Configuring SharePoint 2010 Site Collections

Overview/Description
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is a business collaboration platform where people can collaborate, set up web sites, manage documents, and provide intelligence to make key business decisions. This course covers creating and managing site collections created in SharePoint. Also covered are the user security for SharePoint. This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that covers the objectives for Microsoft Exam 70-667 (TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring). Passing this exam will earn the learner MCTS: SharePoint 2010, Configuration certification.

Target Audience
Windows Server administrators tasked with installing, configuring, and managing SharePoint Server 2010 and all supporting Servers and Services. Any such administrator should have IT administration knowledge of Windows Server 2008, IIS 7, DNS, Active Directory, and Microsoft SQL 2005/2008.

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Configuring SharePoint 2010 Site Collections

match the site creation options offered by SharePoint to their descriptions

manage site creation and maintenance

recognize how to create site collections

determine the correct approach to site creation for a given scenario

recognize how to set up site collections for given scenarios

match the groups of users to the levels at which they have administrative permissions

identify the sets of permissions that administrators use to grant users access to site content

identify SharePoint default security groups

recognize how to manage permission levels in SharePoint 2010

recognize how to manage SharePoint 2010 security groups

recognize SharePoint User Security options

administer SharePoint permission levels and security groups