Overview
Course Description
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to configure and manage a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 environment. This course will teach you how to configure SharePoint Server 2013, as well as provide guidelines, best practices, and considerations that will help you optimize your SharePoint server deployment. This is the first in a sequence of two courses for IT Professionals and will align with the first exam in the SharePoint Server 2013 IT Pro certification.
Audience Profile
The course is targeted at experienced IT Professionals interested in learning how to install, configure, deploy and manage SharePoint Server 2013 installations in either the data center or the cloud. Students typically have more than four years of hands-on experience* planning and maintaining SharePoint and other core technologies upon which SharePoint depends, including Windows Server 2008 R2 or later, Internet Information Services (IIS), SQL Server 2008 R2 or later, Active Directory, and networking infrastructure services.
Prerequisites
- Recommended: 20410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 (R2 Update)
- Recommended: 20410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 Boot Camp
- Recommended: 20411: Administering Windows Server 2012 (R2 Update)
- Recommended: 20411: Administering Windows Server 2012 Boot Camp
- Recommended: 20412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services (R2 Update)
- Recommended: 20412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services Boot Camp
- Has a working knowledge of and hands-on experience with SharePoint Online
- Has broad familiarity with SharePoint workloads
- Has experience with authentication and security technologies
- Has experience with Windows PowerShell
- Have experience with business continuity management, including data backup, restoration, and high availability
Learning Objectives
- Key features of SharePoint 2013
- Design an information architecture
- Design logical and physical architectures
- Install and configure SharePoint Server 2013
- Create web applications and site collections
- Plan and configure service applications
- Manage users and permissions
- Configure authentication for SharePoint 2013
- Secure a SharePoint 2013 deployment
- Manage taxonomy
- Configure user profiles and enterprise search
- Monitor and maintain a SharePoint 2013 environment
Course Outline
Course Outline
Module 1: Introducing SharePoint Server 2013
1.Key Components of a SharePoint Deployment
2.New Features in SharePoint 2013
3.SharePoint 2013 Deployment Options
4.After completing this module, you will be able to:
5.Identify the capabilities and architecture of SharePoint 2013.
6.Identify new and deprecated features in SharePoint 2013.
7.Identify deployment options for SharePoint 2013.
Module 2: Designing an Information Architecture
1.Identifying Business Requirements
2.Understanding Business Requirements
3.Organizing Information in SharePoint 2013
4.Planning for Discoverability
5.Lab : Creating an Information Architecture – Part One
6.Lab : Creating an Information Architecture – Part Two
Module 3: Designing a Logical Architecture
1.Overview of SharePoint 2013 Logical Architecture
2.Documenting Your Logical Architecture
3.Lab : Designing a Logical Architecture
Module 4: Designing a Physical Architecture
1.Designing Physical Components for SharePoint Deployments
2.Designing Supporting Components for SharePoint Deployments
3.SharePoint Farm Topologies
4.Mapping a Logical Architecture Design to a Physical Architecture Design
5.Lab : Designing a Physical Architecture
Module 5: Installing and Configuring SharePoint Server 2013
1.Installing SharePoint Server 2013
2.Scripting Installation and Configuration
3.Configuring SharePoint Server 2013 Farm Settings
4.Lab : Deploying and Configuring SharePoint Server 2013 – Part One
5.Lab : Configuring SharePoint Server 2013 Farm Settings
Module 6: Creating Web Applications and Site Collections
- Creating Web Applications
- Configuring Web Applications
- Creating and Configuring Site Collections
- Lab : Creating and Configuring Web Applications
- Lab : Creating and Configuring Site Collections
Module 7: Planning and Configuring Service Applications
1.Introduction to Service Application Architecture
2.Creating and Configuring Service Applications
3.Lab : Planning and Configuring Service Applications
Module 8: Managing Users and Permissions
1.Authorization in SharePoint 2013
2.Managing Access to Content
3.Lab : Managing Users and Groups
4.Lab : Securing Content in SharePoint Sites
Module 9: Configuring Authentication for SharePoint 2013
1.Overview of Authentication
2.Configuring Federated Authentication
3.Configuring Server-to-Server Authentication
4.Lab : Configuring SharePoint 2013 to Use Federated Identities
Module 10: Securing a SharePoint 2013 Deployment
1.Securing the Platform
2.Configuring Farm-Level Security
3.Lab : Hardening a SharePoint 2013 Server Farm
4.Lab : Configuring Farm-Level Security
Module 11: Managing Taxonomy
1.Managing Content Types
2.Understanding Term Stores and Term Sets
3.Managing Term Stores and Term Sets
4.Lab : Configuring Content Type Propagation
5.Lab : Configuring and Using Managed Metadata Term Sets
Module 12: Configuring User Profiles
1.Configuring the User Profile Service Application
2.Managing User Profiles and Audiences
3.Lab : Configuring User Profiles
4.Lab : Configuring My Sites and Audiences
Module 13: Configuring Enterprise Search
1.Understanding the Search Service Architecture
2.Configuring Enterprise Search
3.Managing Enterprise Search
4.Lab : Configuring Enterprise Search
5.Lab : Configuring the Search Experience
Module 14: Monitoring and Maintaining a SharePoint 2013 Environment
1.Monitoring a SharePoint 2013 Environment
2.Tuning and Optimizing a SharePoint Environment
3.Planning and Configuring Caching
4.Troubleshooting a SharePoint 2013 Environment
5.Lab : Monitoring a SharePoint 2013 Deployment
6.Lab : Investigating Page Load Times