Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010: Administering SharePoint Server 2010: Hands-On

Course Overview

SharePoint Server 2010 provides organisations with mission-critical enterprise content management abilities and allows organisations to improve collaboration and knowledge sharing. In this course, you gain the skills needed to install, administer, secure and optimise SharePoint Server 2010. You learn to effectively monitor system performance using the Health Analyser and optimise sandbox solutions with the Developer Dashboard.

You Will Learn How To

• Plan, install, administer and secure a SharePoint Server 2010 farm
• Build effective Web application and site collection hierarchies
• Configure service applications for search indexing, profile import and metadata
• Establish claims-based authentication to control access
• Maintain server health through monitoring
• Protect data with an effective backup and recovery strategy

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Related Courses

• Microsoft Sharepoint 2010: Administration
• Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Developer Track
• Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Administrator Track
• Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Application Development (MOSS, WSS, WebParts, Web Parts, Workflow)
• Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Technologies: Introduction
• Microsoft SharePoint 2010: What's New for IT Professionals in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Beta
• Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Collaboration for End Users
• Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Site Management for End Users
• Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Power End User Track
• Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Developer BOOTCAMP

Audience

Anyone responsible for administering a SharePoint 2010 environment. Knowledge at the level of Course 1501, "SharePoint (r) 2010 Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction", or experience with a previous version of SharePoint, is assumed. Experience with a Windows Server environment is helpful.

Skills Gained

Hands-On Training

Throughout an in-depth case study, you gain extensive hands-on experience administering SharePoint 2010. Exercises include:

• Installing a new SharePoint 2010 farm
• Configuring Active Directory-based audience rules
• Indexing Web site and file share content
• Authenticating users with the claims-based model
• Creating a social Web site with My Sites
• Checking SharePoint with Health Analyser jobs
• Managing performance using throttling
• Recovering a failed server farm

Course Outline

SharePoint Architecture Overview

Exploring SharePoint 2010 features

• Comparing SharePoint 2010 editions
• Working with graphical and command line tools
• Automating administration with PowerShell
• Reviewing SharePoint terminology

Planning and Implementing a SharePoint Installation

Designing a server farm

• Determining system requirements
• Mapping requirements to the SharePoint topology
• Selecting a suitable edition and installation option
• Contrasting on-premises and cloud deployments

Installing SharePoint Server 2010

• Choosing a SQL Server edition
• Upgrading from SharePoint 2007
• Creating a new SharePoint 2010 farm installation

Deploying custom software

• Taking advantage of the Developer Sandbox
• Debugging software deployment using the Developer Dashboard

Managing Web Applications

Creating IIS Web sites

• Selecting an authentication mode
• Handling multiple URLs with Alternate Access Mappings
• Extending a Web application to enable multiple authentication modes

Adding site collections

• Choosing a suitable site template
• Controlling growth using quotas
• Uploading custom templates to the gallery

Configuring a content database

• Sizing SharePoint databases based on content
• Implementing the Remote BLOB Service to optimise storage

Configuring Service Applications

Designing an effective search strategy

• Improving performance with FAST Search
• Indexing PDF files using IFilter
• Custom Search Content Areas
• Federated Search

Importing Active Directory profiles

• Defining and mapping profile attributes
• Creating effective audience rules to display personalised content
• Implementing social networking using My Sites

Managing metadata

• Establishing term stores for data tagging
• Contrasting terms and keywords

Integrating external data using Business Connectivity Services (BCS)

• Defining external content types
• Managing credentials using Secure Store Service

Securing SharePoint 2010

Authenticating with the server

• Configuring Kerberos
• Implementing claims-based authentication
• Allowing anonymous users to connect
• Streamlining security using managed accounts

Controlling access with permissions and roles

• Managing farm-wide permissions with the Farm Passphrase
• Defining independent object permissions by breaking inheritance
• Simplifying permission assignment with roles and groups

Monitoring and Optimising Performance

Keeping SharePoint healthy

• Setting up Health Analyser jobs
• Diagnosing issues with the Unified Logging Service and the Usage Database
• Defining SharePoint Maintenance Engine (SPME) rules
• Tracking SharePoint with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)

Managing performance

• Enabling Large List Resource Throttling
• Taking advantage of the object cache

Disaster Recovery

Developing an effective backup strategy

• Backing up farms and site collections
• Restoring content databases
• Implementing mirroring and clustering techniques
• Retrieving documents from an unattached content database

 

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