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SSC401: SharePoint Administrators Survival Camp

Author: Shane Young and Todd Klindt
Format: Instructor-led Training with Hands-on Labs
Audience: System Administrators and Support Technicians
Length: 5 Days
Description: This exclusive training course is a one-time event led by SharePoint industry-leading experts Shane Young and Todd Klindt. You will spend 5 intensive days as they drill down on the most important topics and best practices associated with managing and architecting SharePoint Server 2007 farms. You'll learn how to avoid the most common pitfalls and how to design scalable and reliable SharePoint solutions. If you've been waiting for hands-on training with depth and real-world experience to help accelerate your deployment, wait no longer. From capacity planning and Governance to deploying extranets with forms based authentication, don't miss this one time offering packed into a single week.
Prerequisites: This training course requires all attendees to bring thier own laptop computer with Virtual PC 2007 pre-installed and with at least 2GB of RAM. Each attendee laptop should have at least 20GB of free disk space on an internal or external hard drive. All campers should have professional experience with system administration in a Windows network environment and experience installing and configuring Windows Server 2003, Active Directory and SQL Server. SharePoint Administration with WSS 2.0/3.0 or SPS2003/MOSS 2007 is highly recommended. Note that this training is not designed for developers.
Revision Date: 2008-08-19
Price: $2,995 USD

Schedule of Lectures

  1. SharePoint 2007 Components and Services
  2. Installing SharePoint Server 2007
  3. Configuring Load balancing and Clustering
  4. SharePoint Administrative Tools
  5. STSADM Scripting and Automated Administration
  6. SharePoint Governance and Business Planning
  7. Creating and Configuring SharePoint Sites
  8. Configuring SharePoint Sites and Features
  9. Configuring and Customizing Search
  10. Profiles, Audiences, and My Sites
  11. Creating and configuring Internet-facing Sites
  12. Planning and Optimizing SharePoint 2007 Performance
  13. Import/Exporting and Upgrading SharePoint
  14. High Availability, Backups, and Disaster Recovery
  15. Understanding Storage and SharePoint's SQL databases
 Day 1   (runs from 9AM to 5PM)

SharePoint 2007 Components and Services   

  • Overview of WSS and the different MOSS SKUs
  • Overview of a Shared Service Provider (SSP)
  • The role of Windows Server 2003
  • The role of Active Directory and the authentication stores
  • The role of SQL Server
  • Upgrading from SharePoint 2003

Installing SharePoint Server 2007   

  • Different install options
  • Farm Topologies
  • Server Prerequisites
  • Required accounts and permissions

Configuring Load balancing and Clustering   

  • Windows Network Load Balancing
  • Hardware Load Balancing
  • Microsoft Cluster Services
 Day 2   (runs from 9AM to 5PM)

SharePoint Administrative Tools   

  • The SharePoint Central Administration Application
  • Determining server roles and configuring SharePoint services
  • Understanding the Farm vs. Web Applications vs. Site Collections vs. Sites
  • Creating and administrating a Shared Service Provider
  • Using the SSP Administration Application
  • Farm Administrator vs. SSP Administrator vs. Site/Site Collection Administrator

STSADM Scripting and Automated Administration   

  • Automating Installation
  • Scripting Daily Tasks
  • STSADM Extensions

SharePoint Governance and Business Planning   

  • Building a Service
  • Customization Policies
  • Development Life Cycle
 Day 3   (runs from 9AM to 5PM)

Creating and Configuring SharePoint Sites   

  • Creating and configuring Web Applications
  • Site collections as a scope of ownership and administrative control
  • Site templates included with WSS and MOSS
  • Creating and configuring teams sites, wikis and blogs
  • Creating and configuring a collaboration portal
  • Creating SharePoint groups and configuring permissions

Configuring SharePoint Sites and Features   

  • Using the Navigation controls to customize the UI
  • Options for Branding SharePoint sites
  • Creating and using site templates (STP files)
  • Adding/removing functionality using SharePoint Features
  • Adding and deploying Solution Packages
  • Deploying and administrating 3rd party Web Parts
  • Configuring SafeControls and trust levels in the web.config file (Code Access Security or CAS)

Configuring and Customizing Search   

  • Site collection search admin vs. Central Admin search admin
  • Search center, web parts, keywords, and best bets
  • Discussion of the customizing options you have
  • The SSP search admin experience
  • Content sources, schedules, scopes, usage reports, relevancy
  • IFilters, allowed file types, site hit frequency rules
 Day 4   (runs from 9AM to 5PM)

Profiles, Audiences, and My Sites   

  • Importing data from the profile store
  • Using it to build audience and then targeting content with audiences
  • Using My Sites for social networking and personal organization

Creating and configuring Internet-facing Sites   

  • Creating a Web Application that support anonymous access, multiple host headers, and Alternate Access Mappings
  • Forms Based Authentication (FBA) in SharePoint
  • Overview of MOSS WCM Features
  • Creating a new SSP
  • Creating a Publishing Portal site
  • Firewall Considerations
  • SharePoint Extranet Toolkit

Planning and Optimizing SharePoint 2007 Performance   

  • Estimating hardware and software needs
  • Planning for growth
  • Hard limits
  • Tuning tips
  • Configuring Caching in SharePoint Server 2007
 Day 5   (runs from 9AM to 3PM)

Import/Exporting and Upgrading SharePoint   

  • Using the Manage Content and Structure tool
  • Save site as template and Export Web Parts
  • STSADM.EXE Import and Export
  • Content Deployment Jobs

High Availability, Backups, and Disaster Recovery   

  • Using Antivirus to protect SharePoint
  • ISA Server in front of your farm
  • Discussion of high availability options
  • SQL Log Shipping and SQL DB Mirroring
  • Network Load Balancing
  • Backups/Restores and Disaster Recovery

Understanding Storage and SharePoint's SQL databases   

  • Site Collections and Database Sizing
  • SharePoint Database Maintenance and Performance Optimization
  • Mirroring