SharePoint 2007 Administration & Development: Interactive Training course (DVD-ROM)

SharePoint 2007 Development interactive course on DVD-ROM is intended for Developers, Administrators, Designers, Planers, Web Masters, and Managers.

The training DVD provides a unique method of learning that allows you to see the steps, hear the explanations, and perform the tasks. Instructor demonstrations and hands on labs ensure that you fully understand all subject matters.

Training material includes:

• 18 hours of recorded presentations and demonstrations
• 11 hours of hands-on labs and exercises
• 350 slide course workbook (provided in electronic form) that can be printed for taking notes
• Virtual PC image with preinstalled software

Benefits:

• Gain in-depth knowledge of SharePoint administration, best practices, and customization
• Learn from the best in the industry
• Control the pace of the training
• Save time by working with a preconfigured Virtual PC image
  
  

What you will learn:
More than a thousand system architects, developers, and administrators from companies such as Microsoft, Lexis Nexis, Intel, and Nucor attended the "Microsoft SharePoint: Become an Expert" class on which we based the content of training DVD. Below are some of the items that you will learn as part of the course:

• All the topics covered on the Fundamentals DVD (listed after development topics)
• How to develop ASP.NET applications that work with SharePoint object model
• Details of most widely used sections of the object model (site collections, sites, lists, lists items, fields, user profiles, web applications)
• How to make custom ASP.NET pages look and feel adhere to rest of the SharePoint pages by using master pages
• Impersonation in SharePoint
• How to use CAML in the classes such as SPSiteDataQuery
• How to develop applications that use event handlers
• How to develop and deploy web parts
• How to add web part properties, custom tool parts and web part connections
• How to develop and deploy features
• The project structure for the feature that is composed of multiple features with element manifests for fields, content types, lists, and custom forms and has activation logic
• How to build custom queries and result sets for Office search
• How to access business data catalog through the api
• How to develop and deploy workflow templates in Visual Studio

Fundamental Topics

• Core SharePoint features - sites and site collections, lists, columns, views, site columns, version control, notification mechanisms, and web parts.
• How to administer security
• How to administer site collection content
• Site definitions: Features, Site Templates, and Solutions
• The importance of content types and their relationship to features such as site columns, workflows, information management policies, and content query web part
• New integration features in Office 2007
• How to use InfoPath to design and publish forms to InfoPath Form Services
• How to use Excel to design and publish reports to Excel Services
• How to use and administer Business Data Catalog integration into web parts, search, and lists
• How to create and run workflows in SharePoint and SharePoint Designer
• Basics of web content management
• How to use SharePoint Designer to change look and feel of SharePoint sites and create web parts that display information from various data sources
• The architectural foundation of SharePoint platform
• Details about the web server and the database server
• How to manage web applications and site collections and purpose of different web applications such as shared services or central administration
• How to plan deployment and content databases
• How to administer user profiles, active directory imports, and how to setup useful audiences
• How to setup search content sources, scopes, best bets, and managed properties
• How to customize search and search results pages
• How to use backup and restore tools
• How to administer and use Single Sign On
• Basics of upgrading from SharePoint 2003

A complete outline and a demo can be downloaded from the Pilothouse Consulting website.