MOSS 2007 Session Details
Understanding the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Architecture

How the operating system supports Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
The key differences between Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and WSS V3
The new features in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Pre-requisites for installing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Changes made to your server when MOSS 2007 is Installed
How to install Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
How to uninstall Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

How to start and stop services on a server
The difference between operating system services and Microsoft Office
SharePoint Server 2007 services
How to configure farm wide options for your environment
Best practices on implementing MOSS 2007 into your Environment

Create new web applications
Extend new web applications
Create new Shared Services Providers
Other Application – oriented Administration functions

Architectural overview of Office 2007
WSS as a collaboration solution
WSS as a server-side development platform
WSS integration with Office 2007 clients
Overview of MOSS components and services

WSS Integration with ASP.NET 2.0
Provisioning sites, pages and lists
Creating sites using WSS collaboration features
Site pages versus application pages
Customizing Master Pages and it’s pages
Working with the SharePoint Designer 2007

Creating and testing ASP.NET Web Part in WSS
Adding Persistent Web Part Properties
Creating Web Parts with ASP.NET User Controls
Web Part Connections
Migrating WSS v2 Web Parts to WSS V3

New enhancements to lists and document libraries
Creating and using Site Columns
Creating and using Content Types
Customizing Document Information Panels
Writing and testing Event Handlers
Creating custom field types with Visual Studio 2005

WSS Site Definition Primer
Creating a Custom Site Definition
Working with the ONET.XML file
Creating a custom page template for site definitions home page
Creating a site definition with a custom Master Page
Composing a custom site definition using feature references
Integrating a site definition using a WEBTEMP*.XML file

Introduction to features
Writing and testing a feature
Introduction to site definitions
Composing site definitions with feature references
Creating WSS solution deployment packages

Forms Services Architecture
Designing server-side forms with InfoPath 2007
InfoPath integration with WSS forms libraries
User deployment of server-side forms versus administrator deployment

Shared Service Provider (SSP) Architecture
User Profiles and Audiences
Extending MOSS Search
The Business Data Catalog

Customizing and branding a MOSS portal site
Creating content types and custom page layouts for Web content
Understanding the MOSS content approval process
Converting Office documents into Web-ready formats
Optimizing performance with MOSS caching features

Report Center integration with SQL Reporting Services
Report Center integration with SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
Creating Dashboards with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and filters

Creating custom event handlers by inheriting from WSS receiver base classes
Creating, testing and debugging WSS event handlers
Writing cancel-able synchronous event handlers containing validation logic
Writing asynchronous event handlers to maintain calculated columns
Creating a feature that binds an event handler to list events

IIS Worker Process Identity
WSS integration with ASP.NET 2.0 Authentication Providers
Authenticating WSS/MOSS sites using Forms Authentication
Configuring authorization and access control within a site

Windows Workflow Foundation Primer
WSS integration with WWF
WSS end-user perspective of workflows
Creating Workflows with the SharePoint Designer
Creating workflows with Visual Studio 2008

WSP creation using WSP builder
WSP creation using Visual Studio 2008 (VSEWSS)

Forms Services Architecture
Designing server-side forms with InfoPath 2007
InfoPath integration with WSS forms libraries
User deployment of server-side forms versus administrator deployment