Microsoft 10231 Training 70-668

Designing and Deploying a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure (GK Premier)

Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): SharePoint
Administrator 2010 M10231 70-668

Course Title: Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010

Infrastructure

Course Code: M10231
Version: A
Level: 300
Duration: 5 Days

Course Overview

The Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure M10231 instructor-led training course has been designed to teach IT Professionals how to design and deploy Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

Target Audience

Candidates who should consider attending the M10231 Microsoft training course are 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 and likely work as a senior administrator who acts as a technical lead over a team of administrators. Candidates should have at least six months experience with SharePoint 2010 (including pre-released versions of the product).

Course Objectives

On successfully completing the M10231 course candidates 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

Course Prerequisites

Candidates attending the M10231 Microsoft training course should have at least 2 years' experience administering, deploying, managing, monitoring, upgrading, migrating, and designing SharePoint servers and at least one year's experience of mapping business requirements to logical and physical technical design. Candidates are required to have a working knowledge of network design, including network security and have previously attended and completed course M10174: Configuring and Managing Microsoft SharePoint 2010, or possess the equivalent knowledge and experience.

Testing and Certification

The M10231 Microsoft training course is the recommended preparation for the 70-668 - PRO: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Administrator exam.

Course Content

Module 1: Designing a Logical Architecture

In this module candidates will learn how to create a logical architecture design.

Lessons:

• Identifying Business Requirements
• Overview of SharePoint 2010 Logical Architecture
• Documenting a 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, candidates 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

In this module candidates will learn 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 Logical Architecture

Lab: Planning a Service Application Architecture

• Identifying and Designing Service Applications
• Creating Service Applications and Assigning Proxy Groups

After completing this module, candidates 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

In this module candidates will learn 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, candidates will be able to:

• Describe the principles of designing to maximise 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

In this module candidates will learn 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, candidates 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

In this module candidates will learn how to design a security plan for SharePoint 2010 based on the principle of least-privilege.

Lessons:

• 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, candidates 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

In this module candidates will learn 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, candidates will be able to:

• Describe the different authentication and authorisation 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

In this module candidates will learn 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, candidates 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

In this module candidates will learn 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 Synchronisation

After completing this module, candidates 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

In this module candidates will learn 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, candidates 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

In this module candidates will learn 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 Organiser
• Configuring Retention Policies and Records Management

After completing this module, candidates will be able to:

• Describe the core functionality of ECM in SharePoint Server 2010 that influences design
• Describe the major steps that should be taken when planning 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

In this module candidates will learn 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 Centre and Enabling Excel Services

After completing this module, candidates 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 Centre in reporting and presenting BI components

Module 12: Developing a Plan for Governance

In this module candidates will learn 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, candidates 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

In this module candidates will learn 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, candidates 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

In this module candidates will learn 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, candidates 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

In this module candidates will learn 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, candidates 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

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