Microsoft 74-132 Designing Portal Solutions with MS SharePoint Products

About Exam

• Analyze the business requirements for the portal solution
• Decide which appropriate Microsoft Integrated Portal Technologies to include in a portal solution
• Design the physical structure for a portal solution
• Design security for a portal solution
• Design the application strategy for a portal solution

Exam Objectives

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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