10231: Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure 70-668 (5 Days)
(Extended Lab Access Available for this course)
About this Course
This 5 day ILT courseteaches IT Professionals to design and deploy Microsoft SharePoint 2010
Audience Profile
This course is intended for IT Professionals who use Microsoft SharePoint 2010 in a team-based, medium-sized to large environment. While they may have implemented a SharePoint deployment, they have limited experience in designing a SharePoint infrastructure. They likely work as a senior administrator who acts as a technical lead over a team of administrators. Members of this audience should have at least 6 months experience with SharePoint 2010 (including pre-released versions of the product)
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Create a logical architecture design
- Create a logical Service Application architecture
- Create a capacity and performance plan for SharePoint 2010
- Map the logical architecture, service application architecture, and the capacity and performance plan against a physical architecture
- Design a security plan for SharePoint 2010 based on the principle of least-privilege
- Create an authentication plan for SharePoint 2010 that meets the business requirements
- Create a corporate taxonomy plan for a SharePoint 2010 environment and enable consumption of the terms within the term store
- Design a SharePoint 2010 environment that supports social computing features including user profiles and My Sites
- Design and implement search strategy in SharePoint 2010
- Translate business requirements for content management into an Enterprise Content Management solution
- Create a plan that reflects the role of SharePoint in an overarching corporate Business Intelligence strategy
- Develop the key SharePoint elements of a governance plan that is in agreement with the overarching corporate governance strategy
- Develop a plan for maintaining and monitoring a SharePoint 2010 deployment
- Develop a business continuity plan for SharePoint 2010
- Plan an upgrade from a previous SharePoint Product and Technologies version to SharePoint 2010
Before attending this course, students must have:
- At least 2 years experience administering, deploying, managing, monitoring, upgrading, migrating, and designing SharePoint servers
- At least one year’s experience of mapping business requirements to logical and physical technical design
- Working knowledge of network design, including network security
- Completed course 10174A: TS ITPro: Configuring and Managing Microsoft SharePoint 2010, or haveequivalent knowledge and experience
Course Outline
Module 1: Designing a Logical Architecture
This module explainshow to create a logical architecture design
Lessons
- Identifying Business Requirements
- Overview of SharePoint 2010 Logical Architecture
- Documenting Your SharePoint 2010 Environment
- Documenting the Logical Architecture
Lab : Designing a Logical Architecture
- Mapping Business Requirements to a Logical Architecture Design
- Creating a Logical Architecture Diagram
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Identify business requirements and describe how business requirements affect the logical architecture of a SharePoint 2010 deployment.
- Map business requirements to SharePoint 2010 architecture components.
- Explain the importance of documentation and describe the options for documenting logical architecture.
- Describe how to document a logical architecture design.
Module 2: Planning a Service Application Architecture
This module explains how to create a logical Service Application architecture
Lessons
- Introduction to the Service Application Architecture in SharePoint 2010
- Service Application Architecture and Components
- Topologies for Service Applications
- Mapping Service Applications to Your Logical Architecture
Lab : Planning a Service Application Architecture
- Identifying and Designing Service Applications
- Creating Service Applications and Assigning Proxy Groups
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the service application architecture in SharePoint 2010 and list the available service applications.
- Describe the components and options that are available in the service application architecture in SharePoint 2010.
- Describe some of the topology options for service applications and their respective benefits.
- Describe how to map and document business requirements to service applications.
Module 3: Planning for Performance and Capacity
This module explains how to create a capacity and performance plan for SharePoint 2010
Lessons
- Principles of Performance Planning
- Designing for Performance
- Principles of Capacity Planning
- Designing for Capacity
Lab : Planning for Capacity and Performance
- Creating a Performance Plan
- Creating a Capacity Plan
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the principles of designing to maximize performance.
- Create a SharePoint 2010 performance design that mitigates performance problems.
- Describe how capacity planning affects the design of a SharePoint 2010 implementation.
- Create a SharePoint 2010 farm design that caters for current and future capacity demands.
Module 4: Designing a Physical Architecture
This module explains how to map the logical architecture, service application architecture, and the capacity and performance plan against a physical architecture
Lessons
- Designing Physical Components for SharePoint Deployments
- Designing Supporting Components for SharePoint Deployments
- SharePoint Farm Topologies
- Mapping a Logical Architecture Design to a Physical Architecture Design
Lab : Designing a Physical Architecture
- Planning the Physical Architecture
- Troubleshooting a Name Resolution Problem
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the physical design requirements for SharePoint 2010.
- Describe the supporting requirements for a successful SharePoint 2010 physical design.
- Identify SharePoint farm topologies.
- Map a logical architecture design to a physical architecture design.
Module 5: Designing a Security Plan
This module explains how to design a security plan for SharePoint 2010 based on the principle of least-privilegeLessons
- Designing to Secure SharePoint 2010
- Planning for Service Accounts
- Planning Security for Users and Groups
- Planning for SSL
Lab : Designing a Security Plan
- Designing for Least-Privilege Security
- Identifying and Resolving Potential Security Issues
- Granting Read Access to the Production Auditors Group
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the security architecture in SharePoint 2010 and the importance of the principle of least privilege.
- Identify and plan security for core service accounts.
- Describe the considerations for implementing security for users and groups.
- Explain the options for implementing Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) in SharePoint 2010.
Module 6: Planning Authentication
This module explains how to create an authentication plan for SharePoint 2010 that meets business requirements
Lessons
- Overview of Authentication
- Introduction to Claims-based Authentication
- Selecting Authentication Methods
Lab : Planning Authentication
- Planning Authentication for Contoso, Ltd
- Enabling Claims-Based Authentication
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the different authentication and authorization methods that SharePoint 2010 uses.
- Describe claims-based authentication in SharePoint 2010.
- Select the most appropriate authentication method for a given SharePoint 2010 design.
Module 7: Planning Managed Metadata
This module explains how to create a corporate taxonomy plan for a SharePoint 2010 environment and enable consumption of the terms within the term store
Lessons
- Metadata in SharePoint 2010
- Overview of Content Types
- Mapping Managed Metadata to Business Requirements
Lab : Planning Managed Metadata
- Designing Content Types and a Term Set Framework
- Creating the Managed Metadata Service Application
- Importing Term Sets
- Publishing a Content Type
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the function of managed metadata in SharePoint 2010.
- Describe the function of content types and explain how to apply them to business requirements.
- Match the managed metadata architecture in SharePoint 2010 to business requirements.
Module 8: Planning Social Computing
This module explains how to design a SharePoint 2010 environment that supports social computing features including user profiles and My Sites
Lessons
- Overview of Social Computing
- Planning for Social Computing Functionality in SharePoint 2010
- Planning for the User Profile Service
Lab : Planning Social Computing
- Planning User Profiles
- Configuring User Profile Synchronization
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the social computing functionality that is available in Microsoft SharePoint 2010.
- Describe how the social computing functionality in SharePoint 2010 meets business needs.
- Plan user profiles for providing social computing functionality.
Module 9: Designing an Enterprise Search Strategy
This module explains how to design and implement search strategy in SharePoint 2010
Lessons
- Overview of SharePoint 2010 Search Architecture
- Search Topologies in SharePoint 2010
- Capacity and Performance Planning for Search
- Mapping Business Requirements to Search Design
Lab : Designing an Enterprise Search Strategy
- Planning for Search
- Planning Physical Topology
- Creating Search Service Applications
- Configuring Search
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the search architecture and process in SharePoint 2010.
- Describe the topologies that are available in SharePoint 2010 to service a range of search requirements across business models.
- Plan and document enterprise search for capacity and performance.
- Describe how to map business requirements to the SharePoint Enterprise and FAST search architectures.
Module 10: Planning Enterprise Content Management
This module explains how to translate business requirements for content management into an Enterprise Content Management solution
Lessons
- Overview of Enterprise Content Management
- Planning Tasks for Content Management
- Planning Features and Policies for Content Management
- Planning Web Content Management
Lab : Planning Enterprise Content Management
- Developing a Content Management Plan
- Enabling and Configuring Document IDs and Content Organizer
- Configuring Retention Policies and Records Management
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the core functionality of ECM in SharePoint Server 2010 that influences your design.
- Describe the major steps that you should take when you plan a content management solution in SharePoint Server 2010.
- Describe the considerations for planning features and policies for content management for SharePoint Server 2010.
- Describe how to plan for Web content management in SharePoint Server 2010.
Module 11: Planning a SharePoint 2010 Implementation of a Business Intelligence Strategy
This module explains how to create a plan that reflects the role of SharePoint in an overarching corporate Business Intelligence strategy
Lessons
- Overview of Business Intelligence Principles
- Planning Data Access by Using BCS
- Planning SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence Solutions
- Planning for Reporting and Presentation
Lab : Planning a SharePoint 2010 Implementation of a Business Intelligence Strategy
- Planning the SharePoint Business Intelligence Implementation
- Creating a BI Center and Enabling Excel Services
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the principles of BI.
- Describe how to plan for data access by using BCS.
- Describe data and security planning concerns for key BI tools.
- Describe the roles of SQL Server Reporting Services and the BI Center in reporting and presenting BI components.
Module 12: Developing a Plan for Governance
This module explains how to develop the key SharePoint elements of a governance plan that is in agreement with the overarching corporate governance strategy
Lessons
- Overview of Governance
- Key Elements of a Governance Plan
- Planning for Governance in SharePoint Server 2010
- Governance Implementation Features and Policies in SharePoint Server 2010
Lab : Developing a Plan for Governance
- Creating a Governance Plan
- Implementing the Governance Plan
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the concept of governance.
- Describe the key elements of a governance plan.
- Plan for governance in SharePoint Server 2010.
- Describe the governance implementation features and policies in SharePoint Server 2010.
Module 13: Designing a Maintenance and Monitoring Plan
This modules explains how to develop a plan for maintaining and monitoring a SharePoint 2010 deployment
Lessons
- Principles of Maintenance and Monitoring
- Creating a Maintenance Plan for SharePoint 2010
- Creating a Monitoring Plan for SharePoint 2010
- Considerations for the Maintenance and Monitoring of Associated Technologies
Lab : Designing a Maintenance and Monitoring Plan
- Resolving an Error in SharePoint 2010
- Splitting a Content Database
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the essential principles of a maintenance and monitoring plan.
- Create a maintenance plan for SharePoint 2010.
- Create a monitoring plan for SharePoint 2010.
- Describe the considerations for developing a maintenance and monitoring plan that incorporates technologies that support SharePoint 2010.
Module 14: Planning Business Continuity
This module explains how to develop a business continuity plan for SharePoint 2010
Lessons
- Overview of Business Continuity Management
- Developing a Business Continuity Plan for SharePoint Server 2010
- Creating a Backup and Restore Plan for SharePoint Server 2010
Lab : Planning Business Continuity
- Creating a Backup and Restore Plan
- Testing the Recovery Process
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe business continuity management.
- Describe how to develop a business continuity plan for SharePoint Server 2010.
- Describe how to create a backup and restore plan for SharePoint Server 2010.
Module 15: Planning for Upgrading to SharePoint 2010
This modules explains how to plan an upgrade from a previous SharePoint Products and Technologies version to SharePoint 2010
Lessons
- Identifying Upgrade Scenarios
- Planning Your Upgrade
- Upgrade Considerations
Lab : Planning for Upgrading to SharePoint 2010
- Creating an Upgrade and Migration Plan
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the range of upgrade requirement options and the available upgrade methods.
- Describe how to plan an upgrade to SharePoint 2010.
- Explain the key upgrade considerations.