Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013

Understand advanced concepts of SharePoint Server 2013 with Pentagon Training

Understand advanced concepts of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
Know new improved tools and features of SharePoint Server 2013
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SharePoint developed by Microsoft is a content management system. It allows us to store documents, share and collaborate with each other in an organisation. Companies make use of SharePoint to develop intranets, store, and share and organise information across the organisation in one centralised location. SharePoint has various flexible features so it can be used in different ways. It is a place for running everyday processes, workflows and enhances company communications. SharePoint is actually a platform, not a single tool because it helps us to do various workplace activities.

Who should take this course

The intended audience for this course is IT professionals who want to learn installation, configuration, deploying and management of SharePoint Server 2013 in cloud or in the datacenter

Delegates who want to learn about improvement tools and methodologies of SharePoint 2013 can take this course.

Those who want to understand the architecture of SharePoint 2013 to shift or upgrade from prior versions of SharePoint 2003 and 2007 can enrol into this course.

Business Application Administrators who already possess basic knowledge of SharePoint 2013 and want to understand the ways to manage SharePoint Server 2013 when handling line-of-business projects in accordance with internal business customers

Prerequisites

For attending this course, delegates must agree with following prerequisites:

Least one year of experience mapping business requirements to physical and logical technical design.
Experience of working in network design as well as network security
Experience of managing Windows 2008 R2 enterprise server or Windows Server 2012 environment software
Knowledge of managing and deploying applications at the place, virtually or in the cloud.
Experience of managing applications from remote location using Windows PowerShell 2.0 and applications connected to Microsoft SQL Server
Experience of administering Internet Information Services (IIS)
Knowledge of configuring Active Directory for use in the authorization, authentication and as the user store.
Knowledge of implementing claims based security can also be beneficial.

Understand core features of SharePoint Server 2013
Learn to plan and design SharePoint environment to meet requirements for disaster recovery and high availability
Understand to configure and manage Business Connectivity services features in SharePoint 2013 deployment
Learn to provide web content management to meet requirements of business
Manage solutions in SharePoint 2013 deployment
Learn to manage and configure apps in SharePoint Server environment
Understand how to develop and implement governance plan
Perform upgrade or shift to SharePoint Server 2013

Key Learning Points

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Certificate

Course Overview

In this course, learn to plan, configure and manage SharePoint Server environment. Learn to implement features like high availability, disaster recovery, social computing features, business intelligence solutions and much more. This course provides you with the complete knowledge required to optimise search experience. Learn to develop and implement governance plan. Perform an upgrade or shift to SharePoint Server 2013. Pentagon Training’s well experienced and qualified Microsoft Certified instructors train delegates in the best way. Our instructors try their best to help you understand concepts. Gain the certification and accomplish your career goals.

Course Content

Understand SharePoint Server 2013 Architecture

In this module, learn architectural features of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 for both on-premises and online deployment. Along with this, get a review of essential structural elements of farm deployment and various deployment options.

Core components of SharePoint 2013 Architecture
New features of SharePoint Server 2013
SharePoint Server online editions

Design Business Continuity Management Strategies

Learn about high availability and disaster recovery in SharePoint Server 2013. Understand about different approaches required by every logical tier in the farm. Learn how SQL provides high availability and associated requirements for high availability of database tier. SharePoint disaster recovery always requires proper planning and understanding of necessary components as well as other backup tools available.

Design Database topologies for Disaster Recovery and High Availability
Design SharePoint Infrastructure for high availability
Planning for disaster recovery

Plan and implement Service Application Architecture

Learn to replace the Shared Service Provider architecture of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. It provides a flexible design for delivering services like managing metadata or Performance Point for users who need them.

For Planning Service Application implementation various deployment topologies are available ranging from a single farm, cross farm, multiple instance designs, etc.

Planning Service applications
Develop and configure a Service Application Topology.
Configure service application federation

Configure and Manage Business Connectivity Services

Many organisations store information in different systems. In many cases, organisations want to interact with this information from some single interface. It helps in reducing the need for information workers to constantly switch between systems and enable power users or analysts to gather data from multiple sources.

Planning and configuring Business connectivity services
Configure Secure Store Service
Manage Business data connectivity models

Connecting people

It means talking about taking people out of their workspaces and giving them the ability as well as tools to collaborate with each other in the organisation like work colleagues, peers and other executives. It's all about finding the people with expertise and identify their interests and create a network of people that share common goals.

Managing user profiles
Enabling Social interaction
Building communities

Enabling Productivity and collaboration

It examines how SharePoint Extends the ability of users to work together and increase the productivity by using various platforms, features and flexible tools.

Aggregating tasks
Plan and configure collaboration features
Plan and configure composites

Plan and configure Business Intelligence

BI continues to be an important area and key to successful BI is the ability to integrate components which deliver the right information to right people at the right time.

Plan for Business Intelligence
Plan, deploy and manage BI services
Plan and configure Advanced Analysis tools

Plan and configure enterprise search

Configuration options in SharePoint Search that enable to provide greater search result effectiveness by fine tuning it.

Configure search for Enterprise Environment
Configure Search experience
Optimize search

Plan and configure Enterprise Content Management

It helps examines Enterprise Content Management (ECM) that is a set of features and technologies that administrators use to provide control over content and sites.

Plan content management
Plan and configure e-discovery
Plan records management

Plan and configure web content management

It helps the organisation to communicate and integrate more efficiently with other employees, partners as well as customers.

Plan and implement web content management infrastructure
Configure Managed Navigation and Catalog Sites
Support Multiple Languages and Locales
Enable Design and Customization
Support Mobile Users

Managing apps for SharePoint Server 2013

Apps provide additional capability to provide application functionality within SharePoint context.

Understand SharePoint App Architecture
Provision and Manage apps as well as Apps catalogue

Develop a governance plan

Management can be described as a way of controlling SharePoint environment with the help of application of people, policies and processes.

Introduction to Governance Planning
Key elements of Governance plan
Plan for and implement Governance in SharePoint 2013

Upgrade and Mitigate to SharePoint Server 2013

It is important to carefully plan update activities and ensure upgrade from path moving version to version.

Prepare the upgrade or migration environment
Perform upgrade process
Manage site collection upgrade

Advantages of SharePoint

Integrated Searching

Previous versions of SharePoint had an excellent web engine that enables us to find documents. With SharePoint 2013, web engine has become fast thus reducing the cost overhead and making search easier for users.

Better workflow

SharePoint 2010 engine can be maintained easily by upgrading to SharePoint 2013. You can add Workflow Manager which run on its server.

Improved Business Intelligence

SharePoint 2010 was used as a platform to show big data and business intelligence reports. Now SharePoint 2013 take business intelligence to the next level. Get deeper business insights as well as analytics. Also, enhance integration between Excel and SharePoint.

Easy storage management

SharePoint 2013 store files in an increment manner through an approach called “Shredding”. In Shredding, data files are stored as XML. When any changes are done, the changes are stored in parent computer file. It reduces storage space required and enhances storage management.

Mobile Compatibility

Previous versions to failed to show content on mobile devices but the new version of SharePoint support mobile web browsing and display content by screen size and resolution.

Social media friendly

Social media play a significant role in SharePoint. It helps us to create sites without paying extra money. It provides various benefits like building a reputation, creating forum threads and much more.

Better support for large data

Using integrated Power Pivot technology, SharePoint brings various features to support large data. Vertipaq engine makes it easier to filter and compress large data. It speeds up the operations.

Improved publishing abilities

Use SharePoint 2013 to take benefit from cross-site publishing which provides a powerful web content management system. It also helps in storage and maintenance of various sites.

Powerful web design

SharePoint 2013 has simple design process. Easily customise present and global navigation menus using drag and drop functionality. Make use of tools like Dreamweaver for developing the site. It supports various devices.

Neat and clean HTML Markup

SharePoint 2013 introduces cleaner and simple HTML markup. For web parts, no tables are required. CSS is written again in a much-simplified way.

About Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is largest city located in Scotland and third largest in the United Kingdom. Earlier, it was a part of Lanark shire which is now one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. Glasgow is located on River Clyde in country’s west central lowlands. People of Glasgow are referred as Glaswegians. Glasgow developed from a small rural settlement on River Clyde. Glasgow had become largest seaport in Britain. In the 18th century, it became a major centre of Scottish Enlightenment. From the 18th century, Glasgow has grown as one of the Great Britain’s central hub of trade including West Indies and North America. Glasgow focused on its heritage to attract tourists from various countries. Tourism is also a source of employment in Glasgow. In 1980, Hunter Ian Art Gallery was opened. In 1983, Collection of Burrel went on display in a museum in Pollock House grounds. In 1985, Scottish Exhibition and Conference centre was built. Clyde Auditorium was also added in 1997.

In the period of 1980’s and 1990’s, traditional manufacturing industries of Glasgow dropped. Service industries grew in Glasgow like retail, tourism and finance. In 1990 Glasgow School Museum of Education was opened. St Mungo's Museum of Religious Life and Art was opened in the year 1993. In 1999, Buchanan Galleries Shopping centre and Clyde Maritime centre was opened. In early 21st century, Glasgow thrived. IMAX cinema was opened in 2000 and Clyde Arc Bridge in 2006. At present, the population of Glasgow is 588,000.

Education

Glasgow has four universities within 1.5km area of city centre. These universities are a major centre of academic and higher research. Name of the Universities are:

University of Glasgow

University of Strathclyde

Glasgow Caledonian University

The University of West of Scotland

Saltire centre located at Glasgow Caledonian University is one of the busiest university libraries in the UK. Three further education colleges are there in the city that includes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow School of Art and Teacher training courses. In 2011 Glasgow had around 53,470 students which is higher than any other town in Scotland. Many live away from home in Dennistoun, Shawlands and West End of City. City council handles 29 secondary schools, 149 primary schools and three special schools. Special schools including Glasgow Gaelic school, Glasgow school of sport and Dance school of Scotland. Glasgow has various independent schools like Hutchesons Grammar School which was founded in 1639. Hutchesons Grammar School is one of the oldest school institutions in Britain. The oldest school in Scotland are Glasgow Academy, Kelvinside Academy, High School of Glasgow, Fernhill School and Craigholme School.

Economy

Glasgow has the largest economy in Scotland and third highest GDP per capita of any city in the UK. The city itself provides 410,000 jobs in over 12000 companies. Between 2000 and 2005 around 153,000 jobs were created and growth rate reached 32%. The annual economic growth rate of Glasgow is 4.4% and is now second to London. Dominant industries like shipbuilding, heavy engineering gradually got replaced. Major manufacturing industries in the city are Clyde Blowers, Linn Products, William Grant and Sons, Aggreko, Weir Group, Whyle and Mackay, Albion Motors, British Polar Engines and Edrington Group. Glasgow was once a most important city in the UK for manufacturing which generated great wealth for the city. Glasgow is now the second most popular foreign tourist destination in Scotland. In the 21st century, some call centres in Glasgow grew substantially. City’s primary manufacturing industries include engineering, construction, shipbuilding, brewing and distilling, printing and publishing, chemicals, textiles and new growth sectors like software development, biotechnology and optoelectronics.