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410-597-9722

Microsoft SharePoint 2007 - Portals

Course Length: 2 Days

Overview:
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, and information management policies, as well as the enterprise features including business data catalog, InfoPath forms services and Excel Services.

Prerequisites:
Web Content Management
Experience with programming in C#
Knowledge of the WSS 3.0 development and XML

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Use the collaboration portal site template as a starting point for custom portals
• Leverage user profiles to promote social networking in an enterprise
• Access and use data in external line of business databases and services
• Use InfoPath Forms Services and Form Libraries to collect and manage information
• Develop with Excel Services and create reporting dashboards
• Create custom search sites and optimize search user interfaces
• Use the search API's to define content sources and scopes
• Use the search API's to perform search queries
• Use and customize Information Management Policies and Records repositories to implement document management solutions

Course Content

Lesson 1: Collaboration Portals

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

Lesson 2: Personalization and My Sites

• Configuring My Sites
• User Profiles
• Audience Targeting

Lesson 3: Business Data Catalog

• Configuring the BDC
• Connecting to External Databases
• Connecting to Web Services
• Using the BDC Web Parts

Lesson 4: Office Forms Services

• Introduction to InfoPath
• Using Form Libraries
• Office 2007 Document Information Panels

Lesson 5: Excel Services

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

Lesson 6: Customizing Search Center

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

Lesson 7: Programming with the Search API

• Connecting and Context
• Administrative Object Model
• Query Object Model

Lesson 8: Document Management

• Send to Locations
• Information Management Policies
• Records Repository

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