About This Course

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/course.aspx?cid=55033a

Description - This five-day instructor-led course is intended for power users, who are tasked with working within the SharePoint 2013 environment. This course will provide a deeper, narrowly-focused training on the important and popular skills needed to be an administrator for SharePoint site collections and sites. SharePoint deployment or farm administration skills and tasks, which are required for IT professionals to manage SharePoint 2013, are available in separate Microsoft Official Courseware.
Audience - This course is intended for SharePoint site collection administrators, site administrators and power users who are tasked with working within the SharePoint environment.

Prerequisites - Before taking this course, students should be familiar with:
Windows client operating system – either Windows XP, Windows 7 or Windows 8
Microsoft Office 2007, Office 2010 or Office 2013
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, 8 or 9

STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that students have familiarity with SharePoint 2013 or previous versions of SharePoint. Students without prior SharePoint experience are challenged by the lack of skill and struggle with the amount of information covered in this 300 level course.

Objectives - After completing this course, students will be able to:
Design and implement a company portal structure using SharePoint 2013 objects including sites, libraries, lists and pages
Explain the role of security and permissions throughout SharePoint 2013
Implement guidelines for consistency in building a company portal to aid in the day-to-day administration of content in SharePoint 2013
Enhance the design of and content on a company portal using SharePoint 2013 themes and web parts
Explain the importance of governance for the planning and managing future growth of the SharePoint 2013 implementation
Identify options to integrate data from other systems as well as preserve existing data
Explain the role of social networking in SharePoint 2013 and its impact on collaboration

Module Overview

Modules 1-5 – Basic SharePoint Admin
Modules 6-12 – Advanced SharePoint Admin

Additional Classes

http://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2012/07/course-list.html

Module 1: Getting Started with SharePoint 2013

SharePoint Versions
http://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2013/03/sharepoint-features-comparison.html

http://blog.blksthl.com/2013/01/14/sharepoint-2013-feature-comparison-chart-all-editions/
What to find out your version?
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/12497.sharepoint-2013-build-numbers.aspx
If using IE 8 or IE 9 this feature requires Office 2013 to be installed. For all other browsers (IE 10, Firefox, Chrome, Safari), this feature works with any version o
f Office.
Browser Support for SharePoint 2013
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263526.aspx

Only site collection administrators can view items in the second stage recycle bin. This is also called the Site Collection Recycle Bin. This recycle bin has an added column to show who deleted the content in addition to when it was deleted.

Module 2: Planning a Company Portal Using SharePoint 2013

Governance Overview
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263356

Boundary and Limits
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx

Ultimate guide to SharePoint size and usage limitations (Article)
http://icansharepoint.com/ultimate-guide-to-sharepoint-size-and-usage-limitations/

Logon As Different User http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2752600

Start Internet Explorer by using the Run as different user option, and then go to the SharePoint site.
Note: The Run as different user option is visible if you hold the Shift key when you right-click a program icon.
Access the SharePoint site by using the the URL as http://siteurl/_layouts/closeConnection.aspx?loginasanotheruser=true

Miss the Old List and Library Interface?

http://yourservername/sites/yoursite/_layouts/create.aspx

More Hidden URLs from thecloudengineer
http://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2012/05/hidden-urls.html

Module 3: Creating a Company Portal

More from the Cloud Engineer
Web Template List
http://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2012/09/site-templates.html

Characters that you cannot use in site names, folder names, and file names in SharePoint
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/905231
Types of Libraries
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-sharepoint-online-enterprise-help/introduction-to-libraries-HA102771924.aspx
Types of Lists
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-sharepoint-online-enterprise-help/introduction-to-lists-HA102771955.aspx
Views
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/create-change-or-delete-a-view-of-a-list-or-library-HA102774516.aspx
Limit on Views – 50 using UI
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/e3615c23-b3bb-4afc-a1c4-4345c4506793/what-is-the-limit-on-the-number-of-views-created-on-a-sharepoint-list
Configure Quick Launch
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/configure-the-quick-launch-for-site-navigation-HA102130960.aspx
Edit Links
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/customize-the-navigation-on-your-team-site-HA103532378.aspx
Drop Down Navigation (Thank you Heather!)
http://blog.sharepointexperience.com/2013/04/working-with-sharepoint-navigation/
Add List Library Page and Site using old style interface
http://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2015/02/create-list-library-page-and-sites-old.html
Move Documents - Preserve Metadata and Versions
https://support.office.com/en-za/article/Work-with-site-content-and-structure-30fcaad9-02b1-4347-8b03-e1ccc5a4c19f

Slide Library (Manual link required)
Use this link http://yourserver/sites/yoursite/_layouts/15/slnew.aspx?FeatureId={0be49fe9-9bc9-409d-abf9-702753bd878d}&ListTemplate=2100

Remove Windows Explorer Button
http://techtrainingnotes.blogspot.com/2016/08/hide-windows-explorer-button-in.html

Using FullCalendar.io to Create Custom Calendars in SharePoint
http://www.markrackley.net/2017/06/07/using-fullcalendar-io-to-create-custom-calendars-in-sharepoint/

Module 4: Creating Consistency across Sites

Create Columns
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/create-change-or-delete-a-column-in-a-list-or-library-HA102771913.aspx
Column Types
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/site-column-types-and-options-HA010302196.aspx
Create Views
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/create-change-or-delete-a-view-of-a-list-or-library-HA102774516.aspx
Lookup Columns
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-help/create-list-relationships-by-using-unique-and-lookup-columns-HA102771358.aspx
How to Conditionally Require Data in SharePoint Columns
http://summit7systems.com/how-to-conditionally-require-data-in-sharepoint-
columns/
Default Column Values
https://www.collaboris.com/how-to-set-default-column-values-on-a-document-in-sharepoint/

Examples of common formulas in SharePoint Lists
https://support.office.com/en-US/article/Examples-of-common-formulas-in-SharePoint-Lists-D81F5F21-2B4E-45CE-B170-BF7EBF6988B3
Calculated Field Formulas
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/bb862071(v=office.14).aspx
Column Validation (4 good articles)
https://spradip.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/validation-in-sharepoint-2010/
http://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2009/09/column-validation-in-sharepoint-2010/
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/Roji.Joy/working-with-sharepoint-2010-column-validation/

SharePoint Column Validation Examples (Updated)
http://techtrainingnotes.blogspot.com/2016/06/sharepoint-column-validation-examples.html
http://techtrainingnotes.blogspot.com/2015/10/sharepoint-column-validation-examples.html

SharePoint 2013: Lookup or Taxonomy (Managed Metadata) Column
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/17997.sharepoint-2013-lookup-or-taxonomy-managed-metadata-column.aspx

Content Types
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/create-or-customize-a-content-type-HA102773269.aspx
Managed Metadata (MMS)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-help/introduction-to-managed-metadata-HA102832521.aspx
Content Organizer
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/configure-the-content-organizer-to-route-documents-HA102772938.aspx
List Templates
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/copy-or-move-a-list-by-using-a-list-template-HA101782479.aspx
Library Templates
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/copy-or-move-a-library-by-using-a-library-template-HA101814157.aspx

Show Document Information Panel (2013 Only)
https://www.premierpointsolutions.com/training/help-and-how-to-articles/how-to-open-the-document-information-panel-in-microsoft-word-2010/

Folder or not to Folder that is the question
http://sharepointmaven.com/12-reasons-folders-sharepoint-bad-idea/

Module 5: Securing a Company Portal

Edit Permissions
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-help/edit-permissions-for-a-list-library-or-individual-item-HA102833689.aspx

Understanding permission levels in SharePoint
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Understanding-permission-levels-in-SharePoint-87ecbb0e-6550-491a-8826-c075e4859848?queryid=3f29903a-017a-41ed-a02b-9ba5589dad19&respos=0&ctt=1&av=osu150%2csps150&CorrelationId=47fad8ca-242a-43bf-be9d-b2d18115ce0a&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

Entire List of Permissions and Permission Levels

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Permission-levels-and-permissions-49d456eb-d3c8-4402-86b1-deb911224afb?pid=CH101248581033&CorrelationId=f1d59fb8-79c6-416b-b707-7f1e1e2c96ba&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

Posh - Enumerate SharePoint 2010/2013 Permissions and AD Group Membership
More from The Cloud Engineer
http://thecloudengineer.blogspot.com/2013/11/auditing-in-sharepoint.html