Frequently Asked Questions

What is this course about? This course provides extensive hands-on experience creating and customising SharePoint applications with SharePoint Designer 2007. You acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to design site structure, define content layout, automate business processes, and integrate various data sources into your SharePoint environment. Who will benefit from this course? This course is valuable for those working in a SharePoint environment who need to provide easily developed business solutions without having to write code. What background do I need? A working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Office, the Web and SharePoint technologies is helpful. Experience with web development and/or programming is not required. What is SharePoint? SharePoint is a technology platform that currently consists of three components: Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (previously SharePoint Portal Server 2003) and SharePoint Designer 2007 (previously FrontPage 2003). What is Windows SharePoint Services? Windows SharePoint Services, a component of Windows Server 2003, provides team services to Office System and other applications. Windows SharePoint Services allows teams to build Web sites where they can share information and collaborate on documents in real time, whether team members are in the next office or in another country. SharePoint sites are custom built using Web Parts and ASP.NET components and act as centralised hubs where team members can work together on documents and other business-critical tasks in a seamless manner. The open access available via SharePoint has the potential to create greater and more productive team communication while producing vital documentation faster than traditional collaborative methods such as e-mail. What is MOSS 2007? Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, or MOSS 2007, extends the capabilities of WSS. It allows for enhanced user management capabilities, network-wide searching, personalised portals and includes a CMS (Content Management System). What is the difference between MOSS 2007 and WSS? Windows SharePoint Services is ideal for a small to mid-size organisation and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is appropriate for large, complex organizations. However, WSS is built into MOSS 2007. WSS is the foundation for a series of Microsoft products such as Project Server, Team Foundation Server, Portfolio Server and MOSS 2007. What is SharePoint Designer? SharePoint Designer is a visual design tool that allows for customisation of SharePoint sites and applications. Which version of Windows SharePoint Services is used in this course? In this course, you use Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Is this course applicable to Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and SharePoint Portal Server 2003? No. This course uses features only available in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. How much time is spent on each topic? Content Hours Overview of the SharePoint architecture 2.0 Structuring SharePoint Web sites 2.0 Publishing information 2.0 Displaying published content 2.5 Styling user interfaces 4.0 Rendering views with data sources 3.0 Persisting information 2.5 Automating business processes 3.0 Managing SharePoint applications 2.0 Times, including the workshops, are estimates; exact times may vary according to the needs of each class. What kind of exercises does this course offer? A substantial amount of time in the course is devoted to hands-on exercises, allowing you to develop your skills with SharePoint Designer. Exercises include: Creating Master and Content pages Defining Web Part zones and content regions Presenting and updating data within a form view Filtering related data in a master detail relationship Implementing business processes with custom workflows Utilising the built-in Three-State workflow Styling Web content with Cascading Style Sheets and XSL Restoring site backups How does this course relate to other Learning Tree courses? Learning Tree offers a number of courses that will help you expand upon the knowledge gained in this course and further your skills in several key areas. Those courses include: 954, Deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007: Hands-On  522, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for Web Page Development: Hands-On  512, Developing ASP.NET Web Applications: Hands-On  514, Windows® Workflow Foundation (WF): Hands-On  340, Project Management for Software Development  315, Developing User Requirements: The Key to Project Success  312, Software Quality Assurance: Delivering Consistent Quality  487, Designing and Building Great Web Pages: Hands-On  489, JavaScript for Web Development: Hands-On

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