Level 1 Support1. Understand the main content management concepts in SharePoint.
These are check in/out, version control (even though it is not enabled), approval/feedback workflows and how to recover deleted items from the recycle bin.
2. Understand the main structural terminology in SharePoint
These are Document Libraries, Lists, Columns and Views
There are relevant free online courses here like “
SharePoint Document Libraries 1: Introduction to Sharing Files”
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/CR102146081033.aspx?stt=1Level 2 SupportUnderstand the concepts of access management in SharePoint
These are SharePoint Groups and Roles, inheritance, item level permissions and the principle of least privilege.
Understand the broader structural concepts in SharePoint
These include Site Collections, Quotas, Subsites, the Site collection Recyle bin.
Training is available here, not free, but a good course:
https://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/courseDetail.aspx?courseId=74137Level 3 Support This level requires knowledge of the SharePoint platform as a whole:
Manage SharePoint operations in MOSS 2007 by configuring farm topology and services, global configuration options, and SSO.
Describe the global settings available for a Web application, considerations for managing the session state for SSPs, and the best practices for managing site collections.
Describe user profiles, user profile properties, profile policies, and global settings and solutions offered by a My Sites site in MOSS 2007.
Configure audiences to target content in MOSS 2007.
Configure search and indexing in MOSS 2007 by defining the search service settings and managing the search experience for end users.
The primary function will be installing patches and service packs, management of the database back end will be performed by the SQL Server Admin.
Third party companies should manage the code they developed and ensure it stays compatible with SharePoint as Microsoft adds patches.
There is some advanced training here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc299032.aspxFree online training is available here for reference. This would have to be installed on a SharePoint server and requires SQL Server 2005, but it does provide a training portal in SharePoint for reference via SharePoint itself.:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=673DC932-626A-4E59-9DCA-16D685600A51&displaylang=en point FAQS
1. What kind of work you did on Share Point Portal?
2. What is WebPart and how is differe from Web User Control?
3. What are Pros and Cons of WebParts?
4. How you communicate between WebParts?
5. What are the configurations you make to communicate between WebParts?
6. What is difference between WSS and Share Point Portal?
7. What are the things you can not achieve in WSS compare to SPS?
8. Is it possible to migrate old SPS Portal to SPS 2003?
9. Can the migration tools convert all your code?
10. What are the changes you need to do after migrating old SPS to new SPS
11. What are the top level objects?
12. How do you access a list inside an InfoPath Document?
13. What are the events occurred on Document?
14. What is the Interface you will implement for an events call?
15. Have you work with Microsoft Office with Share Point Portal 2003?
16. How you display Excel in Share Point Portal?
17. How u integrate Outlook with Share Point Portal?
18. Do you follow any standard for Share Point Portal?
19. What is the check lists needed before moving to production mode?
20. What the configuration you need to make for Internet based Share Point Portal site?
21. Have you used any tools to check C# coding standards?
22. How you do your unit testing?
23. Do you use any mechanism to create a stub for NUnit?
24.How do you access WebParts Data from InfoPath?
25. Do u have experience on Share Point Portal administration ?
26. What is Custom List ?
27.What is back end use SPS 2003 ?
28.Can there i use oracle as my back end?
29.Explain Security Model in SPS 2003?
30.How the search happening in SPS 2003?
31.What is difference in View and List?
32.What is role of WSS in SPS 2003?
33.What is role of Active Directory in SPS 2003 ?
34.Can i operate SPS 2003 without Active Directory?
35.What is SitreGroup ?
36.What is SiteCollection?
· Everyone who can spell SharePoint
o what is SharePoint?
o what is the difference between SharePoint Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services?
o what is a document library?
o what is a meeting workspace?
o what is a document workspace?
o what is a web part?
Mid-level SharePoint Consultant
o what is the difference between a document library and a form library?
o what is a web part zone?
o how is security managed in SharePoint?
o how are web parts developed?
o what is a site definition?
o what is a template?
o how do you install web parts?
o what is the difference between a site and a web?
o what are the differences between web part page gallery, site gallery, virtual server gallery and online gallery?
o what is the GAC?
o what is a DWP?
o what is CAML?
o what are themes?
o what is presence?
o can web parts be connected? if so, how?
o what is a personal view and what is a shared view?
o what is an STP file?
o what is an FWP file?
o can you upload MP3's to SharePoint?
o how does SharePoint support MS Outlook integration?
o how can you extend lists in SharePoint?
o explain the document versioning in SharePoint document libraries
Senior SharePoint Consultant
o where are web part resources contained?
o what are the different installation methods for deploying web parts? and what are the pros/cons?
o what is a ghosted/unghosted page?
o how is site data stored?
o where is metadata for a web stored?
o what is an audience and describe the use?
o what are the trust levels and what is the default trust associated with SharePoint?
o what are the two logging mechanisms for usage statistics?
o what functionality does owssup.dll provide for client side activities?
o what is the difference between a site owner and a site administrator?
o what is STSAdm and what can it be used for?
o can WSS search subsites?
o can you register alerts for users?
o are PDFs searchable?
SharePoint Architect
o what is a SharePoint farm?
o describe a large deployment
o how can you synchronize custom Active Directory attributes to SharePoint?
o if it is anticipated that our organization would need to store 1 terrabyte of documents, what is the recommended configuration and storage requirement?
o describe the implementation of SharePoint and Project Server
o what are the BKMs for workflow and SharePoint?
o explain how you would deploy SharePoint on an extranet
o what is the BKM for maximum number of virtual servers configured for SharePoint on a single box?
o what are the migration strategies for moving sites around?
o what are the archiving strategies?
o describe the search strategies
o can you implement forms-based authentication with SharePoint?
o describe how single sign-on works
point FAQS
1. What kind of work you did on Share Point Portal?
2. What is WebPart and how is differe from Web User Control?
3. What are Pros and Cons of WebParts?
4. How you communicate between WebParts?
5. What are the configurations you make to communicate between WebParts?
6. What is difference between WSS and Share Point Portal?
7. What are the things you can not achieve in WSS compare to SPS?
8. Is it possible to migrate old SPS Portal to SPS 2003?
9. Can the migration tools convert all your code?
10. What are the changes you need to do after migrating old SPS to new SPS
11. What are the top level objects?
12. How do you access a list inside an InfoPath Document?
13. What are the events occurred on Document?
14. What is the Interface you will implement for an events call?
15. Have you work with Microsoft Office with Share Point Portal 2003?
16. How you display Excel in Share Point Portal?
17. How u integrate Outlook with Share Point Portal?
18. Do you follow any standard for Share Point Portal?
19. What is the check lists needed before moving to production mode?
20. What the configuration you need to make for Internet based Share Point Portal site?
21. Have you used any tools to check C# coding standards?
22. How you do your unit testing?
23. Do you use any mechanism to create a stub for NUnit?
24.How do you access WebParts Data from InfoPath?
25. Do u have experience on Share Point Portal administration ?
26. What is Custom List ?
27.What is back end use SPS 2003 ?
28.Can there i use oracle as my back end?
29.Explain Security Model in SPS 2003?
30.How the search happening in SPS 2003?
31.What is difference in View and List?
32.What is role of WSS in SPS 2003?
33.What is role of Active Directory in SPS 2003 ?
34.Can i operate SPS 2003 without Active Directory?
35.What is SitreGroup ?
36.What is SiteCollection?
· Everyone who can spell SharePoint
o what is SharePoint?
o what is the difference between SharePoint Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services?
o what is a document library?
o what is a meeting workspace?
o what is a document workspace?
o what is a web part?
Mid-level SharePoint Consultant
o what is the difference between a document library and a form library?
o what is a web part zone?
o how is security managed in SharePoint?
o how are web parts developed?
o what is a site definition?
o what is a template?
o how do you install web parts?
o what is the difference between a site and a web?
o what are the differences between web part page gallery, site gallery, virtual server gallery and online gallery?
o what is the GAC?
o what is a DWP?
o what is CAML?
o what are themes?
o what is presence?
o can web parts be connected? if so, how?
o what is a personal view and what is a shared view?
o what is an STP file?
o what is an FWP file?
o can you upload MP3's to SharePoint?
o how does SharePoint support MS Outlook integration?
o how can you extend lists in SharePoint?
o explain the document versioning in SharePoint document libraries
Senior SharePoint Consultant
o where are web part resources contained?
o what are the different installation methods for deploying web parts? and what are the pros/cons?
o what is a ghosted/unghosted page?
o how is site data stored?
o where is metadata for a web stored?
o what is an audience and describe the use?
o what are the trust levels and what is the default trust associated with SharePoint?
o what are the two logging mechanisms for usage statistics?
o what functionality does owssup.dll provide for client side activities?
o what is the difference between a site owner and a site administrator?
o what is STSAdm and what can it be used for?
o can WSS search subsites?
o can you register alerts for users?
o are PDFs searchable?
SharePoint Architect
o what is a SharePoint farm?
o describe a large deployment
o how can you synchronize custom Active Directory attributes to SharePoint?
o if it is anticipated that our organization would need to store 1 terrabyte of documents, what is the recommended configuration and storage requirement?
o describe the implementation of SharePoint and Project Server
o what are the BKMs for workflow and SharePoint?
o explain how you would deploy SharePoint on an extranet
o what is the BKM for maximum number of virtual servers configured for SharePoint on a single box?
o what are the migration strategies for moving sites around?
o what are the archiving strategies?
o describe the search strategies
o can you implement forms-based authentication with SharePoint?
o describe how single sign-on works