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Overview
On this accelerated 6-day MCSE: Productivity (SharePoint Server 2016) course, you'll learn the skills to plan, configure and manage core and advanced features in a SharePoint 2016 environment - 40% faster than traditional training.
You'll be immersed in the curriculum through our unique Lecture | Lab | Review technique, which combines theory with practical, hands-on skills to help you retain information faster.
Your expert Microsoft Certified Trainer will guide you through designing, administering and troubleshooting a SharePoint environment. You'll then learn how to manage advanced features of SharePoint 2016 including:
- Designing a SharePoint 2016 environment to meet requirements for high availability and disaster recovery.
- Implementing Business Connectivity Services and Secure Store Service.
- Configure and manage productivity services for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
- Manage solutions in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
- Planning and configuring social computing features and web content management for an Internet-facing environment.
- Planning and configuring Enterprise Content Management in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
- Planning and configuring business intelligence solutions.
- Plan and configure work management, productivity, and collaboration platforms and features.
On this course, you'll prepare for and sit Exam 70-339: Managing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016, covered by yourCertification Guarantee. Passing exam 70-339 will fulfil your elective requirement to achieve the MCSE: Productivity certification.
This course is ideal for experienced IT professionals interested in learning to install, configure and manage SharePoint 2016 in either a data centre or the cloud.
Benefits
Firebrand Training deliver accelerated courses as a Microsoft Learning Partner. You‚ll get exclusive benefits including:
- Expert instruction from a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
- Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC)
- Official Microsoft Practice Tests
- Testing at the Firebrand Training centre during the course - walk away certified
Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training
- Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
- You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
- Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
- Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
- You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
- You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
- You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals
- * For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
- ** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
Curriculum
20339-1A: Planning and Administering SharePoint 2016
Module 1: Introducing SharePoint 2016
This module describes the structure and capabilities of a SharePoint environment, and the major changes for IT professionals in SharePoint 2016. This module also describes the options available for deploying SharePoint 2016.
Lessons
- Key components of a SharePoint deployment
- New features in SharePoint 2016
- SharePoint 2016 deployment options
Module 2: Designing an information architecture
This module describes how to gather business requirements, and the key elements of a successful information architecture project. This module also explains how to structure information within a SharePoint 2016 deployment and make it easy to find and retrieve.
Lessons
- Identifying business requirements
- Understanding business requirements
- Organising information in SharePoint 2016
- Planning for discoverability
Lab : Designing an information architecture - Part one
- Identifying site columns and content types
Lab : Creating an information architecture - Part two
- Designing a business taxonomy
Module 3: Designing a logical architecture
This module explains how to approach a logical architecture design and how to document it.
Lessons
- Overview of the SharePoint 2016 logical architecture
- Documenting your logical architecture
Lab : Designing a logical architecture
- Planning a logical architecture
- Producing a logical architecture diagram
Module 4: Designing a physical architecture
This module describes the physical design requirements for SharePoint 2016, and the physical components necessary to fulfill the physical architecture design. It also explains the SharePoint farm topologies, and describes how to map a logical architecture design to a physical architecture design.
Lessons
- Designing physical components for SharePoint deployments
- Designing supporting components for SharePoint deployments
- SharePoint farm topologies
- Mapping a logical architecture design to a physical architecture design
Lab : Designing a physical architecture
- Designing a physical architecture
- Developing a physical architecture design diagram
Module 5: Installing and configuring SharePoint 2016
This module explains how to install SharePoint 2016 in different topologies, script the installation, and configure a SharePoint 2016 environment. This module also explains how to configure the core farm-level settings in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
Lessons
- Installing SharePoint 2016
- Scripting installation and configuration of SharePoint
- Configuring SharePoint 2016 farm settings
Lab : Deploying and configuring SharePoint 2016 – Part one
- Provisioning a SharePoint 2016 farm
Lab : Deploying and configuring SharePoint 2016 – Part two
- Configuring incoming email
- Configuring outgoing email
- Configuring integration with Office Online Server
Module 6: Creating web applications and site collections
This module explains how to create web applications in SharePoint 2016 and how to configure these applications. It also explains how to create and configure site collections in SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint Online.
Lessons
- Creating web applications
- Configuring web applications
- Creating and configuring site collections
Lab : Creating and configuring web applications
- Creating a web application
- Configuring a web application
Lab : Creating and configuring site collections
- Creating and configuring site collections
- Creating a site collection in a new content database
- Using Fast Site Collection Creation
Module 7: Planning and configuring service applications
This module describes the service application architecture in SharePoint 2016, and how to provision and manage service applications.
Lessons
- Introduction to the service application architecture
- Creating and configuring service applications
Lab : Planning and configuring service applications
- Provisioning a Managed Metadata Service application with Central Administration
- Provisioning a Managed Metadata Service application with Windows PowerShell
- Configuring the Word Automation Services service application for document conversion
- Configuring service application proxy groups
Module 8: Managing users and permissions, and securing content
This module explains how to configure authorisation in SharePoint 2016. It also explains how to configure site collection security in SharePoint 2016.
Lessons
- Configuring authorisation in SharePoint 2016
- Managing access to content
Lab : Managing users and groups
- Creating a web-application policy
- Creating and managing SharePoint groups
- Creating custom permission levels
Lab : Securing content in SharePoint sites
- Managing permissions and inheritance
- Managing site-collection security
- Enabling anonymous access to a site
Module 9: Configuring authentication for SharePoint 2016
This module explains about the SharePoint 2016 authentication infrastructure, and how to configure claims, providers, and identity federation for SharePoint 2016. It also explains how to configure server-to-server authentication for SharePoint 2016.
Lessons
- Overview of authentication
- Configuring federated authentication
- Configuring server-to-server authentication
Lab : Extend your SharePoint 2016 to support Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
- Configuring Microsoft SharePoint 2016 to use federated identities
- Configuring Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) to enable a web application a relying party
- Configuring SharePoint to trust AD FS as an identity provider
- Configuring a web application to use the AD FS identity provider
Module 10: Securing a SharePoint 2016 deployment
This module explains how to secure a SharePoint 2016 deployment at the platform level, and how to configure farm-level security settings for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
Lessons
- Securing the platform
- Configuring farm-level security
Lab : Securing a SharePoint 2016 deployment
- Configuring SharePoint Server communication security
- Hardening a SharePoint server farm
- Configuring blocked file types
- Configuring Web Part security
- Implementing security auditing
Module 11: Managing taxonomy
This module explains how to create and manage content types and content-type propagation. Additionally, it explains how to implement managed metadata in SharePoint web applications and site collections. It also explains how to configure the managed metadata service application in SharePoint 2016.
Lessons
- Managing content types
- Understanding managed metadata
- Configuring the managed metadata service
Lab : Configuring content-type propagation
- Creating content types for propagation
- Publishing content types across site collections
Lab : Configuring and using the managed metadata service
- Configuring the managed metadata service
- Creating term sets and terms
- Consuming term sets
Module 12: Configuring user profiles
This module explains how to configure the User Profile service application, and how to manage user profiles and audiences.
Lessons
- Configuring the User Profile Service Application
- Managing user profiles and audiences
Lab : Configuring user profiles
- Configuring the User Profile Service Application
- Configuring directory import and synchronisation
Lab : Configuring My Sites and audiences
- Configuring My Sites
- Configuring audiences
Module 13: Configuring Enterprise Search
This module describes the Search Service Application and explains how to configure the Search service in SharePoint 2016. It also explains how to manage the search experience in SharePoint 2016.
Lessons
- Understanding the Search Service Application architecture
- Configuring Enterprise Search
- Managing Enterprise Search
Lab : Configuring Enterprise Search
- Configuring the Search Service Application
- Configuring a file share content source
- Configuring a local SharePoint content source
- Creating a search center
Lab : Optimising the search experience
- Configuring a result source and a query rule
- Customising the search experience
- Creating and deploying a thesaurus
- Configuring entity extractors and refiners
- Managing query spelling correction
Module 14: Monitoring and maintaining a SharePoint 2016 environment
This module explains how to implement a monitoring plan for SharePoint 2016, and how to optimise the performance of a SharePoint 2016 deployment. It also explains how to plan for and configure SharePoint caching. Further, it explains how to identify and resolve problems in a SharePoint 2016 environment.
Lessons
- Monitoring a SharePoint 2016 environment
- Tuning and optimising a SharePoint 2016 environment
- Planning and configuring caching
- Troubleshooting a SharePoint 2016 environment
Lab : Monitoring a SharePoint 2016 deployment
- Configuring usage and health data collection
- Configuring Sharepoint diagnostic logging
- Configuring Health Analyser rules
- Reviewing usage and health data
Lab : Investigating page load times
- Analysing network traffic
- Analysing SharePoint page performance
20339-2A: Advanced Technologies of SharePoint 2016
Module 1: Introduction to SharePoint 2016
This module describes the core architectural components of a SharePoint Server environment, and also helps to identify the new depreciated and removed features in SharePoint 2016.
Lessons
- Core components of the SharePoint 2016 architecture
- New, deprecated, and removed features in SharePoint 2016
- SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint Online editions
Lab : Reviewing the core Microsoft SharePoint 2016 concepts
- Configuring SharePoint 2016 farms
- Creating and configuring site collections and sites
- Provisioning service applications by using the SharePoint 2016 Management Shell
Module 2: Introduction to hybrid scenarios for SharePoint 2016
This module describes the key hybrid features in SharePoint 2016, and helps you to prepare for a hybrid SharePoint 2016 deployment.
Lessons
- Exploring the hybrid features in SharePoint 2016
- Preparing for a hybrid SharePoint 2016 deployment
Lab : Configuring an Office 365 tenant
- Creating an Office 365 tenant
Lab : Creating hybrid team sites
- Preparing the SharePoint environment
- Running the SharePoint Hybrid picker
Module 3: Designing business continuity management strategies
This module explains how to select an appropriate database server configuration to meet availability requirements. It also describes how to design a physical architecture and infrastructure to meet high-availability requirements. Finally, this module explains how to develop and implement a backup and restore strategy.
Lessons
- Designing database topologies for high availability and disaster recovery
- Designing a SharePoint infrastructure for high availability
- Planning for disaster recovery
Lab : Planning and performing backup and restore
- Create a backup and restore plan
- Test the backup and restore process
Module 4: Planning and implementing Business Connectivity Services and Secure Store Service
This module explains how to configure Business Connectivity Services (BCS), and describes how to configure and manage the Secure Store Service application. It also explains how you can configure and manage BCS models.
Lessons
- Planning and configuring BCS
- Configuring the Secure Store Service
- Managing BCS models
Lab : Configuring BCS and the Secure Store Service
- Configuring the BDC Service Application
- Configuring the Secure Store Service
Lab : Managing BDC models
- Configuring a Secure Store Service target application
- Importing and configuring BDC models
Module 5: Configuring productivity services for a SharePoint 2016 deployment
This module describes SharePoint Add-in architecture.This module also explains how to provision and manage SharePoint apps and App Catalogs. Additionally, this module describes how to provision Microsoft Access Services, Visio Services, Word Automation Services, PowerPoint Automation Services, and SharePoint Translation Services.
Lessons
- Understanding the SharePoint Add-in architecture
- Provisioning and managing apps and App Catalogs
- Provisioning productivity services
Lab : Configuring and managing SharePoint Add-ins
- Configuring a SharePoint farm to support apps
- Creating and configuring a corporate App Catalog
- Deploying and monitoring apps
Module 6: Managing solutions in Microsoft SharePoint 2016
This module describes the purpose and structure of SharePoint 2016 features and solutions. In addition, it explains how to manage sandbox solutions in Microsoft SharePoint 2016.
Lessons
- Understanding the SharePoint 2016 solution architecture
- Managing sandboxed solutions
Lab : Managing solutions
- Configuring a SharePoint farm to support sandboxed solutions
- Configuring a SharePoint site to support sandboxed solutions
- Deploying farm solutions
Module 7: Connecting people
This module explains how to manage user profiles and how to plan and configure My Site and social features. This module also describes how to configure community sites.
Lessons
- Managing user profiles
- Enabling social interaction
- Building communities
Lab : Configuring profile synchronisation and My Sites
- Configuring profile synchronisation
- Configuring My Sites
Lab : Configuring community sites
- Creating a community site infrastructure
- Configuring Community Site participation
Module 8: Planning and configuring web content management
This module explains how to plan and configure a web content management infrastructure to meet business requirements. This module also describes how to configure managed navigation and product catalog sites, and how to configure support for multilingual sites. Additionally, it explains and how to plan and manage design and customisation for publishing sites, and how to plan and configure support for mobile users.
Lessons
- Planning and implementing a web content management infrastructure
- Configuring managed navigation and catalog sites
- Supporting multiple languages and locales
- Enabling design and customisation
- Supporting mobile users
Lab : Configuring managed navigation and catalog sites
- Configuring a product catalog site
- Configuring Cross-Site Publishing
- Configuring publishing sites
Lab : Configuring device channels
- Configuring device channels
Module 9: Planning and configuring Enterprise Content Management
This module explains how to plan for management of content and documents, and how to plan for and configure eDiscovery. Additionally, it describes how to plan for records management and compliance.
Lessons
- Planning Enterprise Content Management
- Planning and configuring eDiscovery
- Planning records management
Lab : Configuring eDiscovery in SharePoint 2016
- Creating and configuring an eDiscovery Center
- Discovering and preserving content
- Querying and exporting content
Lab : Configuring records management in SharePoint Server 2016
- Configuring in-place records management
Module 10: Planning and configuring business intelligence solutions
This module explains how to plan business intelligence (BI) architecture for SharePoint 2016, and how to deploy and manage BI services. Additionally, this module explains how to plan and configure advanced analysis tools.
Lessons
- Planning BI architecture
- Planning, deploying, and managing BI services
- Planning and configuring advanced analysis tools
Lab : Installing Office Online Server
- Deploy Office Online Server
Lab : Configuring PowerPivot and Power View for SharePoint 2016
- Configuring PowerPivot for SharePoint 2016
- Configuring Power View for SharePoint
Module 11: Planning and configuring productivity and collaboration
This module explains how to plan and configure productivity and collaboration features. This module also explains how to plan and configure composite solutions in SharePoint 2016.
Lessons
- Planning and configuring collaboration features
- Planning and configuring composites
Lab : Configuring and working with project sites
- Creating an Office Online Server farm and configuring integration in SharePoint 2016
- Creating project sites
- Configuring project sites
- Engaging project teams
- Configuring Project Server integration
Lab : Configuring a workflow
- Configuring Microsoft Azure Workflow and Microsoft SharePoint Workflow Services
- Creating and testing a workflow
Module 12: Upgrading and migrating to SharePoint 2016
This module explains how to prepare for upgrade or migration to SharePoint 2016. In addition, it explains how to manage site collections are how to upgrade them to SharePoint 2016. Finally, the module describes how to upgrade advanced content from SharePoint Server 2013 to SharePoint 2016.
Lessons
- Preparing for an upgrade or migration
- Upgrade to SharePoint 2016
- Planning and managing a site-collection upgrade
Lab : Performing a content database migration and upgrade from Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
- Migrating SharePoint Server 2013 Managed Metadata Service
- Upgrading a SharePoint Server 2013 content database
Lab : Managing site-collection upgrades
- Preparing site collections for upgrade
- Upgrading site collections
Exam Track
You'll sit the following exam during the course at the Firebrand Training Centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:
Exam 70-339: Managing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016
You'll be tested on the following subject areas during the exam:
- Design SharePoint infrastructure (15-20%)
- Plan authentication and security (15-20%)
- Plan workload optimisation (15-20%)
- Plan productivity solutions (15-20%)
- Manage search capabilities (10-15%)
- Plan and configure cloud services (5-10%)
- Monitor and optimise a SharePoint environment (10-15%)
To achieve the MCSE: Productivity certification, you are required to pass exam 70-339 as well as the exams aligned to one of the following MCSA:
What's Included
Included:
- MOC 20339-1A: Planning and Administering SharePoint 2016
- MOC 20339-2A: Advanced Technologies of SharePoint 2016
Your accelerated course includes:
- Accommodation *
- Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
- On-site exams **
- Exam vouchers **
- Practice tests **
- Certification Guarantee ***
- Courseware
- Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
- 24-hour lab access
- Digital courseware **
- * For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
- ** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
- *** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.
Prerequisites
Ideally, you should have a minimum of one year's experience deploying and administering multiple SharePoint 2013 farms across a large enterprise. Or, you should have at least 2 year's experience with SharePoint 2010 .
Before attending this course, you must have professional experience with the following:
- Software management in a Windows Server 2012 or Windows 2012 R2 enterprise server environment.
- Deploying and managing applications natively, virtually and in the cloud.
- At least a one-year experience of mapping business requirements to both logical and physical technical designs.
- Administering Internet Information Services (IIS).
- Active Directory and configuring Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) for use in authentication, authorisation and as a user store.
- Managing databases and server roles in SQL Server
- Managing an application remotely using Windows PowerShell 4.0.
- Connecting applications to Microsoft SQL Server.
- Implementing Claims-based Security.
- Using Hyper-V virtual machines
It is also important you understand the differences between SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013, particularly in terms of hybridisation.
Unsure whether you meet the prerequisites? Don’t worry. Your training consultant will discuss your background with you to understand if this course is right for you.
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