This five-day course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to plan and administer a Microsoft SharePoint 2016 environment. The course teaches you how to deploy, administer, and troubleshoot your SharePoint environment. This course also provides guidelines, best practices, and considerations that help you optimize your SharePoint deployment. This is the first in a sequence of two courses for IT professionals and is aligned with the SharePoint 2016 IT Pro certification.

Aim

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Describe the key features of SharePoint 2016.
Design an information architecture for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
Design a logical architecture for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
Design the physical architecture for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
Install and configure SharePoint 2016.
Create and configure web applications and site collections.
Plan and configure service applications for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
Manage users and permissions, and secure content in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
Configure authentication in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
Configure platform and farm-level security in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
Manage information taxonomy in SharePoint web applications and site collections.
Configure and manage user profiles and audiences.
Configure and manage the search experience in SharePoint 2016.
Monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot a SharePoint 2016 deployment.

Recommended for

The course is targeted at experienced IT professionals who are interested in learning how to install, configure, deploy, and manage SharePoint 2016 installations either in a data center or in the cloud.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have knowledge of:

Software management in a Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 enterprise server environment.
Deploying and managing applications natively, virtually, and in the cloud.
Administering IIS.
Configuring AD DS for use in authentication, authorization, and as a user store.
Managing an application remotely by using Windows PowerShell 4.0.
Managing databases and server roles in SQL Server.
Connecting applications to SQL Server.
Implementing claims-based security.
Using Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines.

An ideal candidate for this course must have at least one year of experience with deploying and administering multiple SharePoint 2013 farms across a large enterprise. Because many customers have not upgraded from SharePoint 2010, a candidate can also have at least two years of experience with SharePoint 2010. However, they also must understand the differences between SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013, particularly in terms of hybridization.

Syllabus

Introducing SharePoint 2016:

Key components of a SharePoint deployment
New features in SharePoint 2016
SharePoint 2016 deployment options

Designing an information architecture:

Identifying business requirements
Understanding business requirements
Organizing information in SharePoint 2016
Planning for discoverability

Designing a logical architecture:

Overview of the SharePoint 2016 logical architecture
Documenting your logical architecture

Designing a physical architecture:

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

Installing and configuring SharePoint 2016:

Installing SharePoint 2016
Scripting installation and configuration of SharePoint
Configuring SharePoint 2016 farm settings

Creating web applications and site collections:

Creating web applications
 Configuring web applications
 Creating and configuring site collections

Planning and configuring service applications:

Introduction to the service application architecture
Creating and configuring service applications

Managing users and permissions, and securing content:

Configuring authorization in SharePoint 2016
Managing access to content

Configuring authentication for SharePoint 2016:

Overview of authentication
Configuring federated authentication
Configuring server-to-server authentication

Securing a SharePoint 2016 deployment:

Securing the platform
Configuring farm-level security

Managing taxonomy:

Managing content types
Understanding managed metadata
Configuring the managed metadata service

Configuring user profiles:

Configuring the User Profile Service Application
Managing user profiles and audiences

Configuring Enterprise Search:

Understanding the Search Service Application architecture
Configuring Enterprise Search
Managing Enterprise Search

Monitoring and maintaining a SharePoint 2016 environment:

Monitoring a SharePoint 2016 environment
Tuning and optimizing a SharePoint 2016 environment
Planning and configuring caching
Troubleshooting a SharePoint 2016 environment