- Exercise 2: Installing a MOSS 2007 Application Server by Using a
Script
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
- Describe the advantages and disadvantages of server farms.
- Explain how SharePoint Technologies map to server farm environments.
- Describe how to deploy SharePoint Technologies server farms.
Module 2: Configuring SharePoint Technologies Farms
This module describes how to
configure SharePoint Technologies server farms.
Lessons
- Creating Shared Services Providers
- Configuring Server Farms
- Configuring Administration Settings
Lab : Creating and Configuring Shared Services Providers
- Exercise 1: Create a Shared Services Provider
- Exercise 2: Configure a Profile Import and Test My Sites
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
- Describe how to create and configure an SSP.
- Describe how to configure e-mail, quota templates, and language
packs.
- Explain how to configure key SharePoint Technologies administration
settings.
Module 3: Securing Microsoft SharePoint Technologies Systems
This module describes how to
secure SharePoint Technologies server farm deployments.
Lessons
- MOSS Security Accounts
- Securing Content
- Securing Communications within a Server Farm
- Using Server Hardening
Lab : Working with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Security
- Exercise 1: Configuring Security
Accounts
- Exercise 2: Creating a Forms-Based
Authentication Web Application
- Exercise 3: Securing Server Farm
Communications
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
- Describe how to configure MOSS security
accounts.
- Explain how to secure content in
SharePoint Technologies solutions.
- Explain how to secure communications
within a SharePoint Technologies server farm.
- Describe server hardening techniques for
SharePoint Technologies server farms.
Module 4: Microsoft SharePoint Technologies Solution Architecture
This module describes the key
solution architecture and information architecture issues in SharePoint
Technologies deployments.
Lessons
- Information Architecture
- Solution Architecture
Lab : Working with Content Types and Features
- Exercise 1: Using Content Types to
Manage Taxonomies
- Exercise 2: Installing and Activating
Features
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
- Understand how to plan information
architecture.
- Understand SharePoint features,
solutions, site definitions, and templates.
Module 5: Backup, Restore, and Disaster Recovery for Microsoft
SharePoint Technologies
This module describes how to
recover from, and minimize the impact of, disastrous data loss and
mis-configuration.
Lessons
- Backup and Restore
- Using Microsoft SQL Server Backup and
Restore
- Using Microsoft SQL Server Failover
Solutions
- Using Data Protection Manager
Lab : Configuring a Mirror Database
- Exercise 1: Mirroring Databases
- Exercise 2: Configuring and
Administrating Database Failover
- Exercise 3: Configuring Content Database
Failover
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
- Explain how to use SharePoint Technologies Backup and Restore.
- Explain how to use Microsoft SQL Server backup and restore
functionality to protect SharePoint data.
- Explain how to use Microsoft SQL Server failover solutions to
protect a SharePoint deployment.
- Describe both DPM 2006 and DPM 2007.
Module 6: Microsoft SharePoint Technologies Operations
This module discusses farm
management, migration, and how to use SCOM 2007 with MOSS and WSS.
Lessons
- Managing a Server Farm
- Using Microsoft Systems Center
Operations Manager with SharePoint Technologies
- Troubleshooting Migrations and Upgrades
Lab : Installing and Using SCOM Pack for Windows SharePoint Services
3.0
- Exercise 1: Installing the Operations Manager
2007 Agent on a Server
- Exercise 2: Installing the Windows
SharePoint Services 3.0 Management Pack
- Exercise 3: Configuring a performance
monitor on Operations Manager 2007
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
- Manage a server farm.
- Use Systems Center Operations Manager
2007 to manage SharePoint Technologies deployments.
- Troubleshoot migrations and upgrades.
Module 7: Capacity Planning and Sizing for Microsoft SharePoint
Technologies
This module describes how to plan
capacity for and right-size a SharePoint Technologies deployment.
Lessons
- Capacity Planning
- Right-Sizing Microsoft SharePoint Technologies Architectures
Lab : Sizing a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Deployment
- Exercise 1: Estimating User Requirements
- Exercise 2: Sizing a Deployment
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
- Explain how to plan capacity for
SharePoint Technologies deployments.
- Describe how to right-size a SharePoint
Technologies deployment.
Module 8: Search and Indexing
This module describes the
architecture and configuration of the search and indexing features in Office
SharePoint Server 2007.
Lessons
- Search Architecture
- Crawl and Query Processes
- Search Server Layouts
Lab : Configuring and Extending Search
- Exercise 1: Configuring Content Sources
- Exercise 2: Configuring Crawl Rules
- Exercise 3: Customizing the Advanced
Search User Interface
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
- Describe the architecture of the Office
SharePoint Server Search service.
- Explain how to configure the crawl
process and query experience.
- Describe the advantages and
disadvantages of different search server layouts.
Module 9: Customizing and Extending Microsoft SharePoint Technologies
This module describes the
opportunities to customize and extend a SharePoint Technologies solution.
Lessons
- Customizing Microsoft Office SharePoint
Server 2007
- Extending Microsoft Office SharePoint
Server 2007
Lab : Customizing and Extending Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
2007
- Exercise 1: Modifying Master Pages and
Layouts
- Exercise 2: Installing an iFilter and
Associate a File Type
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
- Describe how you can customize Office
SharePoint Server deployments.
- Describe how you can extend the
functionality of Office SharePoint Server.
Module 10: Configuring the Business Data Catalog
This module describes how to
configure the Business Data Catalog to access line-of-business application data
from Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Lessons
- Planning the Business Data Catalog
- Configuring the Business Data Catalog
Lab : Creating a Business Data Catalog Connection
- Exercise 1: Creating an ADF File
- Exercise 2: Loading the BDC Application
Definition
- Exercise 3: Creating Managed Properties
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
- Explain the principal planning issues
for the Business Data Catalog.
- Describe how to configure the Business
Data Catalog.
Module 11: Configuring Forms and Excel Services
This module describes how to
configure InfoPath Forms and Excel Services in an Office SharePoint Server 2007
deployment.
Lessons
- Microsoft InfoPath Forms in SharePoint
Technologies
- Excel Services in MOSS 2007
Lab : Installing and Configuring a Workflow with InfoPath Forms
- Exercise 1: Creating an InfoPath Form
Template
- Exercise 2: Creating and Deploying a
Workflow
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
- Describe how to configure InfoPath Forms in an Office SharePoint
Server deployment.
- Describe how to configure Excel Services
