What You'll Learn

• Use the collaboration portal site template as a starting point for custom portals
• 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 and customize Information Management Policies and Records repositories to implement document management solutions
• Create a publishing site and pages
• Configure the publishing infrastructure
• Create master pages and style sheets using the publishing features
• Create publishing site definitions
• Separate content and layout with content types and page layouts
• Use standard SharePoint lists, alerts, and libraries for simple automation
• Build no-code workflows with SharePoint Designer and create custom Designer activities
• Use the SharePoint object model to associate workflow templates and start workflow instances
• Create sequential workflows, state machines, and custom workflow activity libraries

Course Outline

1. Introduction to Collaboration Portals

• MOSS Collaboration Portals
• Site Collections and Sites
• Features
• Shared Services

2. User Profiles and My Sites

• Collaboration in the Enterprise
• My Sites
• Using Profile Data

3. Customizing Search Center

• Search Center
• Customizing Search Center with Tabs
• Search Optimization
• Controlling Visual Output

4. Document and Records Management

• Managing Documents
• Records Center
• Information Management Policies

5. Introduction to MOSS Publishing

• Web Content Management
• Creating a MOSS Publishing Site
• Creating Pages
• Versioning
• Approval Processes

6. Branding

• The Publishing Infrastructure
• Branding Publishing Sites
• Master Pages
• Branding and Authoring

7. Content Types and Page Layouts

• SharePoint Data Structures
• Page Layout
• Serving Pages

8. Out-of-the-Box Business Process Automation

• Business Process Automation (BPA)
• Using SharePoint for BPA
• Creating and Using Alerts
• Using Out-of-the-Box Workflows

9. SharePoint Designer Workflows

• SharePoint Workflow Features
• SharePoint Designer Overview
• SharePoint Designer Workflows
• Determining the Status of a Workflow
• Creating Workflows in SharePoint Designer
• Workflow Forms and Variables
• Extending SharePoint Designer with Custom Activities
• Workflow Best Practices

10. Business Data Catalog

• Business Data Catalog
• Using BDC Data with Web Parts

11. InfoPath Forms Services

• InfoPath and SharePoint
• Handling Data
• Publishing and Administering Forms
• Document Information Panels
• Other Forms Services Scenarios

12. Excel Services and Report Center

• Excel Services
• Excel Services Components
• Excel Web Services
• User-Defined Functions
• Dashboards and Key Performance Indicators

Labs

Lab 1: Introduction to Collaboration Portals

• Create a Collaboration Portal
• Configure Tabs in the Site Directory

Lab 2: Personalization and My Sites

• Configure User Profiles
• Create and Use an Audience
• Create a Custom People Search Page

Lab 3: Customizing Search Center

• Create Search Center Sites
• Customize Search Center with Tabs

Lab 4: Document and Records Management

• Configure and Use Send To
• Create and Use Records Center
• Use Information Management Policies

Lab 5: Introduction to MOSS Publishing

• Create a New Publishing Portal
• Create a Page
• Use Version Control to Manage Changes

Lab 6: Branding

• Apply the Publishing Features to a New Site Collection
• Use the Site Master Page Settings Page
• Edit a Page Layout in SharePoint Designer

Lab 7: Content Types and Page Layouts

• Create a Column and Content Type
• Create a Page Layout
• Create a Publishing Page

Lab 8: Out-of-the-Box Business Process Automation

• Create a Custom List to Track Project Expenses
• Configure the Approval Workflow Template

Lab 9: SharePoint Designer Workflows

• Create a Document Approval Workflow

Lab 10: Business Data Catalog

• Create an Application Definition with BDC Meta Man
• Import the Application Definition
• Use the Business Data in a Team Site

Lab 11: InfoPath Forms Services

• Prepare a Team Site for Use with an InfoPath Form Template
• Create a Form Template in InfoPath 2007
• Publish and Use the Form Template

Lab 12: Excel Services

• Prepare a New Site Collection
• Configure the Shared Services
• Use the Personal Monthly Budget Workbook with Excel Services

Classroom Dates and Locations

Date	Location Details
Feb 22 - 26, 2010	Chicago (Schaumburg), IL	Register
Apr 12 - 16, 2010	Chicago (Schaumburg), IL	Register
Apr 19 - 23, 2010	Washington, DC	Register
Apr 26 - 30, 2010	Houston, TX	Register
May 3 - 7, 2010	Morristown, NJ	Register
May 17 - 21, 2010	New York, NY	Register
Jun 7 - 11, 2010	Raleigh, NC	Register
Jun 14 - 18, 2010	San Jose, CA	Register
Jun 28 - Jul 2, 2010	Washington, DC	Register
Aug 2 - 6, 2010	New York, NY	Register
Aug 16 - 20, 2010	Atlanta, GA	Register
Aug 23 - 27, 2010	Washington, DC	Register
Sep 20 - 24, 2010	Raleigh, NC	Register
Sep 27 - Oct 1, 2010	San Jose, CA	Register

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