SharePoint Fundamentals Training

Microsoft SharePoint Overview

This Sharepoint training class begins with an overview of the SharePoint platform: why you would use it, common situations, real-world examples, and a brief overview of its salient features. By the end of this Sharepoint training, you will understand:

• The product family acronyms: MOSS, WSS, SPD
• SharePoint jargon and related terms: "Collaboration Technology", "teams", "sites", "lists", and "libraries", etc.
• How to browse around a SharePoint site
• What features are available in a SharePoint site

Efficiently access and navigate your company's SharePoint team site

• Familiarize yourself with fundamental SharePoint team site structure
• Learn about versions, permissions and accessing a SharePoint team site
• Navigate amongst the many helpful interface elements and features of a team site
• Incorporate additional functionality to your site with lists, libraries, subsites and apps

Work with Documents, Content and SharePoint Libraries

• Upload documents to libraries and collaborate with colleagues)
• Understand the various types of libraries and how they provide different functionality
• Integrate SharePoint with MS Office Web Apps, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote
• Search within sites, lists and libraries using the Enterprise Keyword feature
• Set or trigger notification alerts when specific events take place in SharePoint

Work with SharePoint Lists

• Comprehend the differences between various types of lists and list components
• Create, filter and group list views based on specified criteria
• Add and modify items in a SharePoint list

Configure your SharePoint user profile

• Update your SharePoint user profile to store and share basic user information
• Specify profile access information to control who can view your information
• Learn about the three personal site hubs: Newsfeed, Skydrive, and Sites
• Follow sites and content while tracking information on your Newsfeed
• Create a SharePoint Blog post and manage blog categories and comments

Integrate SharePoint with Microsoft Office Programs

• Easily access, create and preview MS Office documents stored in SharePoint
• Take advantage of content management features such as version control and file check in/out
• Synchronize SharePoint libraries, calendars and lists with MS Outlook
• Connect remotely and work offline with SharePoint

Create and configure new SharePoint Sites as a site owner

• Differentiate between top-level sites and site collections within the SharePoint hierachy
• Create a new team site then configure administration and collaborative settings
• Work with standard SharePoint site templates and learn how to duplicate a team site
• Customize the look and feel of your SharePoint site by adding logos and custom graphics

Add SharePoint Libraries and Configure Content Structure

• Configure document libraries in different ways to accommodate your team's working style
• Store and catalogue digital media in the Asset Library repository
• Approve or reject library items with the Content Approval feature
• Create and configure a Wiki Page library to benefit collaborative tasks

Add and Configure Various Types of SharePoint Lists

• Notify your team of important news by adding an Announcement List
• Track, update and assign team-related tasks with a Task List
• Store contact information and track team member scheduled with a Calendar List
• Disseminate information about team projects, expertise and experiences with a blog subsite
• Create powerful custom lists to accommodate proprietary and calculated fields
• Connect your custom lists to a custom list form to ease data entry

Configure Site Settings, Navigation and Search Capabilities

• Enable site users to search for content and files by customizing search settings
• Adjust site settings such as regional settings and languages to accommodate your team's needs
• Encourage productivity by configuring intuitive navigation and enabling quick launch options

Assign Permissions and Access Rights to Team Members

• Configure site permissions to share your company SharePoint site with users
• Control access to sensitive content or content structures by assigning unique permissions
• Understand permission inheritance dynamics in SharePoint
• Specify permissions for lists, libraries, folders, and documents and secure site pages

Configure Content Roll-up, Summary Links and Site Maps

• Add web parts to the Content Roll-up Page for easy user access across multiple SharePoint sites
• Display dynamically-generated results based on search strings with a Content Search web part
• Add a Relevant Documents web part to display a list of documents currently being worked on

Sharepoint training offered at three locations:

• Sharepoint training San Francisco
  
• Sharepoint training San Jose
• Sharepoint Training Sacramento