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SharePoint Setup and Admin Basics

Series Description

SharePoint is a very large technology that is really broken down into two separate administrators, the Server Administrator and the Site Collection Administrator. This video series covers the planning, installation, and configuration of SharePoint. Sharee will walk you through the installation choices and provide best practices on how to install SharePoint in various environments. She will show you how configure your farm for basic needs and dive into the Central Administration application in full detail. Finally she will wrap up with configuration of the Shared Services Provider. You will be able to get a “sandbox” SharePoint server environment up and running after completing this video series. Note: this series does not cover the installation of the SharePoint prerequisites such as SQL Server or the .NET environment.

Total Time: 5 Hour 39 Minutes              Video Tutorials: 36

Series Author: Sharee English

Tutorials In This Series

Lesson 1 - Architecture & Planning

One of the most important areas of SharePoint is planning, but also one of the areas that is most neglected when companies are implementing the technology. In this lesson Sharee covers how to go about planning your SharePoint environment and the different areas to focus your planning efforts.

Lesson 2 - Step-by-Step Installation

Sharee completes a SharePoint installation and explains the prerequisites and service accounts needed for a smooth installation.

Lesson 3 - Post Installation Overview

As most of us know, installations are not always trouble free. In this lesson Sharee will review what changes were made to the server during installation and areas you can troubleshoot if you had issues during the install.

Lesson 4 - Configuring Initial Services & Servers

Now that SharePoint is installed and running there are dozens of settings that must be configured before you can start using the server for web sites. Sharee focuses this lesson on configuring the minimum settings to get your server farm up and running, such as starting required services and creating a Shared Services Provider.

Lesson 5 - Configuring Farm Settings

Central Administration is made up of two primary administration areas, farm wide features which are primarily covered in the Operations page and Web application and site specific features, which is primarily covered in the Application Management page. This lesson focuses on the Operation page of Central Administration.

Lesson 6 - Web Applications and Site Collection Management

Central Administration is made up of two primary administration areas, farm wide features which are primarily covered in the Operations page and Web application and site specific features, which is primarily covered in the Application Management page. This lesson focuses on the Application Management page of Central Administration.

Lesson 7 - Configuring a Shared Service Provider

The Shared Services Administration is the primary location to configure the services that SharePoint allows you to offload to various servers. These services include Search, User Profiles, and Excel Services. This lesson covers all of the shared services settings that you can configure. When you offload services from the primary server to another server, the server is known as an application server.




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