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Creating No-Code SharePoint Designer Solutions for SharePoint 2010 Webcast

This online class runs Monday through Friday for 3.5 hours each day from 12:00pm until 3:30pm Eastern Time. Each day consists of two lectures with follow up Q/A time. Each day we provide students with take-away lab exercises which we expect students to complete on their own time before the next day of class.

Daily Schedule

All times Eastern Time!

Lecture: 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Q/A time: 1:15pm - 1:30pm
Break: 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Lecture: 2:00pm - 3:15pm
Q/A time: 3:15pm - 3:30pm

Class Detailed Agenda

Module 1 - Creating & Customizing SharePoint 2010 Sites

Microsoft has made big investments into SharePoint 2010 to make it a robust platform that can quickly respond to business needs. In this module, you will get a whirlwind tour of how to get around the SharePoint 2010 environment and gain an understanding of the different components that combine together to make up this platform.

Overview of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation vs. SharePoint Server 2010
Getting Around in Central Administration & Site Settings
Team sites and collaboration
The server ribbon
Editing a Site’s home page
Adding and customizing Web Parts
Survey of included Site Templates

Module 2 - Introduction to SharePoint Designer 2010

SharePoint Designer 2010 is the recommended application to make customizations and build powerful solutions on top of SharePoint 2010. You will learn how and where SharePoint Designer fits into the big picture in accordance with related SharePoint technologies. You will also understand how to navigate around the SharePoint Designer environment and discover what each piece does.

Overview of SharePoint Designer 2010 Feature Set
Exploring a Team Site with SharePoint Designer 2010
Modifying a Team Site’s Master Page
Adding a custom action
SharePoint Designer 2010 Security Settings

Module 3 - Creating and Customizing Content

SharePoint Designer 2010 can be used to create the SharePoint site structure and manage its content. Creating Content types, site columns, web part pages, web parts, and managing site security can all be accomplished using this application. This module shows how a site administrator can create components much more quickly and efficiently using SharePoint Designer as opposed to using the browser.

Adding Pages to a Site
Standard Pages vs. Web Part Pages vs. Wiki Pages
Creating a List with SharePoint Designer 2010
Customizing navigation in a Team Site
Creating Document Libraries and Document Templates
Creating Site Columns and Content Types with SharePoint Designer 2010

Module 4 - XSLT Web Part and the Data View Web Part

Working with and collaborating on data is an essential part of SharePoint 2010. To facilitate the collaboration, Lists and Libraries are utilized heavily in SharePoint. SharePoint Designer 2010 can be used to customize the view of that data to conform to user needs. Aside from manipulating the presentation of SharePoint data, SharePoint Designer can also make connections to and present data from external data sources such as databases and web services. In this module, you will learn how to use SharePoint Designer to work with internal and external data sources.

Customizing pages with XsltListView Web Part with SharePoint Designer 2010
Condition Formatting with XsltListView Web Part with SharePoint Designer 2010
Display XML data and database tables using Data Form Web Part with SharePoint Designer 2010

Module 5 - InfoPath 2010 and Forms Services

Finally, you can make your goals of going paperless a reality! Microsoft Office InfoPath 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 together provide a powerful platform for working with electronic forms. In this module, you will see how you can build robust electronic forms with data validation and conditional logic using InfoPath 2010 and then publish them easily to SharePoint Server 2010 to be filled out by the users using just an internet browser.

Understanding the Scope and Purpose of InfoPath 2010
Working with the InfoPath Forms Designer
Forms Libraries and User Published Forms
Forms Services and Browser-Rendered Forms

Module 6 - Creating Workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010

One of the extremely powerful features in SharePoint Designer 2010 is the ability to create dynamic and reusable Workflows. SharePoint Designer's workflows let you design powerful multi-step workflows from scratch or to build upon the out-of-the-box reusable workflows. You can even create your workflow in Visio 2010 and then import it within SharePoint Designer 2010. In addition to all that, you can customize your workflow input forms using InfoPath 2010. In this module, you will learn all about SharePoint Designer Workflow's and their integration with Visio and InfoPath.

Motivation For Workflows To Automate Business Processes
Understanding Various Types Of Workflows: Site, List, Content Type & Reusable
The SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflow Task Editor
Modeling A Workflow With Visio 2010
Importing A Visio 2010 Workflow Into SharePoint Designer 2010
Customizing Workflow Input Forms

Module 7 - Web Content Management

SharePoint 2007 was Microsoft’s first foray into Web Content Management (WCM) on the SharePoint platform. In SharePoint 2010 Microsoft improved the WCM offering in many ways, In this module you’ll see how to leverage SharePoint Server 2010 WCM to create content-centric sites as well as how to create a custom look and feel experience

Overview of Publishing Site Functionality
Creating and Approving Publishing pages
Integrating Master Pages and custom CSS files
Creating Custom Page Layouts
Customizing the Workflow Behind the Publishing Approval Process

Module 8 - Enterprise Content Management

Microsoft’s approach to ECM is to encourage more people to participate in ECM solutions as well as provide the tools for records managers to manage and analyze the large quantities of content. In this module you will learn about Microsoft’s ECM strategy within SharePoint Server 2010. You will also see how you can leverage SharePoint Server 2010 to create robust content-centric solutions using Web Content Management.

Enterprise Metadata & Taxonomies
Creating and exploiting term sets
In-Place Records Management
Document Sets
Unique Document IDs

Module 9 - Leveraging External Data in SharePoint 2010 with Business Connectivity Services

Microsoft first introduced the concept of the Business Data Catalog (BDC) in SharePoint 2007 to consume data from external sources. In SharePoint 2010 Microsoft improved on this platform by adding the ability to read/write data to these external systems as well as expand on the available data sources by adding a new concept: the .NET Connector. In this module you’ll learn how to use SharePoint Designer 2010 to integrate your SharePoint environment with external Line of Business Data to create robust business solutions.

Overview of options to leverage external data in SharePoint Server 2010
Overview of External Content Types (ECT)
Using SharePoint Designer 2010 to customize ECTs
Using ECTs in external lists
Using ECTs in search solutions

Module 10 - Creating Offline Solutions with SharePoint Workspace 2010

Working with SharePoint offline is a powerful feature that is made available with the use of SharePoint Workspace 2010 (formerly called Groove). Using Workspace 2010, site users can continue to contribute and collaborate easily while they are not connected to the site online. Once back online, the changes automatically synchronize back to SharePoint online. You will learn how to setup a SharePoint Workspace to take advantage of this powerful feature.

Overview and introduction to SharePoint Workspace 2010
Taking SharePoint site’s content offline with SharePoint Workspace
Customizing SharePoint Workspace

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