Windows SharePoint Services 3.0:

Installation and configuration

Topic-Level Outline

                         Days:  1

          Prerequisites:  It’s assumed that the student has some experience working with and supporting Windows Server 2003 computers. Students can obtain these skills by taking the MCSE 70-290: Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment course.

                                      It’s helpful, but not required, to have user-level skills in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Students can obtain these skills by taking the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Basic and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Intermediate courses.

                         Unit 1 :  Installation

                               Topic A: 0  Supporting applications

                               A-1:                               Creating SharePoint install and database access accounts

                               A-2:                               Installing Web services

                               A-3:                               Installing .NET Framework 3.5

                               A-4:                               Assigning SQL Server 2005 roles (instructor demonstration)

                               A-5:                               Verifying SQL Server remote access configuration (instructor demonstration)

                               Topic B: 0  Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

                         B-1:                         Verifying system requirements

                         B-2:                         Completing a Server Farm installation

                         B-3:                         Running the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard

                         B-4:                         Viewing the Central Administration site pages

                         B-5:                         Confirming WSS 3.0 SQL databases (instructor demonstration)

                         B-6:                         Validating IIS updates

                         B-7:                         Verifying WSS 3.0 services

                         B-8:                         Confirming WSS 3.0 security groups

                         B-9:                         Monitoring the WSS 3.0 index files folder

                         Unit 2 :  Server Farm configuration

                               Topic A: 0  Search

                               A-1:                               Creating a WSS 3.0 Search account

                               A-2:                               Configuring and starting the WSS 3.0 Search service

                               Topic B: 0  The first site collection

                               B-1:                               Creating WSS’s first Web application

                               B-2:                               Confirming successful creation of the Web application

                               B-3:                               Creating a site collection

                               B-4:                               Modifying the Site Administrators group

                               Topic C: 0  Additional site collections

                         C-1:                         Creating an additional Web application

                         C-2:                         Creating an additional site collection

                         Unit 3 :  E-mail services

                               Topic A: 0  Outgoing e-mail

                               A-1:                               Configuring outgoing e-mail

                               A-2:                               Testing outgoing e-mail settings

                               A-3:                               Verifying immediate job timer definition

                               Topic B: 0  Incoming e-mail

                         B-1:                         Configuring IIS’s SMTP service

                         B-2:                         Configuring permissions on the IIS drop folder

                         B-3:                         Completing a basic incoming e-mail setup

                         B-4:                         Configuring an e-mail enabled list

                         B-5:                         Testing incoming e-mail

                         Unit 4 :  Site collection access

                               Topic A: 0  Users and groups

                               A-1:                               Reviewing group permissions for a site collection

                               A-2:                               Creating a new WSS group

                               A-3:                               Adding an AD user to a WSS group

                               A-4:                               Removing a user from a WSS group

                               A-5:                               Enabling anonymous access on a Web application

                               A-6:                               Enabling anonymous access on a site collection

                               A-7:                               Enabling anonymous access on a list

                               A-8:                               Disabling and enabling anonymous access

                               Topic B: 0  Public access

                         B-1:                         Creating a public URL by extending a Web application

                         B-2:                         Reviewing public site creation in IIS

                         B-3:                         Reviewing alternate access mapping

                         B-4:                         Configuring zone security

                         B-5:                         Removing a public URL

                         Unit 5 :  Backup and restore

                               Topic A: 0  Server farm and Web application backup

                               A-1:                               Establishing permissions to the backup location for the Central Administration backup utility

                               A-2:                               Completing a full backup of the WSS server farm using Central Administration

                               A-3:                               Viewing backup history

                               A-4:                               Simulating a WSS database problem (instructor demonstration)

                               A-5:                               Restoring from a backup using Central Administration

                               A-6:                               Assigning permissions to run an STSADM backup (instructor demonstration)

                               A-7:                               Completing a full backup of the WSS server farm using STSADM

                               A-8:                               Simulating WSS site collection problems

                               A-9:                               Restoring a server farm using STSADM

                               Topic B: 0  Site collection backups

                         B-1:                         Setting permissions for an STSADM site collection restore

                         B-2:                         Backing up a site collection using STSADM

                         B-3:                         Simulating WSS site problems

                         B-4:                         Restoring a site collection using STSADM

                         Unit 6 :  Windows SharePoint Services removal

                               Topic A: 0  Uninstallation

  A-1:  Deleting a site collection

  A-2:  Deleting a Web application

  A-3:  Uninstalling Windows SharePoint Services 3.0