50146 - Advanced SharePoint 2007 Development

Introduction

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

This 5 day deep-dive will guide individuals through the process of architecting and developing Microsoft Office SharePoint applications and customizations with a focus on MOSS fundamentals and features and how to extend them. You will see how to customize the document policy feature and add your own actions. You will gain guidance on how to work programmatically with the Records Center, Content Management, Search Center, and Microsoft Office InfoPath Services. You’ll learn to extend the document converter functionality with your own converters, as well as how to integrate with the User Profile and Audience APIs. This course focuses on Microsoft Exam 70-542.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for anyone looking to develop SharePoint customizations at a MOSS core level.

Prerequisites

• Before attending this course, students should have professional development experience with:
  
  Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
  the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
  Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0.
  Attendees should also be familiar with Microsoft Office products such as:
  Microsoft Office Word
  Microsoft Office Excel
  InfoPath
  You should have also taken the Advanced SharePoint Programming Part I course.

At Course Completion

• After completing this course, students will be able to:
  Create a Shared Services provider.
  Create an Information policy and a custom expiration date.
  Use record routing and holds.
  Customize a site using enabled controls, variation, and content deployment.
  Create InfoPath forms.
  Use Excel Services.
  Work with data connection libraries.
  Understand and work with BDC.
  Create a document converter.
  Create and administer User Profiles.
  Use Search effectively.
  

Course Outline

Module 1: Overview
This module introduces the student to the objectives of the course.
Lessons
This module contains labs only.
Lab : Site Definitions
Create One of Each WSS/MOSS Site Definition
Lab : Shared Services
Create a Share Services Provider

Module 2: Document Policies
This module explains how to create and use the object model to create basic information policies and how to create a custom policy resource for the Bar Code policy feature.
Lessons
Information Management Policy
Lab : Information Management Policies
Create a Basic Policy (Manually)
Lab : Information Management Policies
Create a Custom Policy
Lab : Expiration Actions
Create a Custom Expiration Action
Lab : Custom Policy Resources
Create a Bar Code Generator

Module 3: Records Management
This module reviews configuring and sending documents to the document center, explores the Hold center, and shows how to create and query Record Routing entries.
Lessons
Document Center
Records Center
Lab : Records Management
Use the Records Center
Lab : Records Management
Record Routing
Submit a Document
Create a Hold
Lab : Custom Router
Create a Custom Router

Module 4: Content Management
This module explains how to use the browser to implement a content deployment strategy, how to add an action, how to create a variation, how to create content and set up a Path and Job, and how to create Web applications and site collections.
Lessons
Variations
Content Deployment
Content Management
Lab : Content Management
Page Layouts
Lab : Extend Page Toolbar
Create the actions
Lab : Variations
Create a variation
Variation Label Menu
Variation Root Landing Page
Lab : Content Deployment Features
Create a Content Deployment Path and Job
Lab : Content Deployment API
Create Content Deployment Application
Test Content Deployment

Module 5: InfoPath Forms Services
This module demonstrates how to create an InfoPath Form from scratch, reviews default forms loaded by MOSS, and shows how to integrate a form view into your ASP.NET Web forms.
Lessons
InfoPath Forms Services
Best Practices
InfoPath 2007
Lab : InfoPath Forms
Create an InfoPath Form (Blank Template)
Create an InfoPath Form (Database)
Create an InfoPath Form (Xml)
Create an InfoPath Form (Web Service)
Create an InfoPath Form (Connection Library)
Convert Word and Excel to InfoPath
Lab : InfoPath Services
Review MOSS InfoPath Forms
Publish/Upload a Form to Forms Library
Upload Form to InfoPath Forms Services
Lab : InfoPath Forms Services
Integrate IFS with ASP .NET 2.0
Coding the XmlFormView Control
Submitting a Form from ASP .NET

Module 6: Excel Services
This module explores how to create an Excel file and publish it to a document library, how to use the Excel Services Web service and create an Excel Snapshot, how to create a UDF, and how to install the EWA Companion.
Lessons
Excel Services
Lab : Excel Services
Create and Publish an Excel File
Shared Data Connections
Single Sign On Connections
Customize XLViewer.aspx
Lab : Excel Services Web Services
Open a Visual Studio .NET Project
Use the Excel Services Web Service
Excel Snapshots
Lab : User Defined Functions
Create a User Defined Function
Lab : Excel Services
Excel Services Object Model
Lab : EW Companion Lab
Install EWA Companion

Module 7: Business Data Catalog
This module shows how to define and modify an application definition for SharePoint, how to create a BDC file, how to use the BDC Web Service, and how to set up BDC Indexing.
Lessons
Business Data Catalog
Lab : Business Data Catalog
Review/Import an Application Definition File
Test Your Business Data
Lab : Business Data Catalog
Review the BDC Schema Files
Create a BDC App Def File (Manually)
Create a BDC App Def File (Code Gen)
Lab : Business Data Catalog Permissions
Import an Application Definition File (Optional)
BDC Permissions
Lab : BDC Single Sign On
Modify the Application Definition File (Use DB Credentials)
Modify the Application Definition File (Use SSO Credentials)
Custom Single Sign On Solution (Optional)
Lab : Web Services
Open Visual Studio .NET Project
Use the Business Data Catalog Web Service
Lab : Business Data Catalog Pages
Setup BDC Indexing

Module 8: Business Intelligence
This module explores the Report Center and explains how to use Filter Web parts.
Lessons
Business Intelligence
Lab : MOSS Site Definitions
Use the Report Center
Lab : Filter Web Parts
Create a New Web Part Project

Module 9: Document Converters
This module explains creating and using document converters.
Lessons
Document Converters
Lab : Custom Document Converter (Optional)
Create the Converter

Module 10: User Profiles
This module explores User profile settings, demonstrates how to find details about the User Profile Web Service API, and shows how to import BDC data into SharePoint Profile.
Lessons
User Profile API
User Profile Overview
Lab : User Profiles
Review UserProfiles namespace
Review User Profile Settings
Use the User Profile API
Lab : User Profiles
Examine User Profile Web Service
Lab : User Profiles and BDC
Connect BDC to SharePoint Profile

Module 11: Audiences
This module explores how to create audience via the Central Administration console, and how to create audience programmatically.
Lessons
Audiences
Lab : Audiences
Create Audience via Central Administration
Create Audience Programmatically

Module 12: Search
This module explores how to use the Search API, the Search Query API, and the Search Web Service API; how to use Search via the browser and through SPQuery; how to modify Relevance settings and to create Best Bets; how to update the Thesaurus; and how to get a typical search result .xml.
Lessons
Performing Searches
Programming Search
Search Overview
Tuning Search
Extending Search
Lab : Extending Search
Use the Search API
Lab : Search Query
Search Queries
URL Search
SPQuery
Lab : Search Web Services
Use the Search Web Service
Lab : Search
Relevance
Keywords and Best Bets
Thesaurus
Noise Words
Lab : Customizing Search Results
Get Search Xml
Update the Search XSLT

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