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Course Overview:
Elements of this
syllabus are subject to change.
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the
knowledge and skills to deploy and manage a Microsoft SharePoint
Portal Server 2003 infrastructure.
The student will learn skills that enable the student to deploy
and manage a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 infrastructure as
well as guide end users in their use of the product. This course
is not intended to provide detailed design skills, but will
cover planning skills at a level sufficient to enable decision
making for the implementation process.
Audience
This course is
intended for those who operate in medium to very large computing
environments that use the Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
operating system. Typical environments in which they work have
the following characteristics:
• Supported users range from 200 to over 100,000.
• Multiple physical locations.
• Typical products and technologies include Windows 2003,
Internet Information Services (IIS), Windows Share Point
Services, Microsoft SQL Server™, Office web components,
messaging and collaboration platforms, and network security
products and technologies.
At Course
Completion
After completing this
course, students will gain the skills to:
• Describe the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 architecture and
deployment scenarios.
• Install Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server.
• Configure server components and create and configure portal
sites and virtual servers.
• Manage a portal site.
• Manage Sharepoint Portal Server indexing and search.
• Extend SharePoint Portal Server deployments to include
multiple servers and shared services.
• Maintain the SharePoint Portal Server deployment.
Prerequisites
Before attending this
course, students must have:
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
• Successfully completed the Windows Server 2003 core curriculum
for Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
• Working knowledge of networking, including TCP/IP and Domain
Name System (DNS).
• Working knowledge of Internet Information Services (IIS).
• Successful completion of Course 2552: Administering Microsoft
Windows SharePoint Services, or working knowledge of Windows
SharePoint Services.
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal
Server 2003
This module provides an overview of the features provided by
SharePoint Portal Server. The module also describes the architecture
and design goals of SharePoint Portal Server and provides an
overview of the SharePoint Portal Server administration model. • Overview of SharePoint Products and Technologies
• SharePoint Portal Server Deployment Options
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe the purpose, functions, and new features of
SharePoint Portal Server and the differences between SharePoint
Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services. • Describe the different deployment scenarios available with
SharePoint Portal Server 2003.
Module 2: Installing SharePoint Portal Server
This module explains the prerequisites for installing
SharePoint Portal Server. The module also describes how to
install SharePoint Portal Server using both Microsoft SQL Server
2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) and SQL Server.
• Examining Installation Requirements
• Installing SharePoint Portal Server
• Lab: Installing SharePoint Portal Server
• Configuring Accounts for SQL Server
• Installing SharePoint Portal Server with SQL Server
• Verifying the Installation
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe the installation requirements for SharePoint Portal
Server.
• Install SharePoint Portal Server.
Module 3: Configuring SharePoint Portal Server 2003
This module describes how to configure SharePoint Portal
Server as well as create and configure the portal sites and
virtual servers. This module describes how to define the server
topology, configure the security options for SharePoint Portal
Server, and enable optional services such as the Hypertext
Markup Language (HTML) viewer.
• Configuring Server Settings
• Configuring SharePoint Portal Server Security Settings
• Configuring Central Administration Components
• Creating and Configuring Portal Sites and Virtual Servers
• Lab: Configuring SharePoint Portal Server 2003
• Configuring the E-Mail Server
• Configuring the SharePoint Administration Web Site to Use
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
• Viewing and Setting the SharePoint Portal Server
Administration SSL Port by Using Stsadm.exe
• Configuring an Alternate Access Path
• Enabling the Self-Service Site Creation Feature
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Configure the SharePoint Portal Services settings.
• Configure the SharePoint Portal Server security settings.
• Configure the SharePoint Portal Server components.
• Create and configure the portal site and the virtual server.
Module 4: Managing the Portal Site
This module defines concepts and practices for managing
portal content, access, and personalization services. This
module describes how to configure security, define portal
navigation, organize information in an intuitive manner, and
enable personalization features to allow users to customize
their interaction with the portal.
• Managing Portal Content
• Managing Access to the Portal Site
• Managing Personalization Services
• Lab: Planning the Data Taxonomy for SharePoint Portal Server
• Configuring Anonymous Access
• Performing a Full Import of User Profiles
• Creating an Audience for the Sales Managers
• Configuring the Sales Area to Allow Exclusive Access to the
Sales Department
• Targeting Content for the Sales Managers Audience
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Manage Portal content.
• Manage access to the Portal site.
• Manage user profiles and personal sites.
Module 5: Managing Indexing and Search
This module describes key concepts and management practices
for indexing, content sources, and search. This module describes
how to make content from a variety of sources available from the
portal site by implementing indexing and search features.
• Managing Indexing
• Managing Content Sources for Indexing
• Managing Searches
• Lab: Enhancing Collaboration with Windows SharePoint Services
• Enabling Advanced Search Administration Mode
• Creating a Content Index for the Finance Data
• Creating a Content Source for the Finance Data
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Configure indexing and search for Microsoft SharePoint Portal
Server 2003.
• Manage content sources.
• Manage searches.
Module 6: Extending SharePoint Portal Server Deployments
This module examines guidelines and best practices for
extending your SharePoint Server deployment. This module
describes how to add additional servers to provide better
performance and implement shared services to reduce the
administrative burden.
• Implementing a Server Farm Deployment
• Implementing Shared Services
• Lab: Deploying Server Farms
• Configuring Network Load Balancing
• Installing SharePoint Portal Server
• Extending SharePoint Portal Server to the Virtual Server and
Configuring It as an Additional Front-End Web Server
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Use server farms to scale your SharePoint Portal Server
deployment.
• Implement shared services.
Module 7: Maintaining SharePoint Portal Server
This module describes key concepts and management practices
for maintaining the SharePoint Portal Server environment. This
module describes how to back up portal data and how to restore
the data, as well as how to monitor the Sharepoint Portal Server
infrastructure.
• Backing Up SharePoint Portal Server
• Restoring SharePoint Portal Server
• Managing Logs
• Monitoring Performance
• Lab: Planning and Implementing Disaster Recovery for
SharePoint Portal Server
• Removing the SharePoint Portal Site and Component
• Granting the Required SQL Database Rights
• Creating a New Configuration Database for the Portal Site and
Assigning Components
• Restoring the Portal Site
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Backup SharePoint Portal Server.
• Restore SharePoint Portal Server.
• Manage the usage analysis and IIS logs available in SharePoint
Portal Server.
• Monitor performance in SharePoint Portal Server. |
