Knowledge United

Introduction:

In this five-day instructor-led course, you'll get the knowledge and skills to successfully implement Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) version 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 in your organization. Discover the importance of considering the architecture of your entire environment, including business and application needs, during the planning and deployment phases.

This course incorporates material from the following Official Microsoft Learning Products (OMLPs):

• Course 5060: Implementing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• Course 5061: Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Audience:

• Business Application Administrators (BAAs), Web Administrators, and Server Administrators who are engaged in the planning, design, and selection of Line of Business (LOB) applications, including MOSS, in conjunction with internal business customers; Those whose primary responsibility is the deployment, customization, management, and support of LOB applications; Those who routinely monitor application status and troubleshoot application problems.
  

At Course Completion:

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• How the WSS 3.0 platform helps address collaboration challenges
• Plan the WSS 3.0 environment
• Identify the most appropriate method to upgrade WSS from 2.0 to 3.0 in a given scenario
• Manage WSS 3.0
• Features of MOSS 2007
• Plan for and design a MOSS 2007 implementation
• Deploy and administer MOSS 2007
• Implement a portal solution with MOSS 2007
• Implement a content management solution with MOSS 2007
• Implement a business intelligence solution with MOSS 2007
• Implement a search and indexing solution with MOSS 2007
• Maintain and optimize MOSS 2007

Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Working knowledge of networking, for example, TCP/IP and Domain Name System (DNS)
• At least 2 years of experience implementing, managing, and supporting Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and supporting Internet Information Services (IIS)
• Basic knowledge of key benefits of MOSS, new features and functionality of MOSS, and WSS acting as a platform for MOSS
• Basic knowledge of WSS and MOSS 2007 interoperability

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

This course will help the student prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional exams:

• No associated exam

Student Materials:

The course materials are yours to keep. The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

Course Outline:

• Role of WSS 3.0 in addressing various business needs
• Collaboration technologies offered by WSS 3.0

• Determine Organizational and User Needs
• Plan Site Creation, Maintenance, and Security
• Plan Server Requirements and Topologies

• Install and configure the Central Administration site
• Create and configure sites

• Plan for and select the most appropriate method to perform an upgrade of WSS
• Explain what is required to perform an upgrade
• Identify the solutions to common upgrade issues

• Manage WSS 3.0 Sites
• Manage the WSS 3.0 Server

• Introduction to MOSS 2007
• How MOSS 2007 integrates with many different products and systems in the Enterprise
• MOSS 2007 architecture

Focus on planning and design issues and activities in this module that contains elements of Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF) concepts and provides a brief refresher for those students who are already familiar with MSF and a high-level introduction to the concepts for those who are not.

• Prepare and plan for implementing MOSS 2007 solutions
• Typical non-functional requirements for MOSS 2007-based solutions and how to consider these requirements at the design stage

Get high-level information about deployment environments and its prerequisites, and then focus on the tasks and activities involved in installing and configuring MOSS 2007.

• MOSS 2007 deployment architecture
• Describe and manage Shared Service Providers

• Options available for centralized and decentralized site provisioning
• Templates for creating MOSS 2007 sites
• Features available in MOSS 2007, their functions, and how to manage them

Learn the portal-oriented features provided by MOSS 2007 by examining portal sites, collaborative features, and user profiles and audiences.

• Portal-based features of MOSS 2007
• Implement collaborative features in portal solutions
• User profiles and how they are used in portal-based solutions
• Implement User Profiles in portal solutions

Learn the content management-oriented concepts of MOSS 2007 by examining content management requirements, features, and processes.

• Basics of the content management process and how various parts are implemented in MOSS 2007 solutions
• Content- and document-management concepts and processes in MOSS 2007 solutions
• Implement standard and advanced content-management processes
• Implement advanced features in MOSS 2007 to enable robust policies and auditing for enterprise-level content management

Learn the business data-oriented concepts of MOSS 2007 by examining the Business Data Catalog, Excel Services, Key Performance Indicators, Business Intelligence Dashboards, and Reports.

• Configure and incorporate Business Data Catalog applications into portal solutions
• Implement MOSS 2007 Excel Services
• Implement Business Intelligence Dashboards
• Create Report Center web sites
• Implement MOSS 2007 Forms Server

Learn the concepts, requirements, and processes for implementing search and indexing.

• Overview of implementing MOSS 2007 Search and Indexing
• Features provided by WSS and features provided by MOSS 2007
• Implement Search

Examine the day-to-day maintenance, monitoring, and optimization concepts, processes, and requirements.

• Implementing MOSS 2007 Backup and Restore
  • Factors to consider
  • Processes
• Monitoring MOSS 2007
• MOSS 2007 performance counters and the significance of the most important counters
• Performance tuning and optimization of MOSS 2007 solutions
• Throughput and response times