Building Applications and Workflows with SharePoint^® Designer 2010: Hands-On

What is this course about?

In this course, participants gain the knowledge and skills to maximize SharePoint without the need to write application-level code. They learn to leverage SharePoint Designer 2010 features to extend SharePoint sites, aggregate SharePoint lists and integrate data from multiple sources to build robust site dashboards, automate complex business processes with SharePoint workflows, and create forms and capture data for workflows and data storage.

Who will benefit from this course?

Anyone responsible for creating, building or managing SharePoint 2010 sites, including Site Designers, SharePoint Developers and Site Owners.

What background do I need?

Basic knowledge of SharePoint site structure at the level of Course 1501, SharePoint^® 2010 Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction, or experience with a previous version of SharePoint, is assumed.

What is SharePoint 2010?

SharePoint empowers users to build collaborative Web sites where they can share information without complex programming. SharePoint 2010 utilizes a variety of modern technologies (ASP.Net, Web Parts, Silverlight, and SQL Server 2008) to provide a rich user experience and complex data storage facilities.

What is the difference between SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010?

SharePoint Server extends the capabilities of SharePoint Foundation 2010 to support more complex, enterprise-wide environments, adding needed services such as Federated Search, advanced document and records management, enhanced workflows and detailed Business Intelligence capabilities. This course covers the features of SharePoint Server 2010 in addition to SharePoint Foundation 2010.

What is SharePoint Designer 2010?

SharePoint Designer is a tool used to create SharePoint 2010 applications. Using SharePoint Designer, IT professionals can rapidly create no-code SharePoint solutions that encompass collaborative sites, data integration, business intelligence and workflows to leverage the building blocks available in SharePoint. In addition, developers can use SharePoint Designer 2010 to get a quick start on SharePoint development projects.

How does this course differ from other Learning Tree SharePoint 2010 courses?

This course uses SharePoint Designer 2010 and focuses on controlling the functionality of SharePoint sites by working with data and workflow. It is not a programming or graphic design course, but demonstrates what IT professionals can accomplish with the tools and components available in SharePoint Designer.

Course 1501, SharePoint^® 2010 Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction, lays the foundation for Learning Tree's SharePoint 2010 curriculum and provides you with the skills to effectively create, manage and use SharePoint sites.

Course 1510, Administering SharePoint^® Server 2010: Hands-On, focuses on the system administration aspects of SharePoint 2010. Course 1510 is not a programming, graphic design or end user course, but shows how to maintain a secure, scalable and resilient SharePoint installation.

Course 1507, Developing InfoPath Forms for SharePoint^®: Hands-On, provides the knowledge and skills necessary to create InfoPath forms for seamless integration into SharePoint. Participants learn to build interaction into complex forms without writing code, capture external data and convert Office forms to InfoPath for optimal design and publishing.

Course 957, SharePoint^® Governance: Best Practices for Managing SharePoint^® Environments, focuses on the development of a comprehensive governance plan to maximize your organization's return on its SharePoint investment.

How much time is spent on each topic?

What kinds of hands-on exercises are performed in this course?

Throughout an in-depth case study, you gain extensive hands-on experience creating SharePoint sites with SharePoint Designer 2010, accounting for 40 percent of class time. Exercises include:

• Enhancing site functionality by editing content and master pages
• Creating data views with custom formatting
• Building a dashboard with data from Oracle and SQL Server utilizing the XSLT List View Web Part
• Streamlining tasks with workflow
• Building reusable workflows
• Leveraging external content types
• Deploying a solution across servers

I've taken Course 955, Building Data-Driven SharePoint^® Applications with SharePoint^® Designer 2007: Hands-On, is this course right for me?

Yes. Even though the concepts taught in Courses 955 and 1505 are similar, the user interface in SharePoint Designer 2010 has completely changed and there are many new features. In order to modify SharePoint 2010 sites, the use of SharePoint 2010 is mandatory.

I've taken Course 538, SharePoint^® 2007 Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction, is this course suitable for me?

If your company is migrating to SharePoint 2010 and you've already taken Course 538, we recommend that you have some knowledge of SharePoint 2010 before taking 1505.

How does this course relate to other Learning Tree courses?

Learning Tree offers a number of courses that will help you expand upon the knowledge gained in this course and further your skills in several key areas. Those courses include:

• 1510, Administering SharePoint® Server 2010: Hands-On 
• 1507, Developing InfoPath Forms for SharePoint®: Hands-On 
• 2615, Programming SharePoint® 2010 Applications with .NET: Hands-On 
• 957, SharePoint® Governance: Best Practices for Managing SharePoint® Environments 
• 138, SQL Server® 2008 Database Administration: Hands-On 
• 296, Project Management: Skills for Success