Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Configuring MCTS 70-667 - Online Course

This series is designed to help you prepare for the 70-667 TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring certification exam. It will prepare you to upgrade to SharePoint 2010 or create a new deployment, with a focus on the new hardware and software requirements for SharePoint 2010. It also covers managing the various features of SharePoint, including user accounts, Web applications, and site collections, and optimizing and monitoring your environment.

This series is for anyone who is preparing for the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Configuring MCTS 70-667 exam. This online course contains 14 lessons and should take approximately 22 hours to complete.

Lesson 1: What's New in SharePoint 2010 (2.0) hours

What's New in SharePoint 2010 teaches you how to deploy new installations and upgrades, and maintain a SharePoint environment. This course provides an introduction to the new features that are found in Microsoft SharePoint 2010. It also covers new and useful tips for using Windows PowerShell. Topics include New Features in SharePoint 2010, and Working with Windows PowerShell.

Lesson 2: Installing and Upgrading (2.0) hours

Installing and Upgrading teaches you how to deploy new installations and upgrades. This course explains how to install SharePoint Server 2010 as well as how to upgrade from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010. This course also explores how to plan a hardware, software, and topology environment for a fresh installation of SharePoint Server 2010 and how to perform post-installation and post-upgrade tasks. Topics include Installing and Upgrading.

Lesson 3: Configuring Farm Environments (1.0) hour

Configuring Farm Environments teaches you how to configure SharePoint farms, and deploy and manage SharePoint solutions. This course explains the various post-installation or post-upgrade tasks that are performed on the SharePoint Server 2010 server farm. This course also discusses enabling and configuring usage and health data collection and diagnostic logging. Topics include Configuring Farm Environments.

Lesson 4: Configuring Service Applications (2.0) hours

Configuring Service Applications teaches you how to configure Service Applications. This course explains the post-installation or post-upgrade tasks associated with service application configuration and services. It also covers services application management, plus how to use the Farm Configuration Wizard and how to connect service applications on a remote farm. Topics include Configuring Service Applications.

Lesson 5: Configuring Indexing and Search (2.0) hours

Configuring Indexing and Search teaches you how to configure service applications, configure indexing and search, and manage operational settings. This course explains the basic enterprise search features and the tasks for managing search farm topology using FAST Search for SharePoint. Topics include Configuring Indexing and Search.

Lesson 6: Managing Operational Settings (2.0) hours

Managing Operational Settings teaches you how to configure service applications, and manage operational settings. This course explains how to manage metadata operations, database management, and reporting services as they pertain to SharePoint. It also covers how to maintain the Business Connectivity Services (BCS). Topics include Managing Operational Settings.

Lesson 7: Managing User Accounts and Roles (1.0) hour

Managing User Accounts and Roles teaches you how to configure service applications, and manage accounts and user roles. This course explains how to use profiles as a service. Topics include Managing User Accounts and Roles.

Lesson 8: Managing Providers and Permissions (1.0) hour

Managing Providers and Permissions teaches you how to manage authentication providers, and manage accounts and user roles. This course explains the various authentication types you can configure in SharePoint, as well as how to manage user accounts and roles. The course also covers common error messages and how to deal with them. Topics include Managing Providers and Permissions.

Lesson 9: Web Applications and Host Sites (1.0) hour

Web Applications and Host Sites teaches you how to manage web applications, install and configure PerformancePoint Services, describe the components of Business Intelligence (BI), and manage Excel Services. This course explains the varying components of Business Intelligence in SharePoint. This course also discusses installing and configuring PerformancePoint Services enabling the creation of the Business Intelligence Center and the PerformancePoint Services Site. Topics include Web Applications and Host Sites.

Lesson 10: Managing Site Collections (2.0) hours

Managing Site Collections teaches you how to manage site collections, create, modify, and delete site collections, manage site collection quotas and locks, adminster and manage wikis, content deployment, and multi-tenancy sites, and manage Web content. This course explains the requirements for site collection administration. It also covers Web content management and conversion. Topics include Managing Site Collections.

Lesson 11: Managing Applications and Solutions (2.0) hours

Managing Applications and Solutions teaches you how to deploy and manage SharePoint solutions, and manage site collections. This course explains how to develop and maintain restricted sandbox environments in SharePoint and how to manage the State Service, required for workflows and InfoPath Forms Services. Topics include Managing Applications and Solutions.

Lesson 12: Backing Up and Restoring (2.0) hours

Backing Up and Restoring teaches you how to backup and restore a SharePoint environment, describe permissions necessary for the human and system accounts, use the various tools required to perform backups of the SharePoint farm and its subelements, and differentiate backup and recovery tasks that are specifically managed by Windows PowerShell. This course describes a variety of methods for backing up and restoring both the entire SharePoint Server farm and its individual components. Topics include Backing Up and Restoring.

Lesson 13: Monitoring the SharePoint Environment (1.0) hour

Monitoring the SharePoint Environment teaches you how to monitor and analyze a SharePoint environment. This course explains monitoring tools provided in SharePoint Server 2010. Topics include Monitoring the SharePoint Environment.

Lesson 14: Optimizing SharePoint (1.0) hour

Optimizing SharePoint teaches you how to optimize the performance of a SharePoint environment. This course explains how to optimize SharePoint 2010 by altering the the Remote BLOB storage and cache settings and other applicable settings. Topics include Optimizing SharePoint.