20339-1: Planning and Administering SharePoint 2016 Training in Washington D C

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Course Description

 
This five-day course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to plan and administer a Microsoft SharePoint 2016 environment. The course teaches you how to deploy, administer, and troubleshoot your SharePoint environment. This course also provides guidelines, best practices, and considerations that help you optimize your SharePoint deployment. This is the first in a sequence of two courses for IT professionals and is aligned with the SharePoint 2016 IT Pro certification.
Course Length: 5 Days
Course Tuition: $2190 (US)

Prerequisites

Two or more years of experience deploying and managing Windows Server 2012 or Windows 2008 environments; Experience with day-to-day Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2008 system administration management and maintenance tasks. Experience with Windows networking technologies and implementation. Experience with Active Directory® technologies and implementation. Experience with Windows Server virtualization technologies and implementation. Knowledge equivalent to the MCSA credentials of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2012, or have equivalent knowledge.

Course Outline

 

Module 1: Introducing SharePoint 2016

This module describes the structure and capabilities of a SharePoint environment, and the major changes for IT professionals in SharePoint 2016. This module also describes the options available for deploying SharePoint 2016.

 

Lessons

  • The key components of a SharePoint deployment
  • New features in SharePoint 2016
  • SharePoint 2016 deployment options

 

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Describe the structure and capabilities of a SharePoint environment.
  • Describe the major changes for IT professionals in SharePoint 2016.
  • Describe the options available for deploying SharePoint 2016.

 

Module 2: Designing an information architecture

This module describes how to gather business requirements, and the key elements of a successful information architecture project. This module also explains how to structure information within a SharePoint 2016 deployment and make it easy to find and retrieve.

 

Lessons

  • Identifying business requirements
  • Understanding business requirements for information architecture
  • Organizing information in SharePoint 2016
  • Planning for discoverability

 

Lab: Designing an information architecture – Part one

  • Identifying site columns, content types, and term sets

 

Lab: Creating an information architecture – Part two

  • Designing keywords, synonyms, promoted results, thesaurus, and managed properties
  • Designing a taxonomy

 

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Describe how to gather business requirements.
  • Describe the key elements of a successful information architecture project.
  • Plan how to structure information within a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
  • Plan how to make information within a SharePoint 2016 deployment easier to find and retrieve.

 

Module 3: Designing a logical architecture

This module explains how to approach a logical architecture design and how to document it.

 

Lessons

  • Overview of a SharePoint 2016 logical architecture
  • Documenting your logical architecture

 

Lab: Designing a logical architecture

  • Planning a logical architecture
  • Producing a logical architecture diagram

 

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Explain how to approach a logical architecture design.
  • Document a logical architectural design.

 

Module 4: Designing a physical architecture

This module describes the physical design requirements for SharePoint 2016, and the physical components necessary to fulfill the physical architecture design. It also explains the SharePoint farm topologies, and describes how to map a logical architecture design to a physical architecture design.

 

Lessons

  • Designing the physical requirements of a SharePoint deployment
  • Designing supporting software for the physical components of a SharePoint deployment
  • SharePoint farm topologies
  • Mapping a logical architecture design to a physical architecture design

 

Lab: Designing a physical architecture

  • Designing a physical architecture
  • Developing a physical architecture design diagram

 

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Describe the physical design requirements for SharePoint 2016.
  • Describe the physical components necessary to fulfil the physical architecture design.
  • Identify SharePoint farm topologies.
  • Map a logical architecture design to a physical architecture design.

 

Module 5: Installing and configuring SharePoint 2016

This module explains how to install SharePoint 2016 in different topologies, script the installation, and configure a SharePoint 2016 environment. This module also explains how to configure the core farm-level settings in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.

 

Lessons

  • Installing SharePoint 2016
  • Scripting the installation and configuring a SharePoint 2016 environment
  • Configuring SharePoint 2016 farm settings

 

Lab: Provisioning SharePoint 2016

  • Provisioning a SharePoint 2016 server farm

 

Lab: Configuring SharePoint 2016

  • Configuring incoming email
  • Configuring outgoing email
  • Configuring integration with Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2016

 

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Install SharePoint 2016 in different topologies.
  • Script the installation and configure a SharePoint 2016 environment.
  • Configure the core farm-level settings in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.

 

Module 6: Creating web applications and site collections

This module explains how to create web applications in SharePoint 2016 and how to configure these applications. It also explains how to create and configure site collections in SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint Online.

 

Lessons

  • Creating web applications
  • Configuring web applications
  • Creating and configuring site collections

 

Lab: Creating and configuring web applications

  • Creating a web application
  • Configuring a web application

 

Lab: Creating and configuring site collections

  • Creating and configuring site collections
  • Creating a site collection in a new content database
  • Using Fast Site Collection Creation

 

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Create web applications in SharePoint 2016.
  • Configure web applications in SharePoint 2016.
  • Create and configure site collections in SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint Online.

 

Module 7: Planning and configuring service applications

This module describes the service application architecture in SharePoint 2016, and how to provision and manage service applications.

 

Lessons

  • Introduction to the service application architecture
  • Creating and configuring service applications

 

Lab: Configuring services and service applications

  • Provisioning a managed metadata service application with Central Administration
  • Provisioning a managed metadata service application with Windows PowerShell
  • Configuring service applications for document conversions
  • Configuring service application proxy groups

 

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Describe the service application architecture in SharePoint 2016.
  • Provision and manage service applications.

 

Module 8: Managing users, permissions, and securing content

This module explains how to configure authorization in SharePoint 2016. It also explains how to configure site collection security in SharePoint 2016.

 

Lessons

  • Configuring authorization in SharePoint 2016
  • Managing access to content

 

Lab: Managing users and groups

  • Creating a web application policy
  • Creating and managing SharePoint groups
  • Creating custom permission levels

 

Lab: Securing content in SharePoint 2016

  • Managing permissions and inheritance
  • Managing site collection security
  • Enabling anonymous access to a site

 

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Configure authorization in SharePoint 2016.
  • Configure site collection security in SharePoint 2016.

 

Module 9: Configuring authentication for SharePoint 2016

This module explains about the SharePoint 2016 authentication infrastructure, and how to configure claims, providers, and identity federation for SharePoint 2016. It also explains how to configure server-to-server authentication for SharePoint 2016.

 

Lessons

  • Overview of authentication
  • Configuring federated authentication
  • Configuring server-to-server authentication

 

Lab: Configuring SharePoint 2016 to use federated identities

  • Configuring Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) to make a web application a relying party
  • Configuring SharePoint to trust AD FS as an identity provider
  • Configuring a web application to use the AD FS identity provider

 

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Explain the authentication infrastructure of SharePoint 2016.
  • Configure claims providers and identity federation for SharePoint 2016.
  • Configure server-to-server authentication for SharePoint 2016.

 

Module 10: Securing a SharePoint 2016 deployment

This module explains how to secure a SharePoint 2016 deployment at the platform level, and how to configure farm-level security settings for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.

 

Lessons

  • Securing the platform
  • Configuring farm-level security

 

Lab: Configuring SharePoint 2016 communication security

  • Configuring SharePoint and Microsoft SQL Server to communicate over nonstandard ports
  • Hardening a SharePoint server farm

 

Lab: Configuring farm-level security

  • Configuring blocked file types
  • Configuring web part security
  • Implementing security auditing

 

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Secure a SharePoint 2016 deployment at the platform level.
  • Configure farm-level security settings for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.

 

Module 11: Managing taxonomy

This module explains how to create and manage content types and content-type propagation. Additionally, it explains how to implement managed metadata in SharePoint web applications and site collections. It also explains how to configure the managed metadata service application in SharePoint 2016.

 

Lessons

  • Managing content types
  • Understanding managed metadata
  • Configuring the managed metadata service

 

Lab: Configuring content-type propagation

  • Creating content types for propagation
  • Publishing content types across site collections

 

Lab: Configuring and using the managed metadata service

  • Configuring the managed metadata service
  • Creating term sets and terms
  • Consuming term sets

 

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Create and manage content types and content-type propagation.
  • Explain how to implement managed metadata in SharePoint web applications and site collections.
  • Configure the managed metadata service application in SharePoint 2016.

 

Module 12: Configuring user profiles

This module explains how to configure the User Profile service application, and how to manage user profiles and audiences.

 

Lessons

  • Configuring the User Profile service application
  • Managing user profiles and audiences

 

Lab: Configuring user profiles

  • Configuring the User Profile service application
  • Configuring directory import and synchronization

 

Lab: Configuring and managing user profiles

  • Provisioning My Sites
  • Configuring audiences

 

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Configure the User Profile service application.
  • Manage user profiles and audiences.

 

Module 13: Configuring Enterprise Search

This module describes the Search service architecture, and explains how to configure the Search service in SharePoint 2016. It also explains how to manage the search experience in SharePoint 2016.

 

Lessons

  • Understanding the Search service architecture
  • Configuring the Search service
  • Managing Enterprise Search

 

Lab: Configuring Enterprise Search

  • Configuring the Search service application
  • Configuring a file share content source
  • Configuring a local SharePoint content source
  • Creating a Search Center

 

Lab: Optimizing the search experience

  • Configuring a result source and a query rule
  • Customizing the search experience
  • Creating and deploying a thesaurus
  • Configuring entity extractors and refiners
  • Managing query spelling correction

 

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Describe the Search service architecture in SharePoint 2016.
  • Configure the Search service in SharePoint 2016.
  • Manage the search experience in SharePoint 2016.

 

Module 14: Monitoring and maintaining a SharePoint 2016 environment

This module explains how to implement a monitoring plan for SharePoint 2016, and how to optimize the performance of a SharePoint 2016 deployment. It also explains how to plan for and configure SharePoint caching. Further, it explains how to identify and resolve problems in a SharePoint 2016 environment.

 

Lessons

  • Monitoring a SharePoint environment
  • Tuning and optimizing a SharePoint environment
  • Planning and configuring caching
  • Troubleshooting a SharePoint environment

 

Lab: Monitoring a SharePoint 2016 deployment

  • Configuring usage and health data
  • Configuring diagnostic logging
  • Configuring health analyzer rules
  • Reviewing usage and health data

 

Lab: Investigating page load times

  • Analyzing network traffic
  • Analyzing SharePoint page performance

 

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Implement a monitoring plan for SharePoint 2016.
  • Optimize the performance of a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
  • Identify how to plan for and configure SharePoint caching.
  • Identify and resolve problems in a SharePoint 2016 environment.

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