50049A: Architecting Web Content Management Solutions with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Course Outline
Module 1: Web Content Management Overview
This module gives an overview of the WCM features of Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Lessons
• What Is Web Content Management?
• First Steps in Your Web Content Management Architecture
Lab: Beginning a Web Content Management Architecture
• Exercise 1: Creating an Information Architecture
• Exercise 2: Planning Site and Subsite Structure
• Exercise 3: Defining Use of Blogs and Wikis
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe the use of WCM and implementation options.
• Describe the role of WCM architecture.
Module 2: Architecting Content Management for Your Web Site
This module describes how to plan and design the look and feel of your site and how to manage content and the approval process.
Lessons
• Creating a Consistent Look and Feel
• Managing Content Pages
• Approving Content
Lab: Architecting Content Management for Your Web Site
• Exercise 1: Designing the Look and Feel
• Exercise 2: Designing Site Variations
• Exercise 3: Designing the Approval Process
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Create a consistent look and feel across a WCM solution.
• Manage content pages in a WCM solution.
• Manage the content approval process in a WCM solution.
Module 3: Server Infrastructure and Content Deployment
This module describes how to plan and design server farms for WCM solutions and how to manage the deployment of content between multiple environments.
Lessons
• Server Farms for Web Content Management Solutions
• Content Deployment
Lab: Using the Content Deployment System
• Exercise 1: Deploying Content by Using Paths and Jobs
• Exercise 2: Deploying Content Manually
• Exercise 3: Using Quick Deploy
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Explain the main server farm design considerations for WCM solutions.
• Describe the principal content deployment issues for WCM solutions.
Module 4: Securing a Web Content Management System
This module describes the security considerations that apply to WCM solutions in Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Lessons
• Securing Servers
• Network Security
Lab: Creating a Secure Site
• Exercise 1: Planning Authentication and Encryption
• Exercise 2: Locking Down Forms Pages
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe techniques to secure servers in an Office SharePoint Server 2007 WCM solution.
• Describe techniques to secure network communications in a WCM server farm.
Module 5: Optimizing Performance for Web Content Management
This module describes how to ensure that your portal architecture responds well to the expected load from users.
Lessons
• Optimizing Content
• Optimizing Servers
Lab: Optimizing a Web Content Management Site
• Exercise 1: Optimizing Core Files and Custom Code
• Exercise 2: Configuring IIS Compression and Output Caching
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Ensure that authors, editors, and developers create optimized content for a WCM system.
• Use Internet Information Services (IIS) compression and caching to deliver content to users rapidly.
Module 6: Extending Web Content Management
This module describes the ways in which you can customize Office SharePoint WCM so that you can include customizations in solution architectures.
Lessons
• Customizing Content Presentation
• Customizing Content Editing
• Customizing Content Deployment
Lab: Extending Web Content Management
• Exercise 1: Customizing the Page Editing Toolbar
• Exercise 2: Customizing the HTML Editor Field Control
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe how developers can customize the way Office SharePoint products and technologies present content to site visitors.
• Describe how developers can change the way that users edit content in Office SharePoint sites.
• Include custom content presentation in WCM solution architecture.