Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007: Building Data-Driven SharePoint Applications with SharePoint Designer 2007: Hands-On

Course Overview

SharePoint Web sites act as centralised hubs where team members can work together on documents and other business-critical tasks quickly and efficiently. SharePoint Designer is a visual tool that allows for the customisation of SharePoint applications. This course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to build and customise SharePoint Web applications, maintain a consistent structure and display dynamic content.

This Microsoft training course will help you stay competitive, sharpen your skills and could enhance your Microsoft career prospects.

Related Courses

• Microsoft SharePoint 2007: Development: Advanced
• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007: for Power End Users
• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007: for Developers
• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 for Site Members
• Microsoft Office 2007 SharePoint Server: Implementing Microsoft Office 2007 SharePoint Server
• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007: for Power Users and non-developers - designer, workflow, collaboration
• Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007: Introduction for Beginners (5 day)
• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007: Administration (4 day)
• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007: Introduction for Beginners (1 day)
• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007: End User

Audience

Anyone who wants to build powerful, custom solutions with SharePoint Designer. Familiarity with Web concepts is assumed. A basic knowledge of Windows SharePoint Services is helpful but not required.

Skills Gained

• Create dynamic Web sites using SharePoint Designer 2007
• Build a consistent site structure with Master and Content Pages
• Display dynamic content with Web Parts and SharePoint controls
• Add editable dataforms to SharePoint sites
• Streamline business processes with SharePoint workflows
• Manage custom sites with reporting and development tools

Hands-on Training

Throughout this course, you gain extensive hands-on experience creating SharePoint sites with SharePoint Designer 2007. Exercises include:

• Building WSS sites
• Creating Master and Content Pages
• Defining Web Part zones and content regions
• Presenting and updating data within a form view
• Filtering related data in a master detail relationship
• Implementing business processes with custom workflows
• Utilising the Workflow Designer
• Branding a WSS site with content layout, CSS and Master pages

Course Outline

Overview of the SharePoint Architecture

Identifying site requirements

• Defining the architecture
• Assessing the needs of the user
• Planning for development

SharePoint platform components

• Leveraging the No Code paradigm
• Surveying Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0

Structuring SharePoint Web Sites

Defining Sites

• Organising SharePoint components
• Utilising site templates
• Appreciating Site Definitions

Enhancing navigation

• Customising QuickLaunch navigation
• Reviewing navigation hierarchy

Publishing Information

Centralising content

• Working with libraries
• Uploading images

Centralising document storage

• Defining custom data storage with lists
• Extending metadata range with Site Columns and Content Types
• Filtering information with views

Displaying Published Content

Identifying appropriate page technology

• Creating user interfaces
• Contrasting client and server-side processing
• Composing interfaces with the Designer Toolbox

Utilising server-based controls

• Analysing SharePoint page processing
• Integrating ASP.NET 2.0 components with SharePoint
• Providing user configuration with Web Parts

Styling User Interfaces

Standardising the page layout

• Applying organisational branding with Master Pages
• Managing content regions with placeholders
• Enhancing default page templates with formatting tools

Presenting custom formatting

• Utilising visual CSS tools
• Composing new themes
• Overriding SharePoint Style Sheets

Rendering Views with Data Sources

Defining data connectivity

• Connecting to SharePoint Data Stores
• Managing data source content

Working with remote data

• Accessing relational databases
• Consuming Web services

Enhancing Data View output

• Conditionally formatting Data Views
• Creating calculated column values

Implementing Master Detail relationships

• Filtering related information
• Linking data sources within a DataForm

Persisting Information

Facilitating data input

• Selecting data storage locations
• Evaluating multi- versus single-page editing layouts

Implementing data forms

• Modifying data form edit templates
• Providing referential data look-ups

Automating Business Processes

Defining workflow characteristics

• Identifying business processes
• Contrasting Actions and Conditions

Leveraging SharePoint workflows

• Hosting workflows on the Web
• Investigating built-in SharePoint workflows
• Windows Workflow Foundation within a SharePoint context

Building custom workflows

• Creating and changing custom workflows
• Activating business logic conditionally
• Utilising list data and workflow variables

Managing SharePoint Applications

• Considering deployment options and issues
• Exporting and importing application components
• Building and reusing site templates

 

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