Implementing and Configuring Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Introduction

This two-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully implement Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) version 3.0 in their organizations. It emphasizes that students should think about the architecture of their entire environment, including business and application needs, during the planning and deployment phases. The course covers how to perform a clean installation of WSS 3.0 and also describes all the prerequisites required to select the most appropriate method for upgrading WSS from 2.0 to 3.0 in a specific scenario. In addition, the course focuses on how to manage WSS after it is configured. 

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

• On-the-job experience in implementing, managing, and supporting Microsoft Windows Server 2003, including IIS.
• Working knowledge of networking, for example, TCP/IP and Domain Name System (DNS).
• Basic knowledge of key benefits of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS), new features and functionality of MOSS, and WSS acting as a platform for MOSS.

Certification Exams 

70-631 

Outline

Module 1: Introduction to the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Platform

Lessons

• Overview of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• Collaboration Technologies Offered by Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the role of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 in addressing various business needs.
• Describe the collaboration technologies offered by Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

Module 2: Planning the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Environment

Lessons

• Determining Organizational and User Needs
• Planning Site Creation, Maintenance, and Security
• Planning Server Requirements and Topologies

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Determine organizational and user needs to plan the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 installation.
• Plan site creation, maintenance, and security.
• Plan server requirements and topology.
• Determine disk space requirements.
• Determine peak throughput.
• Identify a topology for a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 installation.
• Justify their topology plan to their peers.

Module 3: Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Lessons
 

• Performing a Clean Installation of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• Installing and Configuring the Central Administration Site
• Creating and Configuring Sites

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Perform a clean installation of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
• Install and configure the Central Administration site.
• Create and configure sites.

Module 4: Upgrading from Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to 3.0

Lessons

• Planning for an Upgrade of Windows SharePoint Services
• Preparing to Perform an Upgrade

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Plan for and select the most appropriate method to perform an upgrade of Windows SharePoint Services.
• Explain what is required to perform an upgrade.
• Identify the solutions to common upgrade issues.

Module 5: Managing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Lessons

• Managing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Sites
• Managing the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Server
• After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Manage Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 sites.
• Manage the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 server.
• Troubleshoot Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 server performance issues.

Implementing and Configuring Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Introduction

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully implement Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) version 3.0 in their organizations. It emphasizes that students should think about the architecture of their entire environment, including business and application needs, during the planning and deployment phases. The course covers how to perform a clean installation of WSS 3.0 and also describes all the prerequisites required to select the most appropriate method for upgrading WSS from 2.0 to 3.0 in a specific scenario. In addition, the course focuses on how to manage WSS after it is configured. 

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

• On-the-job experience in implementing, managing, and supporting Microsoft Windows Server 2003, including IIS.
• Working knowledge of networking, for example, TCP/IP and Domain Name System (DNS).
• Basic knowledge of key benefits of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS), new features and functionality of MOSS, and WSS acting as a platform for MOSS.

Certification Exams 

70-631 

Outline

Module 1: Introduction to the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Platform

Lessons

• Overview of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• Collaboration Technologies Offered by Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the role of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 in addressing various business needs.
• Describe the collaboration technologies offered by Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

Module 2: Planning the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Environment

Lessons

• Determining Organizational and User Needs
• Planning Site Creation, Maintenance, and Security
• Planning Server Requirements and Topologies

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Determine organizational and user needs to plan the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 installation.
• Plan site creation, maintenance, and security.
• Plan server requirements and topology.
• Determine disk space requirements.
• Determine peak throughput.
• Identify a topology for a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 installation.
• Justify their topology plan to their peers.

Module 3: Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Lessons
 

• Performing a Clean Installation of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• Installing and Configuring the Central Administration Site
• Creating and Configuring Sites

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Perform a clean installation of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
• Install and configure the Central Administration site.
• Create and configure sites.

Module 4: Upgrading from Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to 3.0

Lessons

• Planning for an Upgrade of Windows SharePoint Services
• Preparing to Perform an Upgrade

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Plan for and select the most appropriate method to perform an upgrade of Windows SharePoint Services.
• Explain what is required to perform an upgrade.
• Identify the solutions to common upgrade issues.

Module 5: Managing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Lessons

• Managing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Sites
• Managing the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Server
• After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Manage Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 sites.
• Manage the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 server.
• Troubleshoot Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 server performance issues.

Implementing and Configuring Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Overview/Description

Recognize the benefits of WSS 3.0, prepare your server environment, and then perform an install or upgrade.

Target Audience

The audience for this path are administrators of Windows SharePoint Services and technologies (and the web applications built on WSS), and other technical professionals who wish to certify in or deploy Office SharePoint Services 3.0.

Lesson Objectives

Deploying Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

• identify the system requirements for installing WSS.
• recognize the preparatory steps required before installing WSS 3.0.
• install WSS 3.0 on a stand-alone server.
• install WSS 3.0 on a stand-alone server.
• deploy WSS 3.0 in a simple server farm.
• upgrade from WSS 2.0 to WSS 3.0.
• identify the tasks that need to be performed after a WSS installation or upgrade.
• perform an upgrade of WSS.

Overview/Description

Configure the WSS 3.0 perimeter network infrastructure by implementing an ISA Server, configuring security accounts, increasing availability and configuring web site addressing.

Lesson Objectives

Configure Network Infrastructure for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

• identify the appropriate perimeter network to set up in a given scenario.
• configure ISA
• identify the steps for setting up secure access to a perimeter network.
• configure an SSL certificate on ISA Server.
• identify how WSS technologies can increase availability.
• configure web site addressing for internal and external clients in a given scenario.
• configure an alternate URL.

Overview/Description

Describe how to configure various different aspects of WSS security, such as authentication, permission levels, user groups, and Information Rights Management (IRM).

Lesson Objectives

Configure Security for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

• recognize the authentication options in SharePoint.
• create and secure a web application.
• set authorization options for a site.
• create and secure a web application.
• assign custom permissions to a group.
• enable access for users and groups.
• recognize the steps required to set up IRM for WSS.
• configure permissions for new users in a group.

Overview/Description

Describe comprehensively how to administer WSS, using a variety of web-based and command-line tools for creating, configuring, backing up and restoring sites.

Lesson Objectives

Administer Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

• recognize the steps for some key central administration tasks.
• create and configure a top-level site for a site collection.
• configure a SharePoint site.
• recognize the steps for performing a WSS backup.
• recognize the steps for restoring WSS using Central Administration.
• perform a backup and restore of WSS.
• recognize when and how to use setup.exe and psconfig.
• recognize the steps for backing up and restoring a site, using stsadm.exe.
• back up and restore a WSS site using stsadm.exe.

Overview/Description

Describe the different ways to customize SharePoint using web parts to change the appearance of pages, master pages, and sites, and modifying the web.config file in order to customize code access security (CAS).

Lesson Objectives

Advanced Customization in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

• recognize how to customize a Web Part Page.
• identify the appropriate customizations to make to multiple pages in a given scenario.
• recognize how to customize the default master page using SharePoint Designer.
• modify an existing master page and apply it to the site.
• modify the web.config file.
• configure security for a web part.

Overview/Description

Describe the problems that may arise in a WSS environment, how to avoid these problems, and how to monitor your servers and track usage and diagnostics, using SharePoint's various performance monitoring and logging tools, such as the Performance Console, Microsoft Operations Manager, SharePoint Central Administration, and the Event Viewer.

Lesson Objectives

Monitor Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

• set up real-time monitoring in the System Monitor.
• identify the uses of Microsoft Operations Manager.
• use the Performance Console to set up real-time monitoring.
• recognize troubleshooting methods and recommendations in WSS.
• configure usage analysis and diagnostic logging settings.
• configure diagnostic logging.