Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010: Building SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Solutions: Hands-On

Course Overview

SharePoint has become a popular tool in organisations; however, the powerful enterprise features often remain underutilised. In this course, you learn to extend SharePoint Server 2010 features and develop robust enterprise solutions. You learn to configure SharePoint to enhance information management, implement enterprise-wide search, and deliver business intelligence throughout your organisation.

Throughout this course, you gain extensive hands-on experience building SharePoint Server 2010 enterprise solutions. Exercises include:

• Synchronising Microsoft Project with SharePoint
• Modifying the look and feel of a portal site
• Authoring and publishing Web information
• Tuning search results for relevancy
• Organising information to replace the folder structure
• Protecting records and complying with regulations
• Creating complex workflows with Visio
• Designing electronic forms using InfoPath

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Related Courses

• Microsoft Sharepoint 2010: Administration
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• 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

Business analysts, project managers and anyone responsible for creating and managing enterprise SharePoint sites. Knowledge of SharePoint at the level of Course 1501, " SharePoint 2010 Technologies Comprehensive Introduction ", or equivalent experience is assumed.

Skills Gained

• Design, plan and implement enterprise business solutions using SharePoint Server 2010
• Author and publish content using SharePoint enterprise content management (ECM)
• Incorporate SharePoint enterprise search capabilities to increase user productivity
• Manage large-scale document repositories and achieve compliance with SharePoint Records Center
• Implement complex workflows with Visio and SharePoint Designer
• Create a business intelligence (BI) dashboard with Report Center and PerformancePoint Services

Course Outline

Building Business Solutions in SharePoint 2010

Planning for the enterprise

• Investigating SharePoint architecture
• Designing an enterprise solution
• Synchronising project plans with SharePoint

Examining administration features

• Taking advantage of the Features and Solutions Framework
• Managing user security and permissions

Enhancing the user experience

• Branding sites with alternate styles
• Building a global navigation system

Web Content Management (WCM)

• Inline editing with Enterprise Wikis
• Creating custom page layouts
• Adding media content to your portal
• Publishing and approving pages

Implementing Enterprise Search

Configuring the Search Center

• Incorporating Federated locations in search
• Utilising advanced search with metadata properties
• Adding best bets, keywords and synonyms

FAST search

• Exploring the enhanced capabilities
• Previewing search results
• Customising the Search Refinement Panel

Organising Content and Managing Records

Enterprise document management

• Implementing a document repository
• Defining a taxonomy/folksonomy
• Creating term sets
• Subscribing to a content-type hub

Improving the compliance process

• Protecting content with Information Rights Management
• Auditing documents with Information Management Policy
• Declaring records with In-Place Records Management
• Locating content with Holds and eDiscovery

Office Web applications

• Viewing documents in the browser
• Multiuser editing of documents

Designing Business Automation with Workflows

Authoring workflows with Visio

• Mapping business processes
• Exporting a workflow into SharePoint Designer

Refining and publishing workflows with SharePoint Designer

• Adding Activities and error handling
• Deploying a globally reusable workflow

Leveraging Business Connectivity Services

Connecting to Line Of Business (LOB) systems

• Creating an External Content Type
• Searching external content
• Accessing a CRM system
• Working with external data Web Parts
• Reading and writing data with external lists

Viewing external data in Microsoft Office

• Adding quick parts to Word
• Synchronising CRM contacts with Outlook

Creating and Publishing Electronic Forms

Customising SharePoint list forms

• Formatting list forms with InfoPath
• Validating columns with regular expressions

Designing InfoPath forms

• Employing the People Picker and cascading drop-down lists
• Publishing forms as a content type
• Embedding the InfoPath Web Part into a page

Making Informed Decisions with Business Intelligence Tools

Creating a self-service BI dashboard

• Harnessing PerformancePoint services
• Manipulating data with PowerPivot
• Publishing to Excel Services
• Incorporating SQL Server Reporting Services

Integrating BI elements into a dashboard

• KPIs
• Reports
• Spreadsheets
• Charts
• Scorecards
• Visualising enterprise data
• Deploying to SharePoint
• Drilling down to multiple levels of detail
• Slicing and dicing data

 

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