Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrator*

Module 1: Introducing SharePoint 2010
The goal of this module is to enable students to prepare for and install the first server in a SharePoint 2010 farm.
Lessons

• Evaluate the Features of SharePoint 2010
• Prepare for SharePoint 2010
• Install SharePoint 2010
• Advanced Installation of SharePoint 2010

Lab : Install SharePoint 2010

•  Exercise 1:  Create Active Directory Accounts for SharePoint
•  Exercise 2:  Install SharePoint Server Prerequisites
•  Exercise 3:  Install SharePoint Server
•  Exercise 4:  Run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard
•  Exercise 5:Configure the Farm with the Farm Configuration Wizard
•  Exercise 6 (Optional): Install a Language Pack

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the relationship between SharePoint, Active Directory, and SQL Server
• Create the accounts and permissions that are required to install SharePoint
• Identify the role of the Prerequisite Installer
• Install the first server in a SharePoint farm

Module 2: Creating a SharePoint 2010 Intranet
The goal of this module is to enable students to configure and administer the fundamental components of a SharePoint farm, including its configuration, logical structure, user-facing features, and underlying engine.
Lessons

• Perform Initial Farm Configuration
• Configure the SharePoint Logical Structure
• Explore the SharePoint Web Application and Physical Architecture

Lab : Create a SharePoint 2010 Intranet

• Exercise 1:  Create a Web Application
• Exercise 2:  Create a Site Collection
• Exercise 3:  Create a Site Collection in a New Content Database
• Describe the high level structure, components, and functioning of the farm
• Perform configuration of a SharePoint farm using the Farm Configuration Wizard
• Understand the logical topology of SharePoint web apps, site collections, and sites
• Experience SharePoint user-facing functionality
• Create a Web application
• Create a site collection
• Configure managed paths
• Create  a content database

Module 3: Administering and Automating SharePoint
The goal of this module is to enable students to apply the full range of options for administering and automating SharePoint: Central Administration, STSADM, and Windows PowerShell. The module also introduces students to the logs, which are mentioned in several subsequent modules and are detailed in Module 14.
Lessons

• Configure Central Administration
• Administer SharePoint from the Command Line
• Automate SharePoint Operations with Windows PowerShell

Lab : Automate SharePoint with Windows PowerShell

• Exercise 1:  Add SharePoint Functionality to Windows PowerShell
• Exercise 2:  Delegate the Ability to Use Windows PowerShell to Manage SharePoint
• Exercise 3:  Report Web and Site Collection Properties
• Exercise 4:  Create Site Collections Using Windows PowerShell
• Exercise 5:  Create and Update Items

Lab : Administer SharePoint with Stsadm

• Exercise 1: Execute Stsadm Commands

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Load Microsoft.SharePoint.Dll into Windows PowerShell 64bit.
• Create a Windows PowerShell Script to Enumerate Webs
• Create a Windows PowerShell Script to Create a SharePoint Site
• Create a Windows PowerShell Script to Create/Update a ListItem
• Automate common SharePoint tasks with Stsadm

Module 4: Configuring Content Management
The goal of this module is to enable students to manage content (lists, libraries, items and documents)
Lessons

• Optimize Content Storage and Access
• Manage Site Content Types and Site Columns
• Configure the Managed Metadata Service

Lab : Configuring List Throttling and Remote BLOB Storage

•  Exercise 1:  Configure List Throttling
• Exercise 2:  Enable FILESTREAM and Provision the RBS Data Store
• Exercise 3:  Install RBS on All SharePoint Web and Application Servers
• Exercise 4:  Configure the Blob Size Threshold for RBS

Lab : Configure Managed Metadata

• Exercise 1:  Configure and Implement Managed Metadata

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Configure List Query Thresholds
• Setup Remote Blog Storage on a Content Database
• Configure RBS
• Migrate to and from RBS

Module 5: Configuring Authentication
The goal of this module is to enable students to administer authentication to SharePoint web applications.
Lessons

• Classic SharePoint Authentication Providers 
• Federated Authentication

Lab : Configuring Custom Authentication

• Exercise 1:  Create the ASP.NET Membership Database
• Exercise 2:  Create a Web Applications that Uses Claim Based Authentication

Lab : Configuring Secure Store

• Exercise 1: Create User Accounts for Access to External Data
• Exercise 2: Configure Secure Store Services
• Exercise 3: Configure Secure Store Unattended Accounts

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create a custom authentication store using ASP.NET
• Configure the default authentication method of a SharePoint Web application to use a custom membership provider
• Understand how to configure Secure Store service
• Setup an application to use Secure Store service

Module 6: Securing Content
The goal of this module is to enable students to manage security of SharePoint content within a Web application.
Lessons

• Administer SharePoint Users and Groups
• Implement SharePoint Roles and Role Assignments
• Secure and Audit SharePoint Content

Lab : Configuring Security for SharePoint Content

• Exercise 1:  Managing SharePoint Groups
• Exercise 2:  Creating Custom Permission Levels
• Exercise 3:  Managing List and ListItem Permission Inheritance
• Exercise 4:  Create a Web Application Policy

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Add users
• Enable access requests
• Configure SharePoint default groups
• Experience the security trimmed interface
• Create groups
• Create custom permission levels
• Explore Permission Inheritance
• Assign Roles to Securable Objects

Module 7: Managing SharePoint Customizations
The goal of this module is to enable students to manage customizations to the SharePoint environment.
Lessons

• Customize SharePoint
• Deploy and Manage Features and Solutions
• Configure Sandboxed Solutions

Lab : Administering Features and Solutions

• Exercise 1:  Administering Features
• Exercise 2:  Administering Solutions

Lab : Administering Sandboxed Solutions

• Exercise 1:  Administering SandBoxed Solutions
• Exercise 2:  Modifying SandBoxed Solutions Timer Jobs
• Exercise 3:  Configuring Sandbox Points

Lab : Administering the Developer Dashboard

• Configure the Developer Dashboard

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe and manage SharePoint features
• Describe and manage SharePoint solutions (farm)
• Describe sandboxed solutions
• Describe function of sandboxed solution timer jobs
• Configure sandbox solution resource points
• Understand the developer dashboard
• Understand how to enable and disable the developer dashboard

Module 8: Configuring and Securing SharePoint Services and Applications
The goal of this module is to enable students to manage the SharePoint service as a whole, as well as individual services and service applications.
Lessons

• Secure the Enterprise SharePoint Service
• Secure and Isolate Web Applications
• Configure Service Applications

Lab : Administer SharePoint Services

• Exercise 1: Administer SharePoint Services
• Exercise 2: Administer SharePoint Windows Services

Lab : Configure Application Security

• Exercise 1: Configure Web Application and Application Pool Security
• Exercise 2: Configure SSL Security (Optional)

Lab : Administer Service Applications

• Exercise 1: Explore Service Applications
• Exercise 2: Create a Service Application

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe  and configure SharePoint services
• Describe  and configure SharePoint Windows services
• Understand SharePoint and SQL Permissions requirements
• Understand Application Pools and Identities requirements
• Implement SSL Security
• Find and manage service applications
• Install a new service application

Module 9: Implementing Productivity Service Applications
The goal of this module is to enable students to configure specific service applications.
Lessons

• Implement Business Connectivity Services
• Implement Excel Services Application
• Implement PerformancePoint Services
• Implement InfoPath Services
• Implement Visio Services
• Implement Access Services
• Implement Office Web Apps

Lab : Implement Office Web Apps

• Exercise 1:  Install and Configure Office Web Apps
• Exercise 2:  Configure and Test the Office Web Apps  in a Document Library

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe Office Web Apps features
• Install Office Web Apps

Module 10: User Profiles and Social Networking
The goal of this module is to enable students to manage user profiles, My Sites, and social content
Lessons

• Configure User Profiles
• Implement SharePoint 2010 Social Networking Features

Lab : Lab 10 A: Configuring User Profiles

• Exercise 1: Creating a Service Application
• Exercise 2: Configuring User Profiles
• Exercise 3: Connecting BDC to SharePoint Profiles
• Exercise 4: Administering ForeFront Identity Manager

Lab : Configuring My Sites

• Exercise 1:  Configuring My Sites
• Exercise 2:  Creating a My Site
• Exercise 2:  Updating a User Profile
• Exercise 3:  Administering Colleagues
• Exercise 4:  Configuring Personal and Shared Documents
• Exercise 5:  Creating A My Site Personal Blog
• Exercise 6:  Administering My Tags and Notes

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Configure user profiles (Active Directory)
• Configure import connections
• Configure profile properties
• Explore ForeFront Identity
• Configure My Sites
• Administer a My Site

Module 11: Administering and Configuring SharePoint Search
The goal of this module is to enable students to configure SharePoint Search.
Lessons

• Configure Search
• Refine Search

Lab : Configure Search

• Exercise 1: Create and Configure A Content Source
• Exercise 2: Configure Search Settings
• Exercise 3: Add and Configure A Search Scope

Lab : Refine Search

• Exercise 1: Configure Relevance
• Exercise 2: Create Keywords and Best Bets
• Exercise 3: Configure a Thesaurus
• Exercise 4: Configure Noise Words

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create and configure content sources
• Modify the default search settings
• Create and configure search scopes
• Tweak relevance algorithms
• Create keyword & best bets
• Create and update thesaurus files
• Create and update noise word files

Module 12: Installing and Upgrading to SharePoint 2010
The goal of this module is to enable students to install and upgrade to SharePoint 2010 in a variety of scenarios, and to keep SharePoint 2010 up-to-date.
Lessons

• Install SharePoint Servers and Farms
• Upgrade to SharePoint 2010
• Monitor and Troubleshoot installation and upgrade
• Update SharePoint

Lab : Implementing Advanced SharePoint 2010 Installations

• Exercise 1:  Create a Multi-Server Farm
• Exercise 2:  Configure SharePoint Server Roles
• Exercise 3:  Install Language Packs

Lab : Scripting a SharePoint 2010 Install

• Exercise 1:  Creating a SharePoint 2010 Install Script
• Exercise 2:  Configuring SharePoint 2010 via Scripts
• Exercise 3:  Creating a SharePoint 2010 Service Applications Script

Lab : Implementing SharePoint 2007 Upgrade Requirements

• Exercise 1:  Defragmenting Content Databases
• Exercise 2:  Migrating Content Between Databases
• Exercise 3:  Truncating and Backing Up Content Databases
• Exercise 4:  Installing Cumulative Update (Oct 2009)
• Exercise 5:  Analyzing the Upgrade

Lab : Upgrading SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010

• Exercise 1:  Upgrading the SharePoint Binaries
• Exercise 2:  Implement a Database Attach Upgrade
• Exercise 3:  Implementing a Visual Upgrade

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create a multi-server farm
• Configure server roles
• Install a language pack
• Install SharePoint 2007 Service Pack 2
• Install Cumulative Update (Oct 2009)
• Perform a database attach upgrade
• Perform a visual upgrade

Module 13: Implementing Business Continuity
The goal of this module is to enable students to configure business continuity for SharePoint
Lessons

• Lesson 1: Configure High availability
• Lesson 2: Backup and Restore SharePoint

Lab : Implement a Backup Strategy

• Exercise 1: Implement a Central Administration Backup Strategy
• Exercise 2: Implement a Windows PowerShell Backup Strategy

Lab : Implement a Restore Strategy

• Exercise 1: Implement a Central Administration Restore  Strategy
• Exercise 2: Perform a Partial Restore

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand backup options
• Use Central Administration to back up your farm
• Use Windows PowerShell to back up your farm
• Restore your SharePoint farm from back up
• Understand partial restore techniques

Module 14: Monitoring and Optimizing SharePoint Performance
The goal of this module is to enable students to monitor SharePoint performance, health, and usage, and to identify and remediate performance and health problems.
Lessons

• Monitor Performance
• SharePoint Health Analyzer
• Usage reports and web analytics
• Monitor and Optimize SharePoint Performance

Lab : Configure Diagnostic Logging

• Exercise 1: Configure Diagnostic Logging

Lab : Administer Logs with the ULS Viewer

• Troubleshoot Correlation Errors

Lab : Configure Health Analyzer Rules

• Configure Health Analyzer Rules

Lab : Build Reports Using the SharePoint Logging Database

• Exercise 1: Configure the Logging Database
• Exercise 2: Write Reports with the Logging Database

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Configuring diagnostic logging
• Understand logging levels
• Enable event throttling
• Set log file size limits
• Understand ULS Log file structure
• Understand when to use the ULS Viewer
• Explore SharePoint Health Analyzer
• Understand Health Analyzer rules
• Identify and monitor system performance bottlenecks

Module 15: Designing a Logical Architecture
This module explains how to create a logical architecture design
Lessons

• Identifying Business Requirements

Lab : Designing a Logical Architecture

• Design a Logical Architecture

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the core methodologies for identifying business requirements and how these affect the logical architecture of a SharePoint 2010 deployment

Module 16: Planning a Service Application Architecture
This module explains how to create a logical Service Application architecture
Lessons

• Introduction to the SharePoint 2010 Service Application Architecture
• Mapping Logical Architecture to Service Applications
• Service Application Framework Components

Lab : Planning a Service Application Architecture

• Identify and Design Service Applications
• Create Service Applications and Assign Proxy Groups

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the Service Application architecture in SharePoint 2010
• Map Service Applications against business requirements and the logical architecture design
• Describe the components of Service Applications and why they influence design and management

Module 17: Planning for Performance and Capacity
This module explains how to create a capacity and performance plan for SharePoint 2010
Lessons

• Performance Planning Principles
• Designing for Performance
• Capacity Planning Principles
• Designing for Capacity Resilience

Lab : Planning for Capacity and Performance

• Create a Performance Plan
• Create a Capacity Plan

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Review and describe the principles of designing to maximize performance
• Create a SharePoint 2010 performance design and understand how to mitigate performance problems
• Describe how capacity planning affects the design of a SharePoint 2010 implementation
• Create a SharePoint 2010 farm design that caters for current and future capacity demands

Module 18: Designing a Physical Architecture
This module explains how to map the logical architecture, service application architecture, and the capacity and performance plan against a physical architecture
Lessons

• SharePoint 2010 Physical Design
• Non-SharePoint Physical Design
• Model Design Topologies
• Mapping a Logical Architecture Design to a Physical Architecture Design

Lab : Designing a Physical Architecture

• Design Physical Architecture
• Resolve a Name Resolution Problem

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the physical design requirements for SharePoint 2010
• Describe the non-SharePoint 2010 requirements for a successful physical design
• Explain how model design topologies are suitable for different environments
• Map a logical architecture design to a physical architecture design

Module 19: Designing a Security Plan
This module explains how to design a security plan for SharePoint 2010 based on the principle of least-privilege
Lessons

• Designing to Secure SharePoint 2010
• Planning for Service Accounts
• Planning for User and Group Security
• Planning for SSL

Lab : Designing a Security Plan

• Design for Least-Privilege Security
• Identify and Resolve Potential Security Issues
• Grant the Production Auditors Group Read Access

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the security architecture of SharePoint 2010 and the importance of the principle of least-privilege
• Identify and plan security for core service accounts

Describe the considerations for implementing security for users, groups and audiences

Module 20: Planning Authentication
This module explains how to create an authentication plan for SharePoint 2010 that meets the business requirements
Lessons

• Overview of Authentication
• Introduction to Claims-based Authentication
• Selecting Authentication Methods

Lab : Planning Authentication

• Plan Authentication
• Enable Claims-based Authentication

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the different authentication methods used in SharePoint 2010
• Describe claims-based authentication in SharePoint 2010
• Explain how to select authentication methods in a SharePoint 2010 design

Module 21: Planning Managed Metadata
This module explains how to create a corporate taxonomy plan for a SharePoint 2010 environment and enable consumption of the terms within the term store
Lessons

• SharePoint 2010 Metadata Architecture
• Overview of Content Types
• Mapping Managed Metadata to Business Requirements

Lab : Planning Managed Metadata

• Design Content Types and a Term Set Framework
• Create and Configure the Managed Metadata Service Application
• Import a Term Set
• Publish a Content Type

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the function of managed metadata in SharePoint 2010
• Describe the function of content types and how they are applied to business requirements
• Match SharePoint 2010 managed metadata architecture to business requirements

Module 22: Planning for Social Computing
This module explains how to design a SharePoint 2010 environment that supports social computing features including user profiles and My Sites
Lessons

• Overview of Social Computing
• Planning SharePoint 2010 Social Computing Functionality
• Planning User Profile Services

Lab : Planning Social Computing

• Plan User Profiles
• Configure User Profile Synchronization

After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe social computing functionality in SharePoint 2010
Describe how the social computing functionality of SharePoint 2010 meets business needs
Plan user profiles in providing social computing functionality

Module 23: Designing an Enterprise Search Strategy
This module explains how to design and implement search strategy in SharePoint 2010
Lessons

• Overview of SharePoint 2010 Search Architecture
• Search Topologies
• Mapping Business Requirements to SharePoint Search
• Capacity and Performance Planning for Search

Lab : Designing an Enterprise Search Strategy

• Plan for Search
• Plan Physical Topology
• Create Search Service Applications
• Configure Search

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the search architectures  in SharePoint 2010
• Describe the topologies available to service a range of search requirements across business models
• Describe how to align business requirements against the SharePoint Enterprise and FAST Search architectures
• Plan and document enterprise search for capacity and performance

Module 24: Planning an Enterprise Content Management Strategy
This module explains how to translate business requirements for content management into an Enterprise Content Management solution.
Lessons

• Overview of Enterprise Content Management
• Planning Content Management Policies
• Planning Web Content Management

Lab : Planning Enterprise Content Management

• Plan Content Management
• Enable and Configure Document IDs and Content Organizer
• Configure Retention Policies and Records Management

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the core functionality of ECM in SharePoint that influences your design
• Describe the considerations when planning content management policies for SharePoint 2010
• Describe how to plan for Web content management in SharePoint 2010

Module 25: Planning a SharePoint 2010 Implementation of an Existing Business Intelligence Strategy
This module explains how to Create a plan that reflects the role of SharePoint in an overarching corporate Business Intelligence strategy
Lessons

• Overview of Business Intelligence Principles
• Mapping Business Needs to SharePoint 2010 Data Visualization Options
• Mapping Business Needs to SharePoint 2010 Information Presentation
• Planning External Data Access

Lab : Planning a SharePoint 2010 Implementation of a Business

• Plan your SharePoint Business Intelligence Implementation
• Create a BI Center and Enable Excel Services

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe core business intelligence principles that will affect SharePoint planning
• Map data visualization in SharePoint 2010 against business requirements
• Map information presentation BI solutions based on SharePoint 2010 against business requirements
• Specify planning criteria for creating data access for business intelligence

Module 26: Developing a Plan for Governance
This module explains how to develop the key SharePoint elements of a governance plan that is in agreement with the overarching corporate governance strategy
Lessons

• What Is Governance?
• Planning for Governance in SharePoint 2010
• Implementing the Governance Plan in SharePoint 2010

Lab : Developing a Plan for Governance

• Plan Governance
• Implement the governance plan

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the concepts of governance
• Plan for data governance in SharePoint 2010
• Implement the governance plan in SharePoint 2010

Module 27: Designing an Operations and Maintenance Plan
This modules explains how to develop a plan for maintaining and monitoring a SharePoint 2010 deployment
Lessons

• Maintenance and Monitoring Principles
• Creating a SharePoint 2010 Maintenance Plan
• Creating a SharePoint 2010 Monitoring Plan
• Considerations for the Maintenance and Monitoring of Associated Technologies

Lab : Designing a Maintenance and Monitoring Plan

• Resolving a SharePoint Error
• Splitting a Content Database

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the essential principles of a maintenance and monitoring plan
• Create a SharePoint 2010 maintenance plan
• Create a SharePoint 2010 Monitoring plan
• Describe the considerations for developing a maintenance and monitoring plan that incorporates technologies that support SharePoint 2010

Module 28: Planning for Disaster Recovery
This module explains how to develop a business continuity plan for SharePoint 2010
Lessons

• Overview of Business Continuity
• Developing a SharePoint Business Continuity Plan
• Creating a Backup and Restore Plan

Lab : Planning Business Continuity

• Plan Business Continuity
• Define and Verify a Recovery Process

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the considerations when planning for business continuity
• Describe how to develop a business continuity plan for SharePoint 2010
• Create a backup and restore plan that map against the Business Continuity Plan

Module 29: Planning for Upgrade to SharePoint 2010
This modules explains how to plan an upgrade from a previous SharePoint Product and Technologies version to SharePoint 2010
Lessons

• Identifying Upgrade Scenarios
• Identifying Upgrade Requirements and Methodologies
• Upgrade Considerations

Lab : Planning for Upgrade to SharePoint 2010

• Create an Upgrade and Migration Plan

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify the goals, paths, and tools for upgrading to SharePoint 2010
• Identify the requirements and methods for upgrading to SharePoint 2010
• Identify the considerations for upgrading to SharePoint 2010