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Building Portals and Managing Content with Microsoft SharePoint 2007

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  • What you Will Learn
  • Who needs to Attend & Pre-requisite
  • Course Outline
  • Schedule

Course Description

Learn to use Microsoft SharePoint 2007 to streamline your business processes.

In this course, you will learn how to build portals, manage web content, and streamline your business processes using SharePoint 2007. You will gain an understanding of the standard Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) collaboration portal features, including collaboration portals, user profiles, search, and information management policies, as well as the enterprise features, including business data catalog, InfoPath forms services, and Excel services.

You'll learn about the web content management features of Microsoft SharePoint 2007, including MOSS publishing sites, branding, and using content types and page layouts. You will learn to leverage the workflow capabilities of SharePoint to create business solutions, and you will learn about the built-in capabilities of SharePoint 2007 and how to customize them using SharePoint Designer.
Duration
TBA
Cost
TBA

What You'll Learn

  • Use the collaboration portal site template as a starting point for custom portals
  • Access and use data in external line of business databases and services
  • Use InfoPath Forms Services and Form Libraries to collect and manage information
  • Develop with Excel Services and create reporting dashboards
  • Create custom search sites and optimize search user interfaces
  • Use and customize Information Management Policies and Records repositories to implement document management solutions
  • Create a publishing site and pages
  • Configure the publishing infrastructure
  • Create master pages and style sheets using the publishing features
  • Create publishing site definitions
  • Separate content and layout with content types and page layouts
  • Use standard SharePoint lists, alerts, and libraries for simple automation
  • Build no-code workflows with SharePoint Designer and create custom Designer activities
  • Use the SharePoint object model to associate workflow templates and start workflow instances
  • Create sequential workflows, state machines, and custom workflow activity libraries

    • Who Needs to Attend

    Content managers and web masters who need to understand the publishing, workflow, and web content capabilities of SharePoint 2007

    Pre-requisites

    A good understanding of SharePoint 2007 and MOSS 3.0

    Course Outline

    1. Introduction to Collaboration Portals

    • MOSS Collaboration Portals
    • Site Collections and Sites
    • Features
    • Shared Services

    2. User Profiles and My Sites

    • Collaboration in the Enterprise
    • My Sites
    • Using Profile Data

    3. Customizing Search Center

    • Search Center
    • Customizing Search Center with Tabs
    • Search Optimization
    • Controlling Visual Output

    4. Document and Records Management

    • Managing Documents
    • Records Center
    • Information Management Policies

    5. Introduction to MOSS Publishing

    • Web Content Management
    • Creating a MOSS Publishing Site
    • Creating Pages
    • Versioning
    • Approval Processes

    6. Branding

    • The Publishing Infrastructure
    • Branding Publishing Sites
    • Master Pages
    • Branding and Authoring

    7. Content Types and Page Layouts

    • SharePoint Data Structures
    • Page Layout
    • Serving Pages

    8. Out-of-the-Box Business Process Automation

    • Business Process Automation (BPA)
    • Using SharePoint for BPA
    • Creating and Using Alerts
    • Using Out-of-the-Box Workflows

    9. SharePoint Designer Workflows

    • SharePoint Workflow Features
    • SharePoint Designer Overview
    • SharePoint Designer Workflows
    • Determining the Status of a Workflow
    • Creating Workflows in SharePoint Designer
    • Workflow Forms and Variables
    • Extending SharePoint Designer with Custom Activities
    • Workflow Best Practices

    10. Business Data Catalog

    • Business Data Catalog
    • Using BDC Data with Web Parts

    11. InfoPath Forms Services

    • InfoPath and SharePoint
    • Handling Data
    • Publishing and Administering Forms
    • Document Information Panels
    • Other Forms Services Scenarios

    12. Excel Services and Report Center

    • Excel Services
    • Excel Services Components
    • Excel Web Services
    • User-Defined Functions
    • Dashboards and Key Performance Indicators

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