SharePoint 2013 Site Collection and Site Administration

In this course, power users will gain the skills needed to perform SharePoint 2013 site collections and site administration. You will learn to plan, create, secure, administer, and customize a SharePoint 2013 portal. You'll also learn how to design a social experience in SharePoint 2013 along with using search and the role of governance.

This course incorporates materials from the Official Microsoft Learning Product: SharePoint 2013 Site Collection and Site Administration (55033).

Audience

SharePoint site collection administrators, site administrators, and power users who are tasked with working within the SharePoint environment

Prerequisites
Experience with:

• Windows Client Operating System: Windows XP, Windows 7, or Windows 8
• Microsoft Office 2007, Office 2010, or Office 2013
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, 8, or 9

Learning Objectives

• Design and implement a company portal structure using SharePoint 2013 objects including sites, libraries, lists, and pages
• Role of security and permissions throughout SharePoint 2013
• Implement guidelines for consistency in building a company portal to aid in the day-to-day administration of content in SharePoint 2013
• Enhance the design of and content on a company portal using SharePoint 2013 themes and web parts
• Importance of governance for the planning and managing future growth of the SharePoint 2013 implementation
• Options to integrate data from other systems as well as preserve existing data
• Role of social networking in SharePoint 2013 and its impact on collaboration

Course Outline

1. Getting Started with SharePoint 2013

• SharePoint 2013 roles and terminology
• Navigating SharePoint 2013
• Utilizing functions available in the Microsoft ribbon
• Creating and adding basic content to SharePoint

2. Planning a Company Portal using SharePoint 2013

• Governance and its role within SharePoint 2013
• Developing information architecture
• Developing a site structure

3. Creating a Company Portal

• Implementing a site structure
• Adding and customizing apps
• Creating and customizing views
• Modifying site navigation

4. Creating Consistency Across Sites

• Creating new site columns
• Designing and implementing content types
• Implementing a taxonomy using the Managed Metadata Service
• Implementing the Content Organizer
• Site and list templates
• Best practices around creating consistency

5. Securing a Company Portal

• Concept of sharing
• Designing and implementing security
• Best practices around SharePoint 2013 security

6. Customizing the Look of a Portal

• Implementing themes and adding a logo
• Adding web parts to pages
• Using audiences for targeting content

7. Extending a Company Portal

• External content types
• Implementing records management and an eDiscovery center

8. Using Web Content Management

• Enabling web content management
• Creating a managed metadata navigation site
• Implementing image constraints and a publishing workflow
• Structure of pages

9. Bridging the Social Gap

• Role of social computing in SharePoint 2013
• Best practices for implementing social collaboration
• Designing a social experience
• Implementing a community site using the social computing features of SharePoint 2013

10. Finding Information using Search

• Creating an enterprise Search Center
• Customizing the Search Center

11. Controlling and Planning for Growth

• Role of governance for SharePoint
• Developing a governance plan and team

12. Administering a Company Portal Built on SharePoint 2013

• Additional settings for site collection administrators and site administrators