M10231 Designing and Deploying Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 Infrastructure

This course is intended for 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. They likely work as a senior administrator who acts as a technical lead over a team of administrators.
Members of this audience should have at least 6 months experience with SharePoint 2010 (including pre-released versions of the product).

Delegates will learn how 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

This five day ILT course teaches IT professionals to design and plan the deployment of Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

Typical Course Outline
Module 1: Designing a Logical ArchitectureThis module explains how to create a logical architecture design

Lessons

Identifying Business Requirements

Lab : Designing a Logical Architecture

Design a Logical Architecture

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the core methodologies for identifying business requirements and how these affect the logical architecture of a SharePoint 2010 deployment

Module 2: Planning a Service Application ArchitectureThis module explains how to create a logical Service Application architecture

Lessons

Introduction to the SharePoint 2010 Service Application Architecture
Mapping Logical Architecture to Service Applications
Service Application Framework Components

Lab : Planning a Service Application Architecture

Identify and Design Service Applications
Create Service Applications and Assign Proxy Groups

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the Service Application architecture in SharePoint 2010
Map Service Applications against business requirements and the logical architecture design
Describe the components of Service Applications and why they influence design and management

Module 3: Planning for Performance and CapacityThis module explains how to create a capacity and performance plan for SharePoint 2010

Lessons

Performance Planning Principles
Designing for Performance
Capacity Planning Principles
Designing for Capacity Resilience

Lab : Planning for Capacity and Performance

Create a Performance Plan
Create a Capacity Plan

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Review and describe the principles of designing to maximize performance
Create a SharePoint 2010 performance design and understand how to mitigate 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 ArchitectureThis module explains how to map the logical architecture, service application architecture, and the capacity and performance plan against a physical architecture

Lessons

SharePoint 2010 Physical Design
Non-SharePoint Physical Design
Model Design Topologies
Mapping a Logical Architecture Design to a Physical Architecture Design

Lab : Designing a Physical Architecture

Design Physical Architecture
Resolve a Name Resolution Problem

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the physical design requirements for SharePoint 2010
Describe the non-SharePoint 2010 requirements for a successful physical design
Explain how model design topologies are suitable for different environments
Map a logical architecture design to a physical architecture design

Module 5: Designing a Security PlanThis module explains 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 for User and Group Security
Planning for SSL

Lab : Designing a Security Plan

Design for Least-Privilege Security
Identify and Resolve Potential Security Issues
Grant the Production Auditors Group Read Access

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the security architecture of 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, groups and audiences

Module 6: Planning AuthenticationThis module explains how to create an authentication plan for SharePoint 2010 that meets the business requirements

Lessons

Overview of Authentication
Introduction to Claims-based Authentication
Selecting Authentication Methods

Lab : Planning Authentication

Plan Authentication
Enable Claims-based Authentication

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the different authentication methods used in SharePoint 2010
Describe claims-based authentication in SharePoint 2010
Explain how to select authentication methods in a SharePoint 2010 design

Module 7: Planning Managed MetadataThis module explains how to create a corporate taxonomy plan for a SharePoint 2010 environment and enable consumption of the terms within the term store

Lessons

SharePoint 2010 Metadata Architecture
Overview of Content Types
Mapping Managed Metadata to Business Requirements

Lab : Planning Managed Metadata

Design Content Types and a Term Set Framework
Create and Configure the Managed Metadata Service Application
Import a Term Set
Publish a Content Type

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the function of managed metadata in SharePoint 2010
Describe the function of content types and how they are applied to business requirements
Match SharePoint 2010 managed metadata architecture to business requirements

Module 8: Planning for Social ComputingThis module explains how to design a SharePoint 2010 environment that supports social computing features including user profiles and My Sites

Lessons

Overview of Social Computing
Planning SharePoint 2010 Social Computing Functionality
Planning User Profile Services

Lab : Planning Social Computing

Plan User Profiles
Configure User Profile Synchronization

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe social computing functionality in SharePoint 2010
Describe how the social computing functionality of SharePoint 2010 meets business needs
Plan user profiles in providing social computing functionality

Module 9: Designing an Enterprise Search StrategyThis module explains how to design and implement search strategy in SharePoint 2010

Lessons

Overview of SharePoint 2010 Search Architecture
Search Topologies
Mapping Business Requirements to SharePoint Search
Capacity and Performance Planning for Search

Lab : Designing an Enterprise Search Strategy

Plan for Search
Plan Physical Topology
Create Search Service Applications
Configure Search

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the search architectures in SharePoint 2010
Describe the topologies available to service a range of search requirements across business models
Describe how to align business requirements against the SharePoint Enterprise and FAST Search architectures
Plan and document enterprise search for capacity and performance

Module 10: Planning an Enterprise Content Management StrategyThis module explains how to translate business requirements for content management into an Enterprise Content Management solution.

Lessons

Overview of Enterprise Content Management
Planning Content Management Policies
Planning Web Content Management

Lab : Planning Enterprise Content Management

Plan Content Management
Enable and Configure Document IDs and Content Organizer
Configure Retention Policies and Records Management

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the core functionality of ECM in SharePoint that influences your design
Describe the considerations when planning content management policies for SharePoint 2010
Describe how to plan for Web content management in SharePoint 2010

Module 11: Planning a SharePoint 2010 Implementation of an Existing Business Intelligence StrategyThis module explains how to Create a plan that reflects the role of SharePoint in an overarching corporate Business Intelligence strategy

Lessons

Overview of Business Intelligence Principles
Mapping Business Needs to SharePoint 2010 Data Visualization Options
Mapping Business Needs to SharePoint 2010 Information Presentation
Planning External Data Access

Lab : Planning a SharePoint 2010 Implementation of a Business

Plan your SharePoint Business Intelligence Implementation
Create a BI Center and Enable Excel Services

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe core business intelligence principles that will affect SharePoint planning
Map data visualization in SharePoint 2010 against business requirements
Map information presentation BI solutions based on SharePoint 2010 against business requirements
Specify planning criteria for creating data access for business intelligence

Module 12: Developing a Plan for GovernanceThis module explains how to develop the key SharePoint elements of a governance plan that is in agreement with the overarching corporate governance strategy

Lessons

What Is Governance?
Planning for Governance in SharePoint 2010
Implementing the Governance Plan in SharePoint 2010

Lab : Developing a Plan for Governance

Plan Governance
Implement the governance plan

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the concepts of governance
Plan for data governance in SharePoint 2010
Implement the governance plan in SharePoint 2010

Module 13: Designing an Operations and Maintenance PlanThis modules explains how to develop a plan for maintaining and monitoring a SharePoint 2010 deployment

Lessons

Maintenance and Monitoring Principles
Creating a SharePoint 2010 Maintenance Plan
Creating a SharePoint 2010 Monitoring Plan
Considerations for the Maintenance and Monitoring of Associated Technologies

Lab : Designing a Maintenance and Monitoring Plan

Resolving a SharePoint Error
Splitting a Content Database

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the essential principles of a maintenance and monitoring plan
Create a SharePoint 2010 maintenance plan
Create a SharePoint 2010 Monitoring plan
Describe the considerations for developing a maintenance and monitoring plan that incorporates technologies that support SharePoint 2010

Module 14: Planning for Disaster RecoveryThis module explains how to develop a business continuity plan for SharePoint 2010

Lessons

Overview of Business Continuity
Developing a SharePoint Business Continuity Plan
Creating a Backup and Restore Plan

Lab : Planning Business Continuity

Plan Business Continuity
Define and Verify a Recovery Process

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the considerations when planning for business continuity
Describe how to develop a business continuity plan for SharePoint 2010
Create a backup and restore plan that map against the Business Continuity Plan

Module 15: Planning for Upgrade to SharePoint 2010
This modules explains how to plan an upgrade from a previous SharePoint Product and Technologies version to SharePoint 2010

Lessons

Identifying Upgrade Scenarios
Identifying Upgrade Requirements and Methodologies
Upgrade Considerations

Lab : Planning for Upgrade to SharePoint 2010

Create an Upgrade and Migration Plan

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Identify the goals, paths, and tools for upgrading to SharePoint 2010
Identify the requirements and methods for upgrading to SharePoint 2010
Identify the considerations for upgrading to SharePoint 2010