Course 1125—Four days—Instructor-led
Introduction
This course was developed for Microsoft Site Server version 3.0. The course provides
students with the knowledge and skills necessary to implement, support, maintain,
optimize, and troubleshoot Web sites using Site Server.
This course will cover some basic Web site development tasks requiring knowledge of
hypertext markup language (HTML) and Microsoft Visual Basic® Scripting Edition.
However, this course does not require programming skills and will not cover Site Server
software interfaces or the Site Server software development kit.
Microsoft Commerce Server and Microsoft Advertising Server (Ad Server) are covered briefly
in the Overview module. Full training is available in Course 1231,
Implementing a Commerce-Enabled Web Site
Using Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition.
At Course Completion
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Install and configure Microsoft Site Server on a Web site.
- Publish and deploy content to Web sites.
- Tag content to be used in searching and personalization.
- Facilitate the searching of Web sites for specific content.
- Deliver personalized content to clients based on client profiles or group membership.
- Help control access to site content using the enhanced security of Site Server.
- Distribute content to clients on a scheduled or subscription basis.
- Easily locate tagged content and share results with others.
- Analyze and report how the content on a Web site is used.
- Build Web sites based on the Customizable Starter Sites in Site Server.
Microsoft Certified Professional Exams
This course will support an associated Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) exam,
which is in development.
Prerequisites
Before beginning this course, students should have:
The course materials, lectures, and lab exercises are in English. To benefit fully from
the instruction, students need an understanding of the English language and completion of
the prerequisites.
Course Materials
The course workbook and lab book are yours to keep.
You will be provided with the following software for use in the classroom:
- Microsoft Site Server version 3.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server network operating system version 4.0 with Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack (including Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.01 and Internet Information Server 4.0)
- Microsoft FrontPage® 98 Web site creation and management tool (evaluation version included with Site Server 3.0)
Course Outline
Day 1
Chapter 1: Overview
Topics:
Microsoft Site Server 3.0 and the Microsoft product line
Site Server 3.0 platform
Main Site Server functions
Site Server Publishing
Demonstration: Site Server Publishing
Search
Site Server Delivery
Personalization and Membership
Microsoft Active Channel™ Server
Site Server Analysis
Knowledge Manager
Demonstration: Knowledge Manager
Customizable Starter Sites
The Site Server Commerce Edition platform
Commerce Server
Advertising Server
Demonstration: Commerce Server
Skills:
After completing this chapter, students will be able
to:
- Explain the features and functions of Site Server, including Publishing, knowledge management, Analysis, and Search.
- Describe situations in which Site Server would be used.
- Explain how Site Server is related to Windows NT Server 4.0, Internet Information Server 4.0, Commerce Server, and Ad Server.
Chapter 2: Installing Site Server 3.0
Topics:
Installation requirements
Pricing and licensing requirements
Planning for implementation
Planning a multiple computer configuration
Installation process and options
Site Server setup
Site Server administration tools
Demonstration: Using the Site Server interface
Assigning administrator privileges
Lab:
Installing Site Server 3.0
Skills:
After completing this chapter, students will be able
to:
- List the hardware and software requirements needed to install Site Server.
- Plan a Site Server installation.
- Install the product and verify it is installed.
- Explain the various options presented during setup.
- Describe the state of the server after installation, explaining what has changed in the Start menu, file system, security system, and list of running services.
- Run the three primary administrative tools.
- Assign administrative privileges.
Chapter 3: Organizing Content Across an Intranet
Topics:
Organizing an intranet using metadata
Understanding the Membership directory
Demonstration: Creating content types and attributes
Tagging options
Using the Tag Tool to add metadata to content
Using the site vocabulary
Building rules to display content
Lab:
Categorizing content
Skills:
After completing this chapter, students will be able
to:
- Describe how Site Server intranets are organized.
- Use metadata to organize content.
- List the features of the Membership directory.
- Use the Tag Tool.
- Use and edit the site vocabulary.
- Use Rule Builder and Rule Manager.
Day 2
Chapter 4: Publishing and Managing Content
Topics:
Understanding Content Management
Publishing with Content Management
Demonstration: Submitting content
Building Content Management sites
Maintaining Content Management Web sites
Lab:
Implementing Content Management
Skills:
After completing this chapter, students will be able
to:
- Explain how Content Management works.
- Build a Content Management Web site.
- Maintain the site.
Chapter 5: Deploying Content
Topics:
Understanding Content Deployment
Defining server roles
Configuring servers
Single server configuration
Staging/end-point configuration
Multiple stage and deploy configuration
Creating and configuring projects
Filtering content
Securing projects
Scheduling projects
Posting content to the project source
Managing deployment
Lab:
Implementing Content Deployment
Skills:
After completing this chapter, students will be able
to:
- Explain how Content Deployment works.
- Configure servers.
- Configure Content Deployment projects.
- Deploy content to the project source.
- Help protect a Content Deployment server and its projects (operators, authentication, and so on).
- Manage deployment.
Chapter 6: Searching for Content
Topics:
Understanding Search concepts
Comparing Search and Index Server
Understanding how Search works
Extracting, indexing, and compiling information
Using Search with multiple languages
Configuring Search
Setting up your system hosts
Setting up how your Search system will crawl
Securing Search
Planning Search catalogs
Planning how to include messages in catalogs
Creating catalog definitions
Managing catalog builds
Submitting queries
Building Search pages
Optimizing performance
Lab:
Implementing Search
Building Web pages for Search
Skills:
After completing this chapter, students will be able
to:
- Explain how Search works.
- Compare Search and Index Server.
- Configure Search.
- Security-Enhanced Search.
- Plan catalogs.
- Build and manage catalogs.
- Submit queries.
- Build Search pages.
- Optimize performance.
Day 3
Chapter 7: Securing Your Content with Membership Server
Topics:
Understanding Membership Server
Understanding Membership Server components
Configuring Site Server
Storing data in the Membership directory
Authentication service
Active User Objects
Managing user accounts
Managing different types of users
Creating user accounts administratively
Configuring Membership Server authentication
Authentication modes
Handling failed authentication
Helping protect file resources
Types of resource security
Setting access control with Windows NT Authentication Mode
Setting access control with Membership Authentication Mode
Securing the Membership directory
Labs:
Securing your content with Membership Server
Skills:
After completing this chapter, students will be able
to:
- Explain how the Membership system helps secure Site Server.
- Select the appropriate Membership authentication method for a given situation.
- Select the appropriate Membership server type (intranet or Internet).
- Manage and configure the Membership directory (users, groups, and objects) with Management Console and Web Admin.
- Enable Membership security for Web servers.
- Plan Web site security with Membership.
- Perform basic troubleshooting when authentication fails.
Chapter 8: Personalizing Your Content
Topics:
Personalizing content with Personalization and Membership
Creating and managing user profiles
Defining user profiles
Using the Membership Directory Manager to configure user profiles
Viewing user profiles on a Web page
Delivering customized content
Using Rule Builder with personalized content
Personalizing Web pages
Personalizing e-mail messages
Lab:
Personalizing content
Skills:
After completing this chapter, students will be able
to:
- Explain how they would use Personalization in their Web site.
- Explain the function of each of the components used in Personalization (including how Personalization and Membership relate).
- Explain how rules are used to map preferences to a user.
- Implement personalized Web pages by directly adding Active User Objects to a Web page.
- Implement personalized Web pages using Rule Builder and Design Time Controls in FrontPage 98.
- Implement personalized e-mail using the Direct Mail application.
- Manage personalized content.
Chapter 9: Delivering Content with Active Channel Server and Active Channel Multicaster
Topics:
Understanding Active Channel Server concepts
Information delivery options
Active Channel agents
Configuring channel projects
Using the Create Channel Project Wizard
Adding and configuring content items
Delivering channel content to users
Subscribing to channels
Delivering personalized content
Delivering channel content through e-mail
Configuring Active Channel Multicaster
Lab:
Delivering content to clients with Active Channel Server and Active Channel Multicaster
Skills:
After completing this chapter, students will be able
to:
- Explain how Active Channel Server provides a channel of content to Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 clients.
- Create Active Channel projects.
- Create channels of content for users (Web pages, files, Open Database Connectivity content, and so on).
- Create and distribute software packages.
- Configure channel agents (search, database, and so on) to automatically update the channels.
- Multicast channels to users on an intranet.
- Monitor Active Channel Server (using the server event log, client browser usage logs, and so on).
Chapter 10: Managing Information with Knowledge Manager
Topics:
Understanding Knowledge Manager
Integrating Knowledge Manager with other Site Server features
Using Search center
Using briefs and sections
Selecting channels
Preparing Knowledge Manager for use on your intranet
Managing the Knowledge Manager database
Lab:
Implementing Knowledge Manager
Skills:
After completing this chapter, students will be able
to:
- Explain how Knowledge Manager shares information in a group of users.
- Use briefs and sections.
- Prepare Knowledge Manager for use on an intranet.
- Maintain Knowledge Manager.
Day 4
Chapter 11: Analyzing Web Site Usage
Topics:
Analyzing site usage
Configuring your Web server for improved analysis
Importing data
Configuring Usage Import
Importing files with Usage Import
Interpreting imported data statistics
Importing files with Custom Import
Managing analysis data
Reporting data
Understanding report definitions
Running Report Writer
Managing the analysis database
Lab:
Implementing Usage Analysis
Skills:
After completing this chapter, students will be able
to:
- Specify the benefits of using Analysis to analyze site content and usage.
- Analyze Web site usage with Usage Import.
- Enhance Web site log files with additional data using Custom Import.
- Create and distribute reports.
- Schedule data importing and reports to occur automatically.
- Manage the Analysis database.
Chapter 12: Analyzing Web Site Content
Topics:
Understanding Content Analysis concepts
Building projects
Using Search options
Using Content Analyzer windows and panes
Managing links
Analyzing Usage data
Lab:
Analyzing Web site content
Skills:
After completing this chapter, students will be able
to:
- Understanding Content Analysis concepts.
- Build projects.
- Use Content Analyzer windows and panes.
- Manage links.
- Use content effectively.
Chapter 13: Creating Web Sites with Customizable Starter Sites
Topics:
Types of sites
Installing a Customizable Starter Site
Site authoring tasks
Creating and modifying Web site pages
Modifying themes and navigation
Authoring content pages
Site administration tasks
Using Site Configuration Desk
Maintaining categories
Deploying the site
Securing the site
Tracking site usage
Lab:
Creating Web sites with the Enterprise Information Site
Skills:
After completing this chapter, students will be able
to:
- Select a Customizable Starter Site for a given situation.
- Make basic content modifications to a Customizable Starter Site.
- Deploy a site with Site Configuration Desk.
- Help protect the site after building it.
- Track site usage.
Chapter 14: Integrating Site Server Features
Topics:
Publishing
Search
Delivery
Analysis
Lab:
Installing and configuring the Outlook 98 Deployment Kit
Skills:
After completing this chapter, students will be able
to:
- Explain how the various features of Site Server work together.
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