SharePoint 2010 Designer Advanced Training Course

Who is this course for?

This course follows on from the SharePoint 2010 Designer Introduction course.

It is for advanced SharePoint end-users, and administrators who will be responsible for customising the look and feel of a SharePoint deployment and also providing additional bespoke functionality that is not possible by using browser customisation options.

Prerequisites

Delegates attending this course would need to have attended or equivalent knowledge of the SharePoint 2010 Designer Introduction course.

Benefits

At the end of this 2-day course you will learn how to create & deploy workflow with SharePoint Designer, explore data connectivity and views along with site administration and contributor settings.

CREATING WORKFLOW WITH SHAREPOINT DESIGNER

Use the Workflow Designer Wizard to create custom workflows
Location and composition of workflow files
Creating Re-usable workflows
Deploy workflows to SharePoint document libraries and lists
Save and execute your workflow
Run the workflow and review workflow status in your SharePoint site
Review workflow log

CREATE AND CONFIGURE DATA SOURCES

Overview of each data source
Connect with external databases
Connect to another SharePoint library within your site collection
Overview of InfoPath forms
Link data sources

DATA VIEWS AND CONDITIONAL FORMATTING

Create a data view
Import fields
Conditional formatting
Apply filtering and style
Edit, delete, and insert commands

CONTROLS

Understand the overall role of controls in SharePoint Server 2010
Review types of controls available
ASP.NET controls
SharePoint controls

MASTER PAGES

Working with the out-of-the-box master pages
Create new master pages
Add and configure menu controls on master pages
Manage master pages
Apply CSS to master pages

SITE ADMINISTRATION USING SHAREPOINT DESIGNER

Configure contributor settings
Check site's status with reports including usage analysis
Migrate SharePoint sites including back up and restore

Face-to-face training

Training is held in our modern, comfortable, air-conditioned suites.

Modern-spec IT, fully networked with internet access

Lunch, breaks and timing

A hot lunch is provided at local restaurants near our venues:

• Bloomsbury
• Limehouse

Courses start at 9:30am.

Please aim to be with us for 9:15am.

Browse the sample menus and view joining information (how to get to our venues).

Refreshments

Available throughout the day:

• Hot beverages
• Clean, filtered water
• Biscuits

Online training

Regular breaks throughout the day.

Learning tools

In-course handbook

Contains unit objectives, exercises and space to write notes

Reference material

Available online. 100+ pages with step-by-step instructions

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