Building Enterprise Solutions with SharePoint Server 2007 Training Class

1. Creating and Customizing WSS Sites

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  WSS as a site provisioning engine


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  Understanding web applications, site collections, sites, and site
  elements


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  Activating a feature within a WSS site


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  Site customization using WSS collaboration templates and Web Parts


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  Managing security within a site collection with users and groups

2. Lists, Document Libraries, and Content Types

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  Customizing a list by modifying its properties and adding columns


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  Configuring a document library with a custom document template


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  Creating custom site columns and content types


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  Configuring a document library to multiple content types


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  Making customizations reusable with list templates and site templates

3. Introduction to SharePoint Designer 2007

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  Customizing a site's virtual file system


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  Understanding site pages and the default master page


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  Using WSS themes to modify the look and feel of a site


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  Adding Web Part zones to a site page


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  Customizing pages using the DataView Web Part

4. Creating Corporate Portal Sites

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  Anatomy of a corporate portal site


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  Adding child sites and pages to a corporate portal site


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  The process for approving content


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  Shared Services Provider (SSP) architecture

5. User Profiles, MySites, and Audience Targeting

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  Importing and configuring user profiles


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  Extending user profiles using custom properties


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  Creating and customizing MySites


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  Updating a user profile through a MySite


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  Content personalization through audience targeting

6. Configuring and Extending Search

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  Configuring content sources


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  Working with search scopes, best bets, and relevance


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  Customizing search center sites


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  Leveraging the Search Web Parts


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  Customizing search results using XSLT

7. InfoPath 2007 and Forms Services

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  Working with the InfoPath 2007 forms designer


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  Publishing an InfoPath form to a WSS forms library


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  Creating and publishing browser-enabled forms


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  Accessing databases from InfoPath forms using trusted connections


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  Working with administrator-uploaded forms

8. Workflow and Process Management

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  Workflow templates, workflow associations, and workflow Instances


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  Managing the features that control workflow template activation


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  Using the out-of-the-box workflows included with MOSS


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  Leveraging the MOSS approval workflow to automate business processes


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  Creating custom workflows with the SharePoint Designer 2007

9. Web Content Management using Publishing Portals

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  Creating sites from the publishing portal site template


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  Managing content and customizing the navigation menus


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  Branding a publishing portal site with a custom master Page


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  Creating custom page layouts with the SharePoint Designer


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  Considerations for Internet-facing publishing portal sites

10. Leveraging the Business Data Catalog

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  BDC architecture and application definitions files


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  Extending a BDC entity by adding custom actions


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  Leveraging the out-of-the-box BDC Web Parts


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  Customizing the profile page for a BDC entity


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  Integrating BDC data with WSS lists and search

11. Publishing Spreadsheets with Excel Services

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  Understanding Excel Services architecture


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  Configuring trusted file locations


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  Publishing Excel workbooks that render through the browser


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  Publishing server-side Excel workbooks which use data connections


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  Creating a server-side workbook containing pivot tables

12. Creating Dashboards with Report Center

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  Understanding the Business Intelligence (BI) features of MOSS


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  Creating dashboard sites with Report Center site template


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  Integration with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services


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  Creating and displaying lists of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)


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  Drilling down on data using the MOSS Filtering Web Parts

Application builders and solution architects

• Experience with the Internet Explorer and Office Products such as Word,
  Excel, and Outlook


• 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 is highly recommended but not required