Introduction
This five-day instructor-led course
provides students with the knowledge and skills to become a
top-notch Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Developer. From AJAX to
Event Handlers and Features, you will gain important insight
into the internal workings of SharePoint 2007.
Audience
This course is intended for experienced
SharePoint developers and students and will guide them
through the process of architecting and developing
SharePoint applications and customizations.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students
will be able to:
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Create a SharePoint site that is
customized and personalized to the end user
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Create and run reports
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Create custom field types to
enhance functionality of lists
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Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students
must have:
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MS-4995: Programming with
Microsoft .NET Framework Using Microsoft Visual
Studio 2005
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MS-2542: Advanced Data Access with
Visual Studio 2005
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MS-2543: Core Web Application
Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
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MS-5060: Implementing Windows
SharePoint Services 3.0 2007
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MS-5061: Implementing Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server 2007
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Course Outline
Module 1: Course Overview
This module explains how the class will be
structured and introduces course materials and additional
administrative information.
Lessons
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Introduction
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Course Materials
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Facilities
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Prerequisites
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What We'll Be Discussing
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Lab 1: Setup
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Set Up Web Applications for Lab
Use
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Module 2: Custom Authentication
This module explains ASP.NET providers,
how to create a single sign-on, and how to configure a
SharePoint Web Application.
Lessons
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Overview
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SharePoint = ASP.NET Application
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ASP.NET Providers
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Microsoft Single Sign-On
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Demonstration: Custom
Authentication
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Lab 1: Custom Authentication
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Create a Username/Password
Database
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Create a User
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Configure .NET Config File
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Configure a SharePoint Web
Application to Use Forms Authentication with Custom
Provider
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Lab 2: Single Sign-On
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Configure a Single Sign-On
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Program a Single Sign-On
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Configure a Microsoft Single
Sign-On
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Configure a SharePoint Web
Application
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Module 3: SharePoint Permissions
This module explains the permissions in
Microsoft Windows Server Systems (WSS) and how they have
been enhanced, explains how to set permissions at an item
level, and describes naming conventions.
Lessons
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Overview
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IIS Application Pools
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SharePoint Windows Groups
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SharePoint Default Groups
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ASP.NET Membership/Role Provider
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Assignable Entities
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Custom Permission Levels
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Permissions
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Site/List/Item Permission
Inheritance
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Security Trimmed Interface
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Web Application Policy
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SPSecurity Class
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Single Sign-On
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Demonstration: SharePoint
Permissions
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Lab 1: SharePoint Permissions
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SharePoint Default Groups
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Membership Users
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Custom Permission Sets
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Site/List/Item Permission
Inheritance
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Web Application Policy
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Set permissions at an item level
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Use the Membership/Role provider
feature of ASP.NET 2.0.
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Module 4: In-Browser Customization
This module explains how to add and edit
new pages using web parts, master pages, and themes.
Lessons
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Overview
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SharePoint UI Overview
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Default.aspx
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Everything Is a List
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Using Web Parts
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Customization Web Parts
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Adding New Pages
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Editing New Pages
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Master Pages
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Themes
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Navigation
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Demonstration: In-Browser
Customizations
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Page Layouts
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Content Types
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Content Management Server (CMS)
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Lab 1: In-Browser Customizations
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Default.aspx page
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Adding web parts
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Add/edit a new page
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Apply a master page
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Apply a theme
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Versioning and content approval
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Personalize site pages using web
parts
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Create and use master pages and
themes to make it easy for end users to change the
site to their preferences
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Module 5: Basic SharePoint Designer
This module explains the SharePoint
designer basics, how to create and modify existing sites,
and how to create CSS style sheets.
Lessons
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Overview
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SharePoint Designer Basics
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Creating/Modifying Existing Sites
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Exploring Team Sites
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Exploring Portal Sites
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Demonstration: SharePoint Designer
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ASP.NET Pages
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SharePoint Designer Editing
Features
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Demonstration: SharePoint Designer
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Creating Master Pages
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Demonstration: SharePoint Designer
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Using SharePoint Controls
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Demonstration: SharePoint Designer
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Creating CSS Style Sheets
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Demonstration: SharePoint Designer
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Lab 1: Basic SharePoint Designer Tasks
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Create a Site
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Add an ASPX Page
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Create a Master Page
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Override CSS
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Lab 2: Basic SharePoint Designer Tasks
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Check In/Check Out
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Add Web Parts
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Add Web Part Zones
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Adding Images
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Reset to Site Definition
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Make simple changes to your
SharePoint site
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Update master pages
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Create and override CSS
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Module 6: Advanced SharePoint Designer
This module explains reports, data views,
data sources, and how to back up and restore a Web site.
Lessons
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Overview
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Built-In Reports
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Data Views
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Data Sources
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Backup Web Site
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Restore Web Site
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Demonstration: Advanced SharePoint
Designer
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Lab 1: Advanced SharePoint Designer
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Reports
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Data Views
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Data Sources
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Backup a Site
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Restore a Site
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Run reports for quick data mining
of the sites
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Backup and restore a site
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Module 7: Content Types
This module explains different content
types, document information panes, and how to create custom
content types.
Lessons
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Overview
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Content Types Introduction
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Built-In Content Types/
Inheritance
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Content Type Settings
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Site/Content Type Columns
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Document Information Panel
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Workflows
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Custom Content Types
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Demonstration: Content Types
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Lab 1: Content Types
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Built-in Types
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Document Information Panel
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Workflows
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Define metadata layers around
content
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Build columns
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Assign items to common content
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Module 8: Site Definitions
This module explains WSS built-in
definitions, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
built-in definitions, and CAML and describes the different
SharePoint templates and themes.
Lessons
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WSS Built-In Site Definitions
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MOSS Built-In Site Definitions
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CAML
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Custom Site Definitions
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Site Definition Elements
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Site Definition Configuration
Element
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SharePoint Solution Generator
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SharePoint Templates
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SharePoint Themes
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Demonstration: Site Definitions
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Lab 1: Site Definitions
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Create Site Definition (manually)
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Create Site Definition (Visual
Studio)
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Lab 2: SharePoint Solution Generator
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SharePoint Solution Generator
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Lab 3: SharePoint Templates
Lab 4: SharePoint Themes
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Create a SharePoint Theme
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Add branding to the default site
definitions
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Use the Solution Generator
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Module 9: Features
This module explains types of features and
how to create, activate, and deactivate them.
Lessons
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Features Overview
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Types of Features
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Feature Scopes
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Feature Dependencies
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Feature Localization
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Feature Event Receivers
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Creating Features
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Deploying Features
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Activating/Deactivating Features
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Solutions
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Demonstration: Features
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Lab 1: Features
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Creating a Feature
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Deploying a Feature
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Lab 2: Features
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Create a Feature using Visual
Studio
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Lab 3: Solutions
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Package features into a solution
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Scope a feature such as a web part
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Create, deploy, activate, and
deactivate features
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Module 10: Web Services API
This module explains web services API and
some common SharePoint Web Services that are available.
Lessons
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Overview
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Web Service APIs
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Why Use Web Services
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Common SharePoint Web Services
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Demonstration: Finding and Using
SharePoint Web Services
Lab 1: Web Service API
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Find Web Service
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Add Web Service Reference
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Use the Web Service
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Use web services to integrate your
applications with SharePoint
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Module 11: Web Part Development
This module explains web part connections,
upgrading web parts, and code access security.
Lessons
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Overview
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Web Parts
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WSS 2.0 vs. WSS 3.0 Web Parts
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ASP.NET Web Part Class
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Web Part Connections
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Web Part Connections (Interfaces)
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Upgrading your Web Parts to WSS
3.0
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When to use SharePoint Web Part
Class
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Web Part Permissions
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Code Access Security (CAS)
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Web Part Performance Hints
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Demonstration: WebParts
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Lab 1: WebParts
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Creating WebParts
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Deploying WebParts
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Build WebParts that Interface with
Data Sources
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Lab 2: WebParts
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Implement Web Part Connections
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Lab 3: WebParts
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Implement Synchronous Web Part
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Implement Asynchronous Web Part
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Use web parts to customize and
personalize
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Connect web parts to each other to
implement more advanced functionality
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Module 12: Client Side Scripts / AJAX
This module explains how to emit client
side scripts and describes common AJAX uses.
Lessons
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Overview
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Client Side Scripts
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Emitting Client Side Scripts
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AJAX Introduction
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Common AJAX Uses
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SharePoint AJAX Support
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Demonstration: Client Side Scripts
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Lab 1: Client Side Scripts / AJAX
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Client Side Scripts
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AJAX
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Move functionality from Server to
Client
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Enhance user experience by using
AJAX
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Module 13: Object Model
This module explains object model Dlls and
how to use the object model.
Lessons
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Object Model Overview
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Object Model Dlls
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Using the Object Model
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SPSite vs. SPWeb
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Namespace Changes (2.0 to 3.0)
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Demonstration: Object Model
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Lab 1: Object Model
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Object Model Dlls
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Using the Object Model
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Build applications that extend
functionality
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Create tools to automate common
administrative functions
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Allow other .NET applications to
integrate with SharePoint
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Module 14: Custom Field Types
This module explains how to create
built-in types and custom field types.
Lessons
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Overview
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Field Types Introduction
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Built-In Field Types
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Custom Field Types
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Demonstration: Custom Field Types
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Lab 1: Custom Field Types
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Building Custom Field Types
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Create custom field types to
enhance the functionality of lists in SharePoint
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Module 15: SharePoint Events / Timer Jobs
This module explains how to create new
events in SharePoint.
Lessons
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Overview
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SharePoint Event Handler History
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New Events
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More Event Details
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SharePoint Timer Service
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SP JobDefinition Class
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Lab 1: SharePoint Events
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Create an Event
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Assign an Event to a List
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Assign an Event to a Site
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Lab 2: SharePoint Timer Jobs
After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Add event receivers to objects
(lists and sites)
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Understand the object model
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Include event receivers on
SharePoint sites
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Module 16: Shared Services
This module explains the features of the
shared services.
Lessons
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Overview
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Shared Services Features
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Life without Shared Services
Features
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Life with Shared Services Features
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Lab 1: Setup Shared Services
After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Add extra functionality with
Shared Services
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Module 17: Workflows (SP Designer)
This module explains the differences
between SharePoint Designer workflows, conditions, and
actions.
Lessons
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Overview
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Built-In WSS/MOSS Workflows
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SharePoint Designer Workflows
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SharePoint Designer Conditions
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SharePoint Designer Actions
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Extending SharePoint Designer
Workflows
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Demonstration: SharePoint Designer
Workflows
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Lab 1: MOSS Workflows
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Create and Use Each of the MOSS
Workflows
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Lab 2: Workflows (SP Designer)
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SharePoint Designer Workflows
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Extending SharePoint Designer
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Use SharePoint workflows,
conditions, and actions
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Add conditions and actions to
further the functionality
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Module 18: Workflows (Visual Studio)
This module explains the types of
workflows and how to use them with Visual Studio and
SharePoint.
Lessons
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Overview
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Windows Workflow Foundation
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Workflow Persistence
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Workflow Types
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Workflows with Visual Studio
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SharePoint Workflows
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SharePoint Workflows Forms
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Debugging a Workflow
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Comparison of Visual Studio vs.
SharePoint Designer
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Demonstration: Workflows (Visual
Studio)
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Lab 1: Workflow (Visual Studio)
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Create a Custom Workflow
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Create and use workflows
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Design workflows with Visual
Studios
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Module 19: ASP.NET Localization
This module explains how to use RESX
files, SharePoint resource files, and SharePoint language
Packs.
Lessons
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Overview
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ASP.NET Localization
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Culture and UICulture
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RESX Files
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Implicit vs. Explicit
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SharePoint Resource Files
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Browser Language
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SharePoint Language Packs
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Demonstration: ASP.NET
Localization
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Lab 1: ASP.NET Localization
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RESX Files
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Browser Language
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Localize a SharePoint site for
other languages and cultures
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Override the default SharePoint
RESX Files
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Module 20: SharePoint/Microsoft FrontPage
RPC
This module explains how to use FrontPage
RPC and SharePoint RPC.
Lessons
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Overview
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FrontPage RPC
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SharePoint RPC
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Lab 1: SharePoint RPC
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Call a Simple SharePoint RPC
Method
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Use RPC methods do the work
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Module 21: Excel Services
This module explains how to use Excel
Services.
Lessons
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Overview
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Excel Services Trusted Locations
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Excel Services Web Parts
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Excel Services Object Model/Web
Services
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Lab 1: Excel Services
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Create and Upload an Excel File
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Add a Trusted Location
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Configure Excel Web Parts
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Use Excel Services to centralize
Excel files
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Prevent “bad” Excel files from
being uploaded by using trusted locations
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Module 22: Business Data Catalog
This module explains Business Data
Catalogs.
Lessons
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Overview
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Application Definition Files
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Business Data Catalog Web Parts
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Business Data Catalog Indexing
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Business Data Catalog with Single
Sign-On
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Lab 1: Business Data Catalog
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Install a BDC Application
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Setup BDC Web Parts
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Create a List that Uses BDC Data
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Using BDC to gain access to
important data in a backend system
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Use BDC data to populate list data
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Module 23: Business Intelligence
This module explains how to use the report
center, KPIs, dashboards, and Reporting Services
Integration.
Lessons
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Overview
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Report Center
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Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
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Dashboards
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Reporting Services Integration
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Lab 1: Business Intelligence
| • |
Integrate SQL Server Reporting
Services
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Create a Report
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Use the Reporting Services Web
Part
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Use the Report Center as the main
portal to reports and business data
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Utilize KPIs for quick and easy
decision making
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Integrate Reporting Services
seamlessly with SharePoint sites
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Module 24: Upgrading WSS 2.0 to 3.0
This module explains how to use Presan.exe
and database migration and explains some migration issues.
Lessons
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Overview
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Prescan.exe
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In-Place Upgrade
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Side-By-Side/ Gradual Upgrade
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Side-By-Side/Gradual Upgrade Steps
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Database Migration Upgrade
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Upgrading Site Definitions
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Migration Issues
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Lab 1-4: Migrating SharePoint
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In-Place Upgrade
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Gradual Upgrade
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Database Migration
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Migration Issues
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After completing this module, students
will be able to:
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Use the prescan.exe tool to find
common issues
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Test the migration in a staging
environment
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