COURSE 9850 | 2-day SESSION
SharePoint 2007 Deployment & Architecture

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Course Outline

Section I: Deciding Between WSS and MOSS

• Distinction Between Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007
  
  • Similarities
    
  • MOSS Enhancements
    
  • Architecture Differences
    
  • Requirement Differences
    
• Considerations for choosing one or the other
  
  • Analyzing Your Needs
    
  • Future Planning
    

Section II: Planning a Deployment

• Hardware Considerations
  
  • Server Hardware
    
  • Storage Hardware
    
• Software Considerations
  
  • WSS vs. MOSS
    
  • SQL Server Express or MS SQL 2000/2005
    
  • Standard vs. Enterprise
    
• Choosing a Database
  
  • SQL Server Express Limitations
    
  • Advantages of SQL Server 2000/2005
    
  • Upgrading from SQL Express to SQL 2000/2005
    
• Analyzing Space Needs
  
  • Calculating Server Load
    
  • Calculating SQL Transactions
    
  • Estimating Disk Space Requirements
    
  • Planning for Future Growth
    
  • Backup/Recovery Considerations
    

LAB 1 — Gather your business and IT requirements for SharePoint deployment

Section III: Installing SharePoint

• Preparing Your Environment
  
  • Preparing Windows Server 2003
    
    • Install IIS
      
    • Install .NET 3.0 Framework
      
    • Install SMTP
      
• Creating Service Accounts
  
  • Why Use Separate Accounts?
    
  • SharePoint Service Accounts
    
  • Search Service Accounts
    
  • SQL Server Service Accounts
    
• Installing Windows SharePoint Server
  
  • Understanding SharePoint Prerequisites
    
  • Installing Windows SharePoint Services
    
• Installing Your Database
  
  • Understanding SQL Server 2005 Prerequisites
    
  • Installing SQL Server 2005
    
• Installing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
  
  • Installing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
    
  • Moving data from WSS 3.0 to MOSS 2007
    

LAB 2 — Prepare your organization by constructing the proper service accounts

LAB 3 — Install WSS 3.0 and your Database Server

Section IV: Upgrading to MOSS

• Upgrading from Previous Versions of SharePoint
  
  • Considerations When Upgrading
    
  • Upgrading from SharePoint Portal Server 2003
    
• Upgrading a Deployment from WSS to MOSS
  
  • Pros and Cons of Upgrading
    
  • Working in Conjunction With an Existing WSS Environment
    
  • Upgrading from Standard Edition to Enterprise Edition
    
• Upgrading Your Database
  
  • Limitations When Upgrading from SQL Express to SQL 2005
    
  • Upgrade Procedures
    

LAB 4 — Upgrade from WSS 3.0 to MOSS 2007

Section V: Configuring MOSS

• Configuring Email Settings
  
  • Inbound Email Settings
    
  • Outbound Email Settings
    
• Configuring Server Services
  
• Configuring Application Settings
  
  • Excel Services
    
  • Forms Services
    
• Shared Services
  
  • Search Settings
    
  • My Site Settings
    

LAB 5 — Configure all your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server options, including email services, server services, application settings, and shared services

Section VI: Deploying an Intranet

• Analyzing Your Needs
  
  • Determinig User Needs
    
  • Creating a Manageable Architecture
    
• Designing Security
  
  • Determining Security Needs
    
  • Enabling Anonymous Access
    
• Targeting Audiences
  
  • Creating Targeted Audiences
    
  • Managing Audiences
    
• User Profiles
  
  • Synchronizing User Profiles With Active Directory
    
  • Manually Managing User Profile Data
    
  • Allowing Users to Control their User Profiles
    
  • Considerations for Using MySites
    
• Designing Your Portal and Sites
  
  • Customizing Master Templates
    
  • Creating and Managing Sub-Sites
    
  • Creating and Managing workspaces
    
• Planning for Growth
  
  • Analyzing Growth Trends
    
  • Storage Planning
    
  • Performance Planning
    

LAB 6 — Deploy your Intranet over MOSS 2007 utilizing site collections, Active Directory, Shared Services, and Search

Section VII: Planning Your Backup and Recovery Strategy

• Gathering Backup Requirements
  
  • High availability options
    
  • Disaster Recovery Tools
    
• Setting Expectation with Service Level Agreements
  
  • Recovery Point Objectives
    
  • Recovery Time Objectives
    
• Backing Up Your Server Farms and SharePoint Content
  

LAB 7 — Gather your IT and business requirements for Backup and Recovery and implement