Administering Microsoft® SharePoint® Portal Server 2003

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to deploy and manage a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 infrastructure.
The student will learn skills that enable the student to deploy and manage a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 infrastructure as well as guide end users in their use of the product. This course is not intended to provide detailed design skills, but will cover planning skills at a level sufficient to enable decision making for the implementation process.

Audience
The audience operates in medium to very large computing environments that use the Windows 2003 Server operating system. Typical environments in which they work have the following characteristics:
· Supported users range from 200-100,000 or more
· Multiple physical locations
· Typical products and technologies include Windows 2003, IIS, Windows Sharepoint Services, SQL Server, Office web components, messaging and collaboration platforms, and network security products and technologies.

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will gain the skills to:
· Explain the function and goals of Microsoft Office Sharepoint Portal Server 2003.
· Deploy Sharepoint Portal Server in a small server farm.
· Configure server components and create and configure portal sites and virtual servers.
· Design the information structure for Sharepoint Portal Server.
· Manage Sharepoint Portal sites.
· Manage and monitor Sharepoint Portal Server.
· Plan and implement disaster recovery for Sharepoint Portal Server.

Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
· Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server 2003
· Successful completion of the Windows Server 2003 core curriculum for MCSAs.
· Working knowledge of networking, including TCP/IP and Domain Name System (DNS)
· Working knowledge of Internet Information Services (IIS).
· Successful completion of Course 2552A: Designing, Planning, and Managing a Windows SharePoint Services Infrastructure or working knowledge of Windows Sharepoint Services.

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams
No Microsoft Certified Professional exams are associated with this course currently.

Course Materials
The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.
The following software is provided in the student kit:
· Student CD

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft Office Sharepoint Portal Server 2003
This module provides an overview of the new features provided by Sharepoint Portal Server. The module also describes the architecture and design goals of Sharepoint Portal Server and provides an overview of the Sharepoint Portal Server administration model.
Lessons
· Overview of Sharepoint Portal Server Features
· Architecture and Design Goals of Microsoft Office Sharepoint Portal Server 2003
· Overview of Microsoft Office Sharepoint Portal Server 2003 Administration
· Exploring the Sharepoint Portal Services Deployment Options
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Describe the purpose, functions and new features of Sharepoint Portal Server and the differences between Sharepoint Portal Server and Windows Sharepoint Services.
· Describe the logical and physical architecture and the business goals of Sharepoint Portal Server.
· Describe the tools and used to administer Sharepoint Portal Server and describe the security model used by Sharepoint Portal Server.
· Describe the options for deploying Sharepoint Portal Server.

Module 2: Deploying Sharepoint Portal Server on a Single Server
This module explains the prerequisites for installing Sharepoint Portal Server and defines front-end and back-end servers. As well, the module provides an overview of the various deployment scenarios available. The module also describes how to install Sharepoint Portal Server on a small server farm.
Lessons
· Preparing to Install Sharepoint Portal Server
· Installing Sharepoint Portal Server
· Creating and Managing Portal Sites on a Single Server

· Lab: Deploying Sharepoint Portal Server on a Single Server

· Configuring Service Accounts
· Installing Sharepoint Portal Server with SQL
· Creating a Portal
· Configuring the Portal
· Creating a Top Level Web Site
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Describe the services, hardware and software requirements for installing Sharepoint Portal Services.
· Explain the procedures for installing Sharepoint Portal Server with MSDE.
· Configure and manage a portal site on a single server.

Module 3: Configuring Sharepoint Portal Server on a Single Server
This module describes the server component topology and basic server settings for Sharepoint Portal Server and explains how to create and configure the portal site and virtual server. The module also describes the server and site security configuration and explains how to configure portal components.
Lessons
· Configuring the Sharepoint Portal Services Server
· Configuring Sharepoint Portal Server Security
· Configuring Sharepoint Portal Server Components

· Lab: Configuring Sharepoint Portal Server on a Single Server

· Configure Server Farm Account Settings
· Manage Web Site Users
· Manage Blocked File Types
· Usage and Analysis Processing Configuration
· Configure Single Sign-On
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Configure the Sharepoint Portal Services server settings.
· Configure security for Sharepoint Portal Server.
· Configure the Sharepoint Portal Server components.

Module 4: Planning the Data Taxonomy for Sharepoint Portal Server
This module describes considerations that need to be taken into account when designing the Sharepoint Portal Server data taxonomy. The module also describes the search capabilities of Sharepoint Portal Server and how to plan the information structure of portal content. The module also describes the user environment and how to create user profiles and audiences and personal sites.
Lessons
· Guidelines for Designing the Sharepoint Portal Server Taxonomy
· Configuring Searches Capabilities of Portal and Non-Portal Content
· Planning the Information Organization in Sharepoint Portal Server

· Lab: Planning the Data Taxonomy for Sharepoint Portal Server

· Configuring Advanced Search Mode
· Configuring Content Sources and Indexes
· Configuring Source Groups
· Configuring Keywords and Best Bets
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Describe the key issues to consider when designing an information structure.
· Describe and configure the search capabilities of Sharepoint Portal Server.
· Describe how to effectively structure the information inside the Sharepoint Portal Server.

Module 5: Managing Sharepoint Portal Server Sites
This module describes the configuration of general server settings and portal site content structures and the topic assistant. The module also describes how to configure search settings and indexes and how to user profiles and audiences and personal sites.
Lessons
· Configuring General Sharepoint Portal Site Settings
· Managing Portal Site Content
· Configuring Search Settings and Indexes
· Configuring User Profiles, Audiences and Personal Sites

· Lab: Enhancing Collaboration with Windows Sharepoint Services

· Managing Users and Groups
· Allowing Anonymous Access
· Approving Sites for Indexing
· Importing Profiles
· Creating Audiences
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Configure general site settings.
· Manage portal site content.
· Configure search settings and indexing.
· Collect user information from Active Directory and create profiles, audiences and allow personal sites.

Module 6: Managing Sharepoint Portal Server
This modules describes how to plan for server capacity and implement the appropriate Sharepoint Portal Server configuration to achieve the required capacity. As well, the module describes how to monitor the Sharepoint Portal Server on an ongoing basis.
Lessons
· Planning Sharepoint Portal Server Capacity
· Deploying Server Farms
· Monitoring Performance and Logging

· Lab: Deploying Server Farms

· Deploying a Small Server Farm
· Configuring Server Components
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Plan the Sharepoint Portal Server deployment based on capacity requirements.
· Deploy a server farm.
· Configure performance monitoring and logging.

Module 7: Planning and Implementing Disaster Recovery for Sharepoint Portal Server
This module describes how to recovery from disasters on the Sharepoint Portal Server infrastructure. This includes how to backup and restore the Sharepoint Portal Server in each different deployment scenario.
Lessons
· Backing Up and Restoring Sharepoint Portal Server
· Backing Up and Restoring Individual Servers in a Sharepoint Portal Server Infrastructure
· Configuring Search Settings and Indexes
· Configuring User Profiles, Audiences and Personal Sites

· Lab: Planning and Implementing Disaster Recovery for Sharepoint Portal Server

· Backing Up Sharepoint Portal Server Data
· Backing up a Web Server
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Describe the various methods to backup and restore Sharepoint Portal Server.