SharePoint Checklist and Resources

SharePoint Checklist and Resources Activity

Labs for Developer

Create a re-buildable SharePoint environment

Work with basic Functionality

* Exercise 1: Create a Web Application * Exercise 2: Create a Site Collection * Exercise 3: Create a Site Collection in a New Content Database

Labs for Administrator

Resources

Lab : Install SharePoint 2010 ∗ Exercise 1: Create Active Directory Accounts for SharePoint ∗ Exercise 2: Install SharePoint Server Prerequisites ∗ Exercise 3: Install SharePoint Server ∗ Exercise 4: Run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard ∗ Exercise 5:Configure the Farm with the Farm Configuration Wizard ∗ Exercise 6 (Optional): Install a Language Pack

Setting Up the Development Environment for SharePoint 2010 on Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/ee554869.aspx

Create a basic Site Creating Your First Web Application, Site Collection and Web Site http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/sharepoint/ee518671

* Describe the high level structure, components, and functioning of the farm * Perform configuration of a SharePoint farm using the Farm Configuration Wizard * Understand the logical topology of SharePoint web apps, site collections, and sites * Experience SharePoint user-facing functionality * Create a Web application * Create a site collection * Configure managed paths * Create a content database

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Create/Manipulate Site and Site Collection

Lab : Selecting Page Parts * Line Dashboard * Manager’s Dashboard * Alert Notification

Create a Site Collection Create a site collection (SharePoint Server 2010) http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/cc263094.aspx

Lab : Selecting Page Types * Plant Summary Page * Plant Configuration Page * Employee List * Line Status Create/Manipulate Lists

Lab : Using SharePoint 2010 Developer Tools * Exercise 1: Creating Document Libraries by Using SharePoint Designer 2010 * Exercise 2: Creating SharePoint List Definitions and Instances by Using Visual Studio 2010 * Exercise 3:Packaging Features and Solutions by Using Visual Studio 2010

Create/Manipulate Web Parts

Create/Manipulate Document Libraries

Create/Manipulate Lists User Interfaces and Lists in SharePoint 2010 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff420380

Create/Manipulate Web Parts Module 1: Getting Started Building Web Parts in SharePoint 2010 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513148 Enable Version Control for SharePoint 2010 Document Libraries

http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/ff607917.aspx Assembling Documents on SharePoint 2010 Sites by Merging Content from Excel, PowerPoint, and Word http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff519529.aspx

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Activity

Labs for Developer

Labs for Administrator

Resources

Working with SharePoint Data Add, edit, delete & view list items

Lab : Creating External Lists * Connecting to the Data Source * Defining the External Content Types * Defining the External Lists * Setting Security for the Content Types * Defining an Association Lab : Creating an InfoPath Form * Creating the Calculations * Publishing the Form to a SharePoint Library

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-serverhelp/add-edit-or-delete-a-list-item-HA010099228.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/ee558778.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/ee231515.aspx http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/kmcgrath/Creating-anExternal-List-in-SharePoint-by-Using-Business-Data http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/ms573938.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/cc262498.aspx http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Blogs/GetThePoint/List s/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=320

Views

Lab : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff630941.aspx * Creating List Views * Adding Indexes Lab : * Creating an Invoice Content Type * Enabling Content Organization * Testing Content Organization

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Activity

Labs for Developer

Labs for Administrator

Resources

Share Knowledge Invite friends - add users

Explore SharePoint Designer

Create an Enterprise wiki (SharePoint Server 2010) http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/ee837434.aspx

Lab : Using SharePoint 2010 Developer Tools * Exercise 1: Creating Document Libraries by Using SharePoint Designer 2010 * Exercise 2: Creating SharePoint List Definitions and Instances by Using Visual Studio 2010 * Exercise 3:Packaging Features and Solutions by Using Visual Studio 2010

Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 (32-bit) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx? FamilyID=d88a1505-849b-4587-b854a7054ee28d66&displaylang=en Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 (64-bit) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx? FamilyID=566D3F55-77A5-4298-BB9C-F55F096B125D Using SharePoint Designer, Infopath, and other customization http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepo int2010customization/threads Managing SharePoint Designer 2010 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-designerhelp/managing-sharepoint-designer-2010HA101838275.aspx Introducing SharePoint Designer 2010 video http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint/List s/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=312

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Activity

Labs for Developer

Labs for Administrator

Resources

Explore visual aspect Master Pages

Lab : Packaging Branding * Importing .wsp Files Into Microsoft Visual Studio * Extracting the File Resources * Writing the Feature Receiver to Apply Changes * Testing the Changes

Create Master Pages Working with SharePoint 2010 Master Pages http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Blogs/GetThePoint/List s/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=386

Lab : Improving Brand Performance * Observing Current Performance * Turning on BLOB Caching * Observing BLOB Cached Performance * Observing _layouts Performance Create/Manipulate Lists

Lab : Using SharePoint 2010 Developer Tools * Exercise 1: Creating Document Libraries by Using SharePoint Designer 2010

Create/Manipulate Lists through SharePoint Designer Use SharePoint Designer 2010 to Create XSLT List View Web Parts http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff630941.aspx

CSS Page Layouts Explore different site templates

http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/ee890115.aspx

Navigation Ribbon\UI Ribbon U/I Save a SharePoint site as a template http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-designerhelp/save-a-sharepoint-site-as-a-templateHA101782501.aspx

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Activity

Labs for Developer

Explore Visual Studio Integration

SharePoint explorer

Create/Manipulate Lists

Labs for Administrator

Resources Explore Visual Studio Integration Importing SharePoint 2010 Site Definitions in Visual Studio 2010 http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/gg512104.aspx SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010 http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointDev2010 SharePoint 2010 - Using Visual Studio with SharePoint and other programming http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/eu/sharepoin t2010programming/threads Visual Studio 2010 Walkthroughs http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd441784

Lab : Creating SharePoint 2010 Web Parts by Using Visual Studio 2010

http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/magazine/ee309510.aspx

* Exercise 1: Creating, Deploying, and Debugging a Simple Web Part by Using Visual Studio 2010 * Exercise 2: Using SharePoint Components in a Web Part * Exercise 3: Creating a Visual Web Part by Using Visual Studio 2010

http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/ee330921.aspx

Lab : Using SharePoint 2010 Developer Tools * Exercise 1: Creating SharePoint List Definitions and Instances by Using Visual Studio 2010 * Exercise 2:Packaging Features and Solutions by Using Visual Studio 2010

Create/Manipulate Lists Creating SharePoint 2010 List Definitions in Visual Studio 2010 http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/gg276355.aspx

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Activity

Labs for Developer

Labs for Administrator

Resources

Simple deploying of solutions Lab : Creating and Manipulating Server-Side Objects

Sites Creating SharePoint 2010 Site Definitions in Visual Studio 2010 http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/gg276356.aspx

* Exercise 1: Creating and Securing Sites Programmatically * Exercise 2: Creating Lists Programmatically * Exercise 3: Retrieving Secured Data Lab : Building Business Connectivity Services Solutions * Exercise 1: Creating External Content Types and Lists by Using SharePoint Designer 2010 * Exercise 2: Creating Business Data Catalog Models by Using Visual Studio 2010

Lab : Creating Workflows for SharePoint 2010 * Exercise 1: Creating Workflows by Using SharePoint Designer * Exercise 2: Creating a Sequential Workflow by Using Visual Studio 2010

Lab : Configuring Secure Store * Exercise 1: Create User Accounts for Access to External Data * Exercise 2: Configure Secure Store Services * Exercise 3: Configure Secure Store Unattended Accounts

Workflows Creating SharePoint 2010 Sequential Workflows in Visual Studio 2010 http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/gg265727.aspx

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Activity

Labs for Developer

Labs for Administrator

Resources

Lab : Administering the Developer Dashboard

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/pandrew/archive/2010/03/26 /sharepoint-2010-developer-dashboard-for-debuggingcode.aspx

Create/Manipulate Lists Developer dashboard

Lab : Designing for Page and Data Access Performance * Using the SharePoint Server 2010 Developer Dashboard to Capture Performance Metrics * Leveraging the SharePoint Server 2010 Search API for Large Data Queries

Activity

Labs for Developer

* Configure the Developer Dashboard http://blogs.technet.com/b/speschka/archive/2009/10/ 28/using-the-developer-dashboard-in-sharepoint2010.aspx

Labs for Administrator

Resources

Explore deployment options Farm level Sandbox deployment

Lab : Creating Sandboxed Solutions for SharePoint 2010 * Exercise 1: Creating a Sandboxed Solution by Using Visual Studio 2010 * Exercise 2: Investigating Allowed and Disallowed Operations in Sandboxed Solutions

Testing

Lab : Designing a Testing Strategy * Conducting Unit Testing * Conducting Performance Testing * Conducting Load Testing

Lab : Administering Sandboxed Solutions * Exercise 1: Administering SandBoxed Solutions * Exercise 2: Modifying SandBoxed Solutions Timer Jobs * Exercise 3: Configuring Sandbox Points

Simple Deploying of Solutions Deploying Branding Solutions for SharePoint 2010 Sites Using Sandboxed Solutions http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/gg447066.aspx Developing, Deploying, and Monitoring Sandboxed Solutions in SharePoint 2010 http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/magazine/ee335711.aspx http://www.sharepointdevwiki.com/display/SharePointP laybook/SharePoint%20Development%20with%20Unit% 20Testing

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Explore packaging

Lab : Building a Business Document Solution * Designing a Solution * Create the Final Solution

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vssharepointtoolsblog/archive /2009/11/02/getting-started-with-the-sharepointpackaging-designers.aspx http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/funkyonex/SharePoint -Feature-and-Package-Designers-in-Visual-Studio-2010

Lab : Working with Dependencies * Creating a Common Assembly * Creating a Dependent Solution Lab : Versioning Assemblies * Defining Base Version * Upgrading the Assembly Lab : Feature Upgrade * Creating Upgrade Manage Page * Adding Feature to Upgrade * Upgrading Feature

Note: This document is a starting point to serve as foundation and should not be considered a final checklist.

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