Course Description

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 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; 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; and build Web sites based on the Customizable Starter Sites in Site Server.

Prerequisites

• Successful completion of course 936, Creating and Configuring a Web Server Using Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0, or equivalent knowledge.
  The student should be familiar with the common Internet protocols and services (TCP/IP, FTP, etc.) provided by the Microsoft Windows NT® operating system and Internet Information Server (IIS) version 4.0. The student should be able to administer IIS (directories and security) with Microsoft Management Console.

• Successful completion of course 1080, Essentials of Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition 3.0 for Web Site Development, or equivalent knowledge.

Course Outline

I.          Installing Site Server 3.0
II.         Organizing Content Across an Intranet
III.        Publishing and Managing Content  
IV.        Deploying Content  
V.         Searching for Contents  
VI.        Securing Your Content with Membership Server  
VII.       Personalizing Your Content  
VIII.      Delivering Content with Active Channel Server and 
            Active Channel   Multicaster  
IX.       Managing Information with Knowledge Manager  
X.        Analyzing Web Site Usage  
XI.       Analyzing Web Site Content  
XII.      Creating Web Sites with Customizable Starter Sites  
XIII.     Integrating Site Server Features