Designing a Portal Solution with Microsoft® SharePoint® Products and Technologies (74-132)

Exam Objectives and Sub-Objectives:

1. Analyze the business requirements for the portal solution

• Identify user and/or audience personalization requirements for a portal solution
• Define types and sources of content, and search implementation for a portal solution. Considerations include Web content, file shares, Microsoft Exchange Server folders, and the ability to process metadata and maintain access control settings
• Identify the search implementation for identified content sources. Considerations include the type of content source (for example: Web content, file shares, and Microsoft Exchange Server folders), and the ability to process metadata and maintain access control settings
• Define the workflow methods and publishing capabilities to be included in a portal solution
   

2. Decide which appropriate Microsoft Integrated Portal Technologies to include in a portal solution

• Select Microsoft Integrated Portal Technologies to use as part of a team/inter-departmental collaboration solution.
• Considerations may include placement/integration of Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, and Microsoft Live Communication Server
• Select Microsoft Integrated Portal Technologies to use as part of a company-wide employee portal solution (for example: self-service portals for human resources systems or a virtual program management platform).
• Select Microsoft Integrated Portal Technologies to use as part of a business process (automation) portal solution.
• Considerations include business-to-business (B2B) and/or enterprise application integration (EAI) solutions
• Select Microsoft Integrated Portal Technologies to use as part of a business-to-business (B2B) portal solution that enables partners to interact with each other
• Select Microsoft Integrated Portal Technologies to use as part of a business-to-consumer (B2C)/Internet-facing portal solution
   

3. Design the physical structure for a portal solution

• Identify the appropriate site structure for a Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server site, a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services site, and a Microsoft Content Management Server site. Considerations include site collections, top-level sites, and child sites
• Decide which data sources and storage architecture to include in a portal solution. Considerations include digital assets, catalog information, and hardware resources
• Identify methods to improve the scalability of a portal solution
• Identify methods to improve availability for a portal solution. Considerations include Network Load Balancing,
• Microsoft Cluster Service, and redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
• Decide which desktop/client environment to include in a portal solution. Considerations include integration with Microsoft Office System applications and connectors
   

4. Design security for a portal solution

• Identify methods to secure search functions and access to sites, data, and content sources
• Define the appropriate authentication architecture based on customer requirements. Considerations include Microsoft
• Active Directory, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM), Lightweight Directory Access
• Protocol (LDAP), directory and authentication operability, and Single Sign-on integration
• Apply the appropriate methods to secure the physical architecture, perimeter network, and infrastructure of a portal solution
   

5. Design the application strategy for a portal solution

• Integrate non-Microsoft applications (for example: SAP, PeopleSoft, and Siebel) into a portal solution
  Decide whether to implement non-Microsoft solutions or custom software development to extend out-of-the-box functionality
• Specify development and deployment environment requirements and configuration. Considerations include version control; development tools; components included on a development client computer; whether to implement a shared database; and the approach, strategy, and size of teams and resources
• Identify methods or technologies to integrate Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server and Microsoft Content Management Server into a portal solution
• Decide which reporting and analysis tools to use in a portal solution
   

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