SharePoint 2013 Power User

All HOTT courses are available face-to-face, remote-live, on-demand or on-site at your facility. 

This hands-on course thoroughly covers out-of-the-box features of SharePoint and how to customize these features to make the most of your SharePoint environment. The course begins with an overview of SharePoint system architecture, then moves on to creating SharePoint web applications, site collections and sites. From there, students will add Web pages to sites and create navigation solutions for users to easily locate data. Students learn how to create new sites from scratch, as well as by built-in template. Included are team sites, wikis, blogs, web databases and meeting workspaces. Web parts and pages are then added to sites to provide greater flexibility in the way SharePoint is presented to users.

Included are techniques for using lists to promote information sharing, creating surveys, managing tasks and projects, as well as sharing calendars. Document and file management is also covered, including setting up content approval, managing major and minor file versions, and checking-out/checking-in documents.

Students will learn how to use built-in workflows, as well as how to display database records on SharePoint sites using Business Connectivity Services (BCS).

Comprehensive hands on exercises illustrate the concepts and techniques presented, and provide practice creating common SharePoint components.

Course Prerequisites

Familiarity with Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows desktop operating system environment (Windows 8.1 or later). Basic understanding of NTFS file & folder structure and

network access.

Course Overview

SharePoint Sites

• Categories of SharePoint Sites
• Creating and Managing New Web Applications
• Creating and Managing Site Collections
• Creating and Managing Farms
• Creating Sites for Meetings
• Creating Sites to Support Teams
• Understanding and Using SharePoint Web Database
• Using Quota Templates to Manage the Size of Sites
• Using Managed Paths to Control URLs
• Setting up Site Navigation Systems

Effectively Using Lists

• Using Lists for Information Sharing
• Creating Shared Calendars, Tasks, Announcements and Other Lists
• Creating Custom Lists From Scratch
• Creating New Lists Based on Templates
• Creating and Using Surveys
• Adding Custom Columns to Lists
• Creating Custom Views of Lists

Libraries and Document Management

• Allowing Users to Share Files and Documents with Libraries
• Configuring Content Approval of Library Entries
• Setting up Check-In/Check-Out to Enforce Exclusive Access to Documents
• Managing Major and Minor File Changes
• Saving Past Versions of Files
• Fully Customizing Libraries
• Creating Custom Views of Libraries
• Setting Validation Rules for New Library Entries

Automating Business Rules with Workflows

• Using Built-in Workflows
• Configuring Workflows to Start Automatically
• Managing, Editing and/or Deleting Existing Workflows

Pages and Web Parts

• Adding Pages to Sites
• Understanding SharePoint's Built-in Web Parts
• Adding Web Parts to Sites
• Customizing Web-Parts and Pages
• Creating Wiki Pages, Publishing Pages and Web-Part Pages
• Creating Site Navigation Systems

Managing Site Appearance

• Adding and Removing SharePoint Site Features
• Using Themes to Customize Page Colors and Fonts
• Using Picture Files to Standardize Corporate Logos

Microsoft Office Integration

• Understanding SharePoint's Integration With MS-Office
• Configuring Office Documents for Co-Authoring
• Displaying MS-Outlook Content Using Web Parts
• Setting Up Shortcuts to SharePoint Libraries
• Using Document Sets to Manage Groups of Files

Database Integration with Business Connectivity Services (BCS)

• Understanding Business Connectivity Services (BCS)
• Displaying Database Records on SharePoint Sites Using BCS
• Updating Database Content From SharePoint Lists
• Securely Storing Database Login Credentials in the Secure Server Store