Your company will soon be upgrading to SharePoint Server 2010. As a veteran SharePoint 2007 user, you are very familiar with the SharePoint interface and know exactly how to use SharePoint to accomplish your day-to-day tasks. It's all very familiar and very comfortable.
But that's about to change.
SharePoint Server 2010 is a giant leap forward in capability and functionality. But much of what you are familiar with in SharePoint has changed. And the barrage of new features can be daunting.
- Which SharePoint 2010 new features will you use?
- What do you need to know?
- Which SharePoint 2010 new features will be of the greatest benefit to you in your work?
You need a hands-on guided tour of the new interface and the new features of SharePoint 2010 from a user perspective.
And this is it!
This two-day course is designed for non-technical, non-IT Professionals who need a guided hands-on introduction to the major new features and new functionality of SharePoint Server 2010, and for IT Professionals who need to familiarize themselves with the new user interface and new features. The course is intended for those who will likely be participating in a project to upgrade their organization from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010, and will not be responsible for performing the technical upgrade or administering the SharePoint server farm.
For a detailed list of the topics covered in the course, review the detailed course outline below.
This course is intended for:
- non-IT Professionals who will be participating in SharePoint 2010 Planning and Deployment project(s) in their organization, or SharePoint users who need to familiarize themselves with the new user interface and new features of SharePoint 2010.
- IT Professionals (Administrators, Developers, Managers, etc.) who need to understand the new SharePoint Server 2010 interface and new features from the user's perspective.
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Understand the concepts and terminologies that are unique to SharePoint 2010
- Understand the changes to the end-user’s day-to-day experience after upgrading to SharePoint 2010
- Understand the benefits and uses of many of SharePoint 2010's new features
The skill level and experience that is required to take this course are as follows:
- Must have at least 6 months experience with MOSS 2007 or WSS 3.0
- Must have intermediate skills with MOSS 2007 or WSS 3.0
This course is divided into two distinct sections, each with its own focus. One section will be covered each day:
A Day in the Life of a SharePoint 2010 End User
Microsoft has made significant improvements in how end users work in SharePoint. SharePoint 2010 new features we will explore on the first day include:
Module 1 - List Enhancements and the new SharePoint 2010 User Interface
- Changes to the SharePoint 2010 user interface with special emphasis on the Fluent User Interface (a.k.a. the Ribbon)
- Enhancements to the user interface that are available for common tasks through the adoption of Microsoft Silverlight
- Important SharePoint List enhancements including
- Formulas for column validations
- Enforcing unique values on columns
- The new in-line editing capability for Views
- The ability to more easily add content to pages in sites with in-line editing and in-line insertion of web parts
- Usage scenarios for the new Enterprise Wiki site template that enables the "wikis everywhere" concept
- The new Media Web Part that provides an easy way to show videos within SharePoint sites
Module 2 - Social Networking in SharePoint 2010
- Comprehensive new folksonomic tagging functionality
- Adding user Notes (i.e. comments) to pages throughout SharePoint 2010
- The new Rating column type that can be used on pages, libraries and lists
- Subscribing to the new Activity Feed of Colleagues
- Enhancements to the Blog Site template
- Enhancements to the look, feel and functionality of My Sites
Module 3 - The Office 2010 Web Applications and their Integration with SharePoint 2010
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Use cases for the Office 2010 Web Applications (Word Web App, Excel Web App, PowerPoint Web App, and OneNote Web App)
- Support for simultaneous co-authoring
- Technical and integration requirements for implementing and using the Office 2010 Web Applications with SharePoint 2010
Module 4 - Document Management in SharePoint 2010
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Introduction to the Managed Metadata service application from an end user's perspective
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Addition of unique Document IDs that function like "permalinks"
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Creation of Document Sets that are a new content type and give the user the capability of packaging together multiple documents into a set
Module 5 - Taking SharePoint Offline with SharePoint Workspace 2010
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Re-engineering and re-branding of Groove 2007 to SharePoint Workspace 2010
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Taking an entire SharePoint site "offline" with SharePoint Workspace 2010
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Synchronization process between SharePoint Workspace 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Sites
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Integration points between SharePoint Workspace 2010 and SharePoint 2010
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Limitations of SharePoint Workspace 2010
A Day in the Life of a SharePoint 2010 Power User/No-code Application Developer
Site owners, power users and no-code application developers have more power than ever before with SharePoint 2010. The new SharePoint 2010 features we will explore on the second day include:
Module 6 - Visio 2010 and Visio Services
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Designing visually unique dashboards with Visio 2010 and publishing them to SharePoint 2010 using the new Visio service application
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Connecting Visio services to line-of-business data sources
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Using Visio in the browser from a SharePoint 2010 site
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The new Visio Services Web Part
Module 7 - Business Connectivity Services
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Improvements that Business Connectivity Services (BCS) offers over MOSS 2007 Business Data Catalog
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BCS design tools in SharePoint Designer 2010
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Overview of External Content Types for defining external databases and web services using the BCS
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Support for full Create, Read, Update and Delete operations
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Availability in SharePoint Foundation 2010
Module 8 - Access 2010 and Access Services
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Overview of improvements in Access to SharePoint integration
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Web-enabling Access database applications by publishing them to SharePoint 2010
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Access object types that are supported in Access Web Databases:
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Tables
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Queries
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Forms
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Reports
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Macros
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Scalability
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Developing robust database applications that run in the browser using Access 2010 and Access Services
Module 9 - InfoPath 2010 and Forms Services
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SharePoint List add/change/delete forms are now 100% InfoPath forms
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InfoPath 2010 client program now comes in two versions:
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InfoPath Filler 2010
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InfoPath Designer 2010
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Enhancements to Forms Services to support more complex forms in the browser
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The new InfoPath Forms Web Part
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SharePoint 2010 Sandboxed-code feature removes requirement for Administrator-published forms
Module 10 - Workflow Development using Visio 2010 Premium and SharePoint Designer 2010
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Visually designing SharePoint 2010 Workflows using Visio 2010 Premium
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Importing Visio 2010-designed workflows into SharePoint Designer 2010 and completing the development
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Reusable workflow type in SharePoint 2010
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Site workflow type in SharePoint 2010
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The new workflow design wizard in SharePoint Designer 2010
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Nesting of workflow steps in SharePoint Designer 2010
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Impersonation feature of SharePoint 2010 workflows
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New workflow activities that ship with SharePoint 2010
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New workflow conditions that ship with SharePoint 2010