Introduction:
The goal of these 10 days, course is to introduce Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 to IT Professionals who need to install, configure, administrate, manage and design a Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 environment.  The course serves as an introduction to both Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Standard and Enterprise (MOSS) and Microsoft SharePoint Designer.
The instruction will begin with MOSS 2007, and will focus on all of the steps necessary to install and configure SharePoint properly in a single server farm.  Once SharePoint is up and running, students will learn administration, Planning, Deploying, Portal Solution, Content Management, Business Intelligence Solutions, Searches, Indexing, Web Parts, Workflows, Integration with other products and the core functionality of SharePoint 2007, so they can begin implementing sites and portals.
Student learning will be facilitated through a combination of instructor presentations and hands-on lab exercises. A sample company will be used in the labs to teach students how to apply SharePoint 2007 from concept to implementation in a typical environment.

Audience:
The course is targeted towards IT professionals who are responsible for installing, implementing, and administering a SharePoint 2007 environment.   It is designed for a technical audience consisting of administrators, developers, web masters, and others who wish to gain technical knowledge about SharePoint 2007.  No prior knowledge of any version of SharePoint is assumed. 

At Course Completion:
After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Understand the concepts and terminologies that are unique to SharePoint 2007
• Install, manage, configure and deploy SharePoint 2007
• Understand SharePoint Architecture and Planning.
• Implementing collaborative Features, user Profiles and Audiences.
• Implementing Business Intelligence Solutions.
• Configure search to create flexible solutions for providing access to the wealth of information MOSS can index
• Plan for and implement a secure portal solution
• Understand and implement the document management features available in SharePoint 2007
• A complete Demo project.

Prerequisites:
The only prerequisite for this course is a technical IT background.  The course is structured in a manner that assumes the student is an IT Professional, and comes to class with basic technical skills.  Experience with SharePoint 2007 or SharePoint 2003 is neither required nor expected of the student.

Obviously, some students who attend will already have experience with SharePoint.  The instructors will make the suitable connections for these students in the lecture, without confusing the students who are new to SharePoint.

Course Materials and Lab Environment
Students will receive a comprehensive course manual, which will include all presentation materials and lab exercises.  The lab exercises are step-by-step and fully documented in the student workbook. 
Each student will be given access to the SharePoint 2007 environment on virtual labs.  In essence, students will be attending a class where a fully functional SharePoint 2007 environment has been set up for their use in learning the product.  No pre-installation of SharePoint 2007 software on the student’s laptop is required for this class.

 Course Outline

Day 1              

- Overview of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

• Introduction to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

• Integrating Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in the Enterprise

• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Architecture

- Planning and Designing for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

• Preparing for a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Implementation

• Planning and Designing for Non-Functional Requirements

Lab: Documenting Non-Functional Requirements for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Solutions

• Preparing for a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Implementation

• Defining Non-Functional Requirements for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Day 2

- Deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Deployment Architecture

• Installing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

• Managing Shared Service Providers

Lab: Planning for and Deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

• Creating Deployment Plans for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

• Installing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

- Administering Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

• Creating Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Sites

• Managing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Features

Lab: Managing Sites and Features

• Creating and Managing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Sites

• Activating and Deactivating Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Features

Day 3

- Implementing Portal Solutions

• Creating Portal Sites

• Implementing Collaborative Features

• Implementing Users Profiles and Audiences

Lab: Implementing Collaborative Features in Portal Sites

• Creating and Managing Portal Sites

• Managing Personal Sites

• Managing User Profiles and Targeting

- Implementing Content Management Solutions

• Overview of Content Management

• Managing Documents and Content with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

• Implementing Content Management Processes

• Implementing Content Management Policies

Lab: Implementing Content Management Sites and Processes

• Creating Content Management Sites

• Managing Authoring Workflows and Processes

Lab: Implementing Auditing and Policies

• Planning Records Management Solutions

• Implementing Records Management Solutions

• Creating Records Management Solutions

Day 4

- Implementing Business Intelligence Solutions

• Configuring and Incorporating Business Data Catalog Applications into Portal Solutions

• Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Excel Services

• Implementing Business Intelligence Dashboards

• Creating Report Center Web Sites

• Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Forms Server

Lab: Implementing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

• Creating Business Data Catalog Applications

• Implementing Excel Services

• Creating Business Intelligence Dashboards

• Creating Server-Side InfoPath Forms

• Deploying Server-Side InfoPath Forms

- Implementing Search and Indexing

• Overview of Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search and Indexing

• Implementing Search

Lab: Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search and Indexing

• Defining Content Sources and Scopes

• Building Indexes

• Performing Searches

Day 5

- Maintaining and Optimizing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

• Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Backup and Restore

• Monitoring Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

• Performance Tuning and Optimization of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Solutions

Lab: Backing Up and Restoring Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Configurations and Data

• Performing Backups Operations

• Performing Restore Operations

Lab: Monitoring and Optimizing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Solutions

• Monitoring Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

• Optimizing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

- Group discussions and overview of the whole course.