Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2

Introduction: Now that you know how to create customized SharePoint sites matching your branding, you may want to extend your sites and include more functionality. This course is intended for entry-level SharePoint solution developers who are currently capable of creating basic SharePoint sites using the out-of-the-box functionality provided by the built-in SharePoint Designer templates and who now want to extend or create SharePoint sites with functionality by incorporating server web controls, data controls, customized workflows, and administration.

Aims: To further create and modify a SharePoint site using Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2007.

Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Work with ASP.NET forms
• Work with Data Sources
• Use SharePoint templates to update existing sites and create new templates from these changes
• Use advanced data integration techniques
• Customize existing workflows
• Manage various administration tools in SharePoint Designer 2007

Content

Working with ASP.NET Forms - Create an ASP.NET Form - Modify Form Control Properties - Validate Inputs - Customize an Interactive Button

Integrate Data Sources - Implementing Data Sources and Displaying Data in Data Views - Access a Data Source - Import Data into a Data View - Update the Data View Presentation - Work with the Data View Commands

Using SharePoint Site Templates - Open an Existing Subsite and Create a New Web Page from an Existing Template - Save a Customized Page - Revert a Customized Page - Save a Customized Site as a SharePoint Site Template

Advanced Data Integration Using SharePoint Designer 2007 - Move Data View Web Parts to Different Web Part Zones - Displaying Data from a Linked Data Source in a Data View - Reference and Consume a Web Service - Display XML Data with XSLT

Update Workflows Using SharePoint Designer 2007 - Opening and Modifying an Existing Workflow - Deploy and Test the Custom Workflow

Administering a SharePoint Site Using SharePoint Designer 2007 - Configure Contributor Settings - Generate Usability Reports - Optimize the HTML for a SharePoint Site - Spell Check a SharePoint Site - Back Up and Restore a SharePoint Site - Migrating a SharePoint Site

Course Includes: Lunch/refreshments and course materials