Class runs daily from 9 AM to 5 PM.
Lecture Schedule:
- Day 1: Modules 1-3
- Day 2: Modules 4-6
- Day 3: Modules 7-9
- Day 4: Modules 10-12
Module 1 - Getting started with SharePoint 2010
In this module we will cover the fundamentals you need in place to get SharePoint off the ground. Topics included will be Windows Server, SQL Server, and hardware requirements.
- Windows Server
- SQL Server
- Hardware basics
Module 2 - Install SharePoint Server 2010
This module will focus on installing SharePoint. Use of the prerequisite installer and the actual installation process will be covered. Once the install is finished the use of configuration wizard will covered to create a new farm.
- Prereq installer
- Setup
- Config wizard
- Farm passphrase
- Managed accounts
Module 3 - Configuring your SharePoint 2010 farm
In this module we will focus on the key configuration tasks now that SharePoint has been installed. The new service applications architecture is quite a departure from the Shared Services Provider (SSP) in 2007 and makes a host of scenarios now possible.
- Farm configuration wizard
- Service applications
- Basic concept of central administration
Module 4 - Creating your first web application
Now that your farm is ready to go you need to create that first web application to give your users access. And even there you still need a site collection and some webs. In this module we will make since of all that terminology and look at the new templates.
- Terminology
- Create a web app
- Create a site collection
- Create a web
- Templates
Module 5 - Using Windows PowerShell to administer SharePoint
A SharePoint administrator’s first reaction is yuck but this tool is awesome. You need to in brace its awesome power for making your life easier.
- What is Windows PowerShell
- Windows PowerShell basics
- Windows PowerShell scripts for administrators
Module 6 - Exploring upgrade options
Everyone has SharePoint v3 running around. Time to discuss how to upgrade that data. Taking a look at the new options for preparing for upgrade and the various methods available.
- How to prepare
- Upgrade options
- Strategies for the upgrade
Module 7 - Backups and restores should be your number 1 priority
In this module we will make sure all of your data is safe. SharePoint 2010 has added several new options around making upgrade more flexible.
- Farm backups
- Site collection, web, and list backups
- Unattached restores
- Windows PowerShell scripts to automate
Module 8 - Logging, monitoring and health
SharePoint 2010 has a whole list of new tools to make understanding what is going on in your farm much easier. This module will touch on the various options including the best practices analyzer.
- ULS Logs
- The logging database
- Best practice analyzer
- Usage reporting
Module 9 - Who doesn’t love Search?
Search is back and way bigger and badder this time around. Lots of core changes to the underlying architecture to increase scale. And what better to do with that new scale then make the UI much cooler.
- Indexer changes
- Query changes
- New web parts
- Introduction to FAST
Module 10 - Using SharePoint 2010
This module lets your brain unwind a little. We will cover all of the UI updates to SharePoint 2010 and what they mean to you the admin. Lots of cool new functionality you need to see to believe.
- Fluent UI (AKA the ribbon)
- Inline editing
- The Office clients
- All the other cool stuff we can come up with
Module 11 - SQL Server administration for SharePoint admins
SQL Server is the most important part of any SharePoint farm. It is where all of your data lives and is often the center of how well your performance is in your farm. In this module we are going to work through the proper care of feeding of SQL Server.
- How does SQL really work
- SQL Maintenance plans
- SQL Performance
- SQL high availability options
Module 12 - Tools for keeping SharePoint Performance under control
SharePoint 2010 reaches new levels of scalability boundaries and to keep the farm running at those levels there are a handful of tools in your arsenal.
- Large list throttling
- Performance throttling
- The developer dashboard