Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 Bootcamp

4 Days

I. Understanding SharePoint 2013

1. What is SharePoint?
2. Changes from Previous Versions
3. New Features in 2013
4. Installing SharePoint 2013
   • Hardware Requirements
   • Software Requirements
   • Architectural Changes from 2010
   • Best Practices
5. Upgrading to SharePoint 2013
   • Upgrade Requirements
   • The Upgrade Procedure

II. Understanding SharePoint Governance

1. What is Governance
2. Creating a Governance Road Map
   • Define your Vision and Objectives
   • Identify your Technical Requirements
   • Identify your Business Requirements
   • Identify Risks and Concerns
   • Understanding you Audience
3. Governance Best Practices
4. Planning your Deployment

III. Administration of SharePoint

1. The Central Administration Tool
   • Capabilities
   • Limitations
2. Initial SharePoint Configuration
3. Service Configuration
4. Backup and Recovery

IV. Understanding SharePoint Hierarchies

1. The Four Content Levels
   • Site Collections
   • Sites
   • Lists and Libraries
   • Folders
2. Managing Content
   • Site Collections
   • Sites
3. Creating Site Collections
4. Creating SharePoint Sites
5. Working with Site Settings
6. Security and Permissions
   • Understanding SharePoint Security
   • Inherited and Unique Permissions
   • Customizing User Roles

Hands-On Lab:

• Creating SharePoint Sites
• Working with Site Settings

V. Collaboration and Socialization with SharePoint 2013

1. User Profiles
   • Synchronizing with Active Directory
   • User Profile Synchronization
   • Modifying Profile Attributes
   • Creating User Profiles
2. My Sites
   • Understanding My Sites
   • Customizing My Sites
3. Searching for Coworkers
4. SharePoint's Collaborative Features
   • Blogging
   • Micro-Blogging
   • Status Updates
   • Document Sharing and Collaboration

Hands-On Lab:

• Exploring You're My Site and Profile
• Collaborating and Socializing with SharePoint

VI. SharePoint Communities

1. What are Communities?
2. Creating Communities
3. Community Membership

Hands-On Lab:

• Exploring the Community Portal
• Building a Community
• Adding Community Members
• Managing SharePoint Communities

VII. Working with SharePoint Lists

1. What are SharePoint Lists?
   • Columns
   • Items
   • Views
2. Out-of-the-Box Lists
   • Creating Lists
   • Working with Lists
3. Custom Lists
   • Importing Lists from Excel
   • Creating Custom Lists from Scratch
4. Extending List Functionality
   • List Settings
   • Creating Columns
   • Creating Views

Hands-On Lab:

• Creating SharePoint Lists
• Working with Lists
• Extending List Functionality

VIII. Working with SharePoint Libraries

1. What are Libraries?
2. Understanding the Out-of-the-Box Templates
   • Document Libraries
   • Form Libraries
   • Picture Libraries
   • Slide Libraries
   • Report Libraries
3. Working with Libraries
   • Uploading Documents to Libraries
   • Working with Library Documents
   • Check-In/Check-Out
   • Version Control
4. Customizing Document Libraries
   • Customizing Metadata
   • Creating Custom Views

Hands-On Lab:

• Creating SharePoint Libraries
• Working with Libraries
• Extending Library Functionality

IX. Site Tools and Content Customization

1. Content Types
   • What are Content Types?
   • Examining Default Content Types
   • Creating Content Types (List Content Types vs. Library Content Types)
   • Content Type Settings
2. Managed Metadata
   • What is Managed Metadata?
   • Creating Managed Metadata
   • Utilizing Managed Metadata
3. Document Sets
   • What are Document Sets?
   • Advantages of Document Sets
   • Creating Document Sets

Hands-On Lab:

• Creating Content Types
• Modifying Content Types
• Using Content Types
• Updating the Managed Metadata Term Store
• Using Managed Metadata
• Creating and Using Document Sets

X. Understanding the New SharePoint Designer

1. What is SharePoint Designer?
2. Using SharePoint Designer
   • Modifying Site Settings
   • SharePoint Customizations
3. Working with Data Views

Hands-On Lab:

• Working with SharePoint Designer
• SharePoint Customizations
• Working with Data Views

XI. SharePoint Web Parts

1. What is a Web Part?
2. Working with Web Parts
   • Adding and Removing Web Parts
   • Customizing Web Parts
3. Editing Pages in SharePoint
4. Web Parts and SharePoint Designer
5. Data View Web Parts
   • What are Data View Web Parts?
   • Using Alternative Data Sources

Hands-On Lab:

• Creating SharePoint Pages
• Editing SharePoint Pages
• Using and Modifying Web Parts

XII. InfoPath Form Services

1. What is InfoPath?
2. Working with InfoPath
3. Designing Forms with InfoPath 2013
   • Understanding Form Design Elements
   • Understanding Form Controls
4. Publishing InfoPath forms to SharePoint
   • SharePoint Lists
   • SharePoint Libraries
5. Submitting InfoPath Form Results
6. Implementing Workflows to Process InfoPath Forms

Hands-On Lab:

• Designing InfoPath Forms
• Publishing Forms to SharePoint
• Using InfoPath Forms in SharePoint

XIII. SharePoint Workflows

1. What are Workflows?
   • Why Use Workflows?
   • Determining the Need for Custom Workflows
2. Changes in the Workflow System
3. SharePoint Workflow Templates
   • Collecting Feedback and Digital Signatures
   • Approval Workflows
4. Creating Custom Workflows with SharePoint Designer
   • Workflow Initiation and Variables
   • Understanding Conditions
   • Workflow Actions
5. Reusable Workflows

Hands-On Lab:

• Working with SharePoint's Built-In Workflows
• Creating Custom Workflows

XIV. Working with Business Intelligence

1. What is Business Intelligence?
2. Business Intelligence Considerations
   • Understanding SharePoint's Capabilities
   • Business Intelligence Benefits
   • Challenges and Limitations
3. Excel Services
   • Excel Services Capabilities
   • Report Libraries
   • The Excel Web Access Web Part
4. Key Performance Indicators
   • KPI Lists
   • KPI Web Parts
5. Charting with SharePoint
   • The SharePoint Chart Web Part
   • Connecting Charts to Data
   • Changing Appearance Properties
6. Introduction to Visio Services
   • Visio Services Overview
   • Publishing Visio Documents
7. Introduction to Access Services
   • Access Web Services Overview
   • Working with Access Databases
   • Using SharePoint's Built-in Databases
8. Business Connectivity Services

Hands-On Lab:

• Using Excel Services
• Creating and Using Status Indicators
• Using the SharePoint Charting Web Part

XV. Business Connectivity Services

1. What are Business Connectivity Services?
   • Why Use BCS?
   • Example Uses for BCS
2. Understanding the Elements of BCS
3. Working with BCS Data

Hands-On Lab:

• Working with BCS to Display information from External Applications
• Linking SharePoint Data to BCS

XVI. Customizing SharePoint

1. Site Definitions and Templates
   • What is a Template?
   • What is a Definition?
2. Understanding the Included Templates
3. Customizing Site Templates
4. Customizing List and Library Templates
5. SharePoint Themes
   • Changing SharePoint's Theme
   • Creating Customized Themes
6. Master Pages
   • What are Master Pages?
   • Resetting a Site to its original Master Page
   • Editing Master Pages
7. Page Layouts
   • Working with page layouts
   • Editing a page layout
8. Navigation
   • Quick Launch Bar
   • Top Link Bar
   • Customizing Navigation

Hands-On Lab:

• Creating and Applying SharePoint Themes
• Customizing a Master Page
• Creating and Modifying SharePoint Templates

**Course Outline subject to change. **