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Course 55141-A: SharePoint 2013 Search for Power Users

Course 55141-A: SharePoint 2013 Search for Power Users

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This one-day instructor-led course is intended for information workers or power users who use SharePoint to store and find enterprise content. Students should take this course if they need to know core search features along with the advanced search features, tips and tricks. This class is an excellent prerequisite for IT Professionals who work as SharePoint Server Administrators attending 20331: Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013.This class can be delivered using SharePoint content on an in-house server, virtual machines or Office 365.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for SharePoint end users, SharePoint Site Owners, SharePoint Site Collection Administrators, SharePoint Administrators and Developers, SharePoint Governance Auditors, Anybody who needs to ind stuff in SharePoint 2013.

Prerequisites

  • Experience installing PC hardware and devices.
  • Basic understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts.
  • Basic Windows and Active Directory knowledge.
  • The skills to map network file shares.
  • Experience working from a command prompt.
  • Basic knowledge of the fundamentals of applications. For example, how client computer applications communicate with the server.
  • Basic understanding of security concepts such as authentication and authorization.
  • An understanding of the fundamental principles of using printers.

Course outline

Module Overview

This module provides an introduction to the topics covered in the class and introduces SharePoint search terminology.

Lessons

Who is this class for ?
Prerequisites
SharePoint versions and search feature differences

Lab Sessions

Not available for this module

Lab Lessons

Lab lessons not available

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand your course, classroom, classmates, facility and instructor.

Module 2: How Search Works

Module Overview

This module covers how SharePoint search finds and indexes content.

Lessons

Before you can run… you must Crawl !
The Search Flow
Crawl Sources
What is Indexed
What is not Indexed
Content Processing
Search is Security Trimmed
Alternates to Search
Search Limitations

Lab Sessions

How Search Works

Lab Lessons

Feature and limitation quiz.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand the concepts of crawling and indexing content and the impact on search availability and freshness.
Understand the limits of search, especially what is not indexed.

Module 3: Core Search Techniques

Module Overview

This module covers the use of the core search techniques.

Lessons

Search Basics
Where can you search ?
Search Navigation
Shoot first and see what you hit…
Refining Your Search
Aim then shoot…
Include or Exclude
Wildcards
Boolean Operators
Files in Libraries vs. Files as Attachments
Search Verticals
Searching for People
The Advanced Search Page
Creating Search Alerts
Search Preferences
The List and Library Search Box
The OneDrive Pro Query Box

Lab Sessions

Core Search Techniques

Lab Lessons

Using core search techniques.
Using the Enterprise Search Center.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use the core search features including keywords, wildcards and Boolean operators.
Identify the various places to start a search and the benefits of each.
Search for people.

Module 4: Managing Sites and Pages

Module Overview

This module covers the more advanced search techniques.

Lessons

Property Searches
Out of the Box Managed Properties
Data Types
Comparison Operators
ContentClass
Content Types
When is a Title not the Title ?
Examples of Property Searches
Working with Multi-Lingual Content
What you can do to improve search results

Lab Sessions

Managing Sites and Pages

Lab Lessons

Using Managed Properties.
Working with numbers and dates.
Finding lists and content by ContentClass.
Finding content by language.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Find content based on Managed Properties.
Properly search for items using dates.
Find lists and libraries by type.
Search using multiple languages.
Understand how a search administrator can tune search.
Understand how to best manage content to make it findable.

Module 5: Appendix: Codes and Lists

Module Overview

The appendix contains several detailed lists of codes and features useful to users of SharePoint search.

Lessons

Out of the Box Result Sources
Frequently Used Managed Properties
Content Class Codes
SharePoint Search File Types
Search Features by Edition
Understand Codes and Lists

Lab Sessions

Not available for this module

Lab Lessons

Lab lessons not available

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand how to lists of codes and features useful to users of SharePoint search.

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