SharePoint^® 2010 New Features Overview

What is this course about?

In this one-day course, you gain the skills to identify and evaluate the key features of SharePoint 2010 for application in your organization. Specifically, you learn to increase collaboration and productivity by exploiting the enhanced user experience, effectively store, share and manipulate information with the new tools in SharePoint 2010, and explore the improved server administration and management capabilities.

Who will benefit from this course?

Anyone evaluating or migrating to SharePoint 2010 who wants to gain a high-level overview of the new features, including SharePoint administrators, developers, managers and IT professionals.

What background do I need?

Experience with a previous version of SharePoint is recommended.

What is SharePoint 2010?

SharePoint empowers users to build collaborative Web sites where they can share information without complex programming. SharePoint 2010 utilizes a variety of modern technologies (ASP.Net, Web Parts, Silverlight, and SQL Server 2008) to provide a rich user experience and complex data storage facilities.

What is the difference between SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010?

SharePoint Server extends the capabilities of SharePoint Foundation 2010 to support more complex, enterprise-wide environments, adding needed services such as Federated Search, advanced document and records management, enhanced workflows and detailed Business Intelligence capabilities. This course covers the features of SharePoint Server 2010 in addition to SharePoint Foundation 2010.

What is SharePoint Designer 2010?

SharePoint Designer is a tool used to create SharePoint 2010 applications. Using SharePoint Designer, IT professionals can rapidly create no-code SharePoint solutions that encompass collaborative sites, data integration, business intelligence and workflows to leverage the building blocks available in SharePoint. In addition, developers can use SharePoint Designer 2010 to get a quick start on SharePoint development projects.

I'm trying to decide between Course 1501: SharePoint^® 2010 Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction, and this course. Which one should I take?

This course is a one-day overview of the new features in SharePoint 2010. The material covered will help you analyze the potential value of choosing SharePoint 2010 for your organization. If you are already using SharePoint 2010 in your organization, and are new to a SharePoint environment, Course 1501: SharePoint^® 2010 Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction provides the fundamental knowledge and critical skills to create, manage and customize SharePoint 2010 across your enterprise. Specifically, you learn to create a centralized information repository with controlled access in SharePoint Foundation, connect and empower people to better collaborate in the enterprise, integrate Office 2010 applications with SharePoint 2010, customize your SharePoint site using SharePoint Designer 2010, and employ Web-based applications for convenient browser-based access.

I've taken Course 1501: SharePoint^® 2010 Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction, should I take this course?

No, the material you learned in Course 1501 will significantly overlap with this course. You should not take this course if you have already taken Course 1501.

What kinds of live demonstrations are in the course?

There are many dynamic, live demonstrations throughout the course, including:

• Rapidly deploying SharePoint 2010 sites
• Leveraging new cross-platform compatible user interface features for rich browser-based editing
• Personalizing SharePoint 2010 with My Site
• Quickly retrieving information with SharePoint Search
• Integrating Office 2010 applications with SharePoint 2010
• Automating business processes with custom workflows in SharePoint Designer 2010
• Displaying server status with the SharePoint Maintenance Manager
• Measuring business metrics with PerformancePoint Services

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How does this course relate to other Learning Tree courses?

Learning Tree offers a number of courses that will help you expand upon the knowledge gained in this course and further your skills in several key areas. Those courses include:

• 1505: Building Applications and Workflows with SharePoint® Designer 2010: Hands-On 
• 1510: Administering SharePoint® Server 2010: Hands-On 
• 919: SharePoint® for Project Management 
• 957: SharePoint® Governance: Best Practices for Managing SharePoint® Environments 
• 2601: Programming .NET Web Services: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction 
• 137: SQL Server® 2008: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction 
• 138: SQL Server® 2008 Database Administration: Hands-On 
• 1210: Cloud Computing Overview: Evaluating the Opportunities 
• 960: Windows Server® 2008: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction 
• 961: Windows Server® 2008 Administration: Hands-On 
• 947: Integrating Mac OS® X into a Windows® Environment: Hands-On 

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