Course Objectives
This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to configure and manage a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 environment. This course will teach you how to configure SharePoint Server 2013, as well as provide guidelines, best practices, and considerations that will help you optimize your SharePoint server deployment. This is the first in a sequence of two courses for IT Professionals and will align with the first exam in the SharePoint Server 2013 IT Pro certification.
Exam 70-331: Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013: counts as credit toward the following certification(s): Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): SharePoint
The course is targeted at experienced IT Professionals interested in learning how to install, configure, deploy and manage SharePoint Server 2013 installations in either the data center or the cloud.
Students typically have more than four years of hands-on experience* planning and maintaining SharePoint and other core technologies upon which SharePoint depends, including Windows Server 2008 R2 or later, Internet Information Services (IIS), SQL Server 2008 R2 or later, Active Directory, and networking infrastructure services.
Objectives
Describe the key features of SharePoint 2013
Design an information architecture
Design logical and physical architectures
Install and configure SharePoint Server 2013
Create web applications and site collections
Plan and configure service applications
Manage users and permissions
Configure authentication for SharePoint 2013
Secure a SharePoint 2013 deployment
Manage taxonomy
Configure user profiles
Configure enterprise search
Monitor and maintain a SharePoint 2013 environment