This comprehensive course combines informative lectures and discussions with relevant activities and exercises so that you can learn to administer IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5. In the first half of the course, the focus shifts to installation and configuration of WebSphere Portal V8.5. Configuration includes the database that WebSphere Portal uses, federated user registries, and clustering for scalability and fault tolerance. In the second half of the course, you practice common day-to-day administration tasks on IBM WebSphere Portal Server 8.5, including portlet installation, security configuration, and WebSphere Portal site management.

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Use the features, functions, and procedures of IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 to achieve the following tasks:
Configure WebSphere Portal to use an IBM Tivoli Directory Server LDAP server
Create a Network Deployment cell that contains a single node cluster
Select the best topology for your organization's needs
Turn on logging and tracing
Use XML Access to streamline management activities
Back up and restore data
Implement release management practices
Add portlets to pages by using the new drag feature of the page builder
Deploy a new portlet
Manage access
Create and apply visibility rules
Work with syndication feeds
Integrate mashups
Configure search
Customize or brand the portal
Deploy a custom theme
Transfer the ready-to-use data from the Derby database to DB2 Universal Database

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Welcome
Introduction
Installing WebSphere Portal
Exercise: Installing WebSphere Portal Server 8.5
Configuring WebSphere Portal
Exercise: Configuring the portal database
LDAP and security for WebSphere Portal
Exercise: Enabling portal security by using an LDAP repository
Page management
Exercise: Exploring portal page hierarchy and portal commands
Deploying portlets
Exercise:
WebSphere Portal security management
Exercise: Implementing security and creating a Developer Administration page
Attribute-based administration
Exercise: Creating rules
WebSphere Portal search
Exercise: Using external search engines
Other administrative portlets
Exercise: Creating custom names
WebSphere Portal usage analysis
Exercise: Enabling and reading the logs
Virtual portlets and realms
Exercise: Configuring realms and virtual portals
XML access
Exercise: Using XML Access
Staging to production
Exercise: Deploying resources from staging to production
Creating a cell
Exercise: Create a deployment manager profile
Federating a portal node into a cell
Exercise: Federating and clustering the portal node
Managing portlets in WebSphere Portal clusters
Troubleshooting
Exercise: Troubleshooting a portal
Theme architecture
Production topologies
Production procedures
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The target audience for this intermediate course is experienced system administrators that are new to WebSphere Portal or need to refresh WebSphere Portal administration skills. They are responsible for installing and configuring WebSphere Portal and its day-to-day management.

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