Windows SharePoint Services: Building Extended Collaborative Solutions
Course Specifications
Course number: 084715
Software: SharePoint
Course length: 2.0 day(s)
Course Description
Windows SharePoint Services: Building Extended Collaborative Solutions is the second course focused on building Web-based information sharing and collaborative solutions with Windows SharePoint Services. In the first course, you learned how to work with team Web sites and perform basic administration tasks. Now you need to expand your SharePoint solution to include a variety of teams with different needs and manage the sites and servers. In this course, you will learn how to create and use workspaces, as well as learn how to administer and support your entire Windows SharePoint Services Web-based solution. 
Course Objective: You will use Windows SharePoint Services to create virtual Web-based meeting and document workspaces, as well as administer, maintain, and extend the functionality of a team Web site.

Target Student: The ideal student for this course may include anyone in a finance, operations, sales, or human resources area with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services experience creating a team Web site using the default team Web site template, who is responsible for establishing virtual Web-based meeting and document workspaces to enable information sharing between project team or department members, or for administering, maintaining, and extending the Job functionality of a team Web site.

Prerequisites: Experience with an Internet browser product and power user experience with any application in the Microsoft Office Suite is required. Experience with basic server administration is strongly recommended. Information management experience may be helpful. In addition, the following ElementK course or equivalent experience is required: 
•	Windows SharePoint Services: Building Collaborative Solutions with Team Web Sites
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
You will need one computer for the classroom to run Windows Server™ 2003 Standard Edition and Exchange Server 2003 that meets the following system requirements: 
•	A Pentium III 133 MHz processor (550 MHz recommended).
•	256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended).
•	1.5 GB of disk space plus 700 MB for Exchange Server 2003.
•	A CD-ROM or DVD drive.
•	A VGA or higher video adapter and monitor.
•	A keyboard and Microsoft mouse or other input device.
You will need one computer for the instructor and each student to run Windows Server™ 2003 Standard Edition and Windows® SharePoint® Services that meets the following system requirements: 
•	A Pentium III 133 MHz processor (550 MHz recommended).
•	512 MB of RAM.
•	1.5 GB of disk space for Windows Server™ 2003 Standard Edition plus 550 MB of hard disk space for Windows® SharePoint® Services. 
•	A CD-ROM or DVD drive.
•	A VGA or higher video adapter and monitor.
•	A keyboard and Microsoft mouse or other input device.
Platform Requirements
Software Requirements
•	Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 Standard Edition.
•	Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition.
•	Microsoft Windows® SharePoint® Services 2.0.
•	Microsoft® Office 2003.
•	Microsoft FrontPage® 2003.
•	McAfee® PortalShield™ 1.0 for Microsoft SharePoint Server. 
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 
•	create a Windows SharePoint Services installation.
•	establish a workspace.
•	modify the appearance of a Windows SharePoint Services Web site. 
•	use Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 to modify Web components.
•	manage site usage.
•	administer a Windows SharePoint Services Web site.
•	configure Windows SharePoint Services connections.
•	remove a Windows SharePoint Services installation.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Creating a Windows SharePoint Services Installation
Topic 1A: Install Windows SharePoint Services 
Topic 1B: Set the SharePoint Administration Group 
Topic 1C: Configure Default Email Server Settings 

Lesson 2: Establishing a Workspace
Topic 2A: Create a Workspace
Topic 2B: Manage the Built-in Web Parts of a Workspace
Topic 2C: Manage Pages in a Meeting Workspace
Topic 2D: Customize Content Using Web Parts

Lesson 3: Modifying Web Site Appearance
Topic 3A: Apply a Theme
Topic 3B: Change Regional Settings
Topic 3C: Manage Galleries

Lesson 4: Using FrontPage to Modify Web Components
Topic 4A: Apply a Theme to Individual Web Pages
Topic 4B: Apply Formatting to a Web Page
Topic 4C: Edit Views 

Lesson 5: Managing Usage
Topic 5A: Configure Usage Analysis Processing
Topic 5B: View Site Usage Summary Data
Topic 5C: View Site Collection Usage Summary Data
Topic 5D: View Storage Space Allocation
Topic 5E: Set Site Collection Quotas and Locks 
Topic 5F: Add a Content Database 
Topic 5G: Configure User Alerts 

Lesson 6: Administering a Windows SharePoint Services Web Site
Topic 6A: Manage Site Collection Owners
Topic 6B: Manage Blocked File Types
Topic 6C: Configure Antivirus Settings

Lesson 7: Configuring Windows SharePoint Services Connections
Topic 7A: Set the Default Content Database Server
Topic 7B: Set the Configuration Database Server 
Topic 7C: Configure Data Retrieval Service Settings 

Lesson 8: Removing Windows SharePoint Services Components
Topic 8A: Configure Site Collection Use Confirmation and Auto-deletion
Topic 8B: Delete a Site Collection
Topic 8C: Remove Windows SharePoint Services from a Virtual Server 

Appendix A: HTML Viewer Service
Supplemental Topic Configure HTML Viewer

Appendix B: Full-Text Search Option