Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Portals

Audience

IT staff and decision makers that need to understand the range of portal features that SharePoint provides. It also discusses the information architecture and taxonomy considerations that must be taken into account for a successful SharePoint project.

Prerequisites

This course assumes that you are familiar with Windows 2003 or above and have some experience with SharePoint 2007 and web content management.

Duration

2 days. Hands on.

Course Objectives

In this course, you'll learn about the portal features found in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server's Standard and Enterprise versions, MOSS. After completing this course, you'll have a good understanding of;

The standard MOSS collaboration portal features including;

• Collaboration portals
• User profiles
• Search
• Information management policies

The enterprise features including;

• Business data catalog
• InfoPath forms services and Excel Services.

Course Content

Collaboration Portals
Creating and Configuring Collaboration Portals
Site Hierarchy and Site Directories
Features in the Collaboration Portal
Shared Services Providers

Personalization and My Sites
Configuring My Sites
User Profiles
Audience Targeting

Business Data Catalog
Configuring the BDC
Connecting to External Databases
Connecting to Web Services
Using the BDC Web Parts

Office Forms Services
Introduction to InfoPath
Using Form Libraries
Office 2007 Document Information Panels

Excel Services
Configuring Excel Services
Using the Calculation Engine
Using the Excel Web Parts
Key Performance Indicators
Report Center

Customizing Search Center
Search Center Lite
Search Center with Tabs
Search Web Parts
Search Scopes
Usage Reporting and Keyword Optimization
Customizing Output with XSL

Programming with the Search API
Connecting and Context
Administrative Object Model
Query Object Model

Document Management
Send to Locations
Information Management Policies
Records Repository