This online class runs Monday through Friday for 3.5 hours each day from 12:00pm until 3:30pm Eastern Time (GMT -0500). 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 (GMT -0500)
- 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
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 Wikis and Social Networking
A major area of attention in SharePoint 2010 is the social aspect. Each user has their own My Site which serves as their identity for the entire deployment and organization. In this module you’ll learn how to implement & customize My Sites as well as use some of the other social networking capabilities like wikis, the new Enterprise Wikis, blogs and audience targeting in SharePoint 2010
- The Enterprise Wiki site template
- Integrating branding artifacts and term sites
- User Profiles
- My Sites
- Audience Targeting
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