SharePoint 2007 Essential Training

Covers each aspect of using Windows SharePoint Services and MOSS, from smart content management to publishing.

SharePoint 2007 Essential Training covers each aspect of using both Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS). Instructor David Rivers takes viewers through the whole process, from smart content management to publishing collaborative projects and documents online. Along the way, he teaches how to create and organize sites; manage content; control security levels; understand simple and complex searches; and create and manage team sites, blogs, and meeting workspaces.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Getting Started with SharePoint

• What is SharePoint?
• SharePoint components and terminology
• Considering structured and unstructured assets
• Filling gaps with SharePoint
• Physical planning considerations

2. Working with SharePoint Sites

• What are sites?
• Site and workspace layouts
• Meeting workspaces
• Blog sites
• Navigating sites and workspaces
• Creating sites and subsites

3. Managing Site Security

• Managing SharePoint groups
• Setting permission inheritance for sites
• Managing permission levels
• Managing site collection administrators

4. Editing Site Details

• Updating current site details
• Customizing navigation options
• Updating site themes and definitions
• Configuring regional settings
• Deleting a site

5. Working with Site Templates

• Creating a site template
• Modifying a site template
• Deleting a site template
• Using the Recycle Bin

6. SharePoint Server 2007

• MOSS collaboration portals
• MOSS publishing portals
• Navigation in MOSS
• Searching in MOSS
• Defining the Welcome page
• Using page layouts and templates
• Using master pages and style sheets

7. Working with Site Templates in MOSS

• Using the Document Center template
• Using the Records Center template
• Using the Personalization Site template
• Using the Site Directory template
• Using the Report Center template
• Using Search Center templates
• Using Publishing Site templates
• Using the News Site template

8. Working with Lists

• Creating lists
• Working with lists
• Managing columns
• Filtering and sorting lists
• Creating views
• Using versioning with lists
• Managing lists
• Managing list security
• Creating a list template
• Working with content types

9. Communicating with Lists

• Working with announcements
• Working with contacts
• Using a discussion board

10. Tracking with Lists

• Working with links
• Working with calendars
• Working with tasks
• Tracking issues
• Working with surveys
• Working with agendas

11. Advanced List Topics

• Working with custom lists
• Working with KPI lists
• Working with languages and translators
• Advanced datasheet features

12. Working with Libraries

• Working with document libraries
• Working with picture libraries
• Working with wiki page libraries
• Working with slide libraries
• Working with other libraries
• Integrating with Office
• Publishing to a document library
• Connecting libraries with Outlook
• Using InfoPath to create form libraries

13. Workflow and Information Management in SharePoint

• Overview of workflows
• Creating and using workflows
• Information management policies and features
• Understanding site collection policy
• Understanding site content type policy
• Understanding list and library policies

14. Working with Pages and Web Parts in SharePoint

• Working with basic pages
• Working with Web Part pages
• Adding Web Parts to pages
• Managing Web Part pages
• Importing and exporting Web Parts
• Using standard galleries and Web Parts
• Working with publishing pages

15. Personalizing SharePoint

• Subscribing to and receiving alerts
• Managing alerts
• Using My Site
• Using My Links
• Personalizing pages

16. Document Management and Project Collaboration Scenarios

• Document management overview
• Business drivers for document management
• SharePoint environment layout
• Creating a top-level site
• Adding components
• Changing and deleting components
• Creating effective document management solutions