Module 1: Getting Started with SharePoint 2010

In this module we will cover the fundamentals you need in place to get SharePoint off the ground. Topics included will be Windows Server, SQL Server, and hardware requirements. Windows Server SQL Server Hardware basics

Module 2: Install SharePoint Server 2010

This module will focus on installing SharePoint. Use of the prerequisite installer and the actual installation process will be covered. Once the install is finished the use of configuration wizard will covered to create a new farm. Prereq installer Setup Config wizard Farm passphrase Managed accounts

Module 3: Configuring your SharePoint 2010 farm

In this module we will focus on the key configuration tasks now that SharePoint has been installed. The new service applications architecture is quite a departure from the Shared Services Provider (SSP) in 2007 and makes a host of scenarios now possible. Farm configuration wizard Service applications Basic concept of central administration

Module 4: Creating your first webapplication

Now that your farm is ready to go you need to create that first web application to give your users access. And even there you still need a site collection and some webs. In this module we will make since of all that terminology and look at the new templates. Terminology Create a web app Create a site collection Create a web Templates

Module 5: Using Windows PowerShell to administer SharePoint

A SharePoint administrator’s first reaction is yuck but this tool is awesome. You need to in brace its awesome power for making your life easier. What is Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell basics Windows PowerShell scripts for administrators

Module 6: Backups and restores should be your number 1 priority

In this module we will make sure all of your data is safe. SharePoint 2010 has added several new options around making upgrade more flexible. Farm backups Site collection, web, and list backups Unattached restores Windows PowerShell scripts to automate

Module 7: Logging, monitoring and health

SharePoint 2010 has a whole list of new tools to make understanding what is going on in your farm much easier. This module will touch on the various options including the best practices analyzer. ULS Logs The logging database Best practice analyzer Usage reporting

Module 8: Search

Search is back and way bigger in 2010. Lots of core changes to the underlying architecture to increase scale. And what better to do with that new scale then make the UI much cooler. Indexer changes Query changes New web parts Introduction to FAST

Module 9: Using SharePoint 2010

This module lets your brain unwind a little. We will cover all of the UI updates to SharePoint 2010 and what they mean to you the admin. Lots of cool new functionality you need to see to believe. Fluent UI (AKA the ribbon) Inline editing The Office clients All the other cool stuff we can come up with