SharePoint Bootcamp - SharePoint Training from SharePoint Experts.

The "Original" SharePoint Bootcamp (v3/2007)

"Everything you can do with SharePoint before opening Visual Studio"

That's what we say, and we mean it.  The longest running course of its kind, the SharePoint Bootcamp is the first class you should take if you're involved with SharePoint Products and Technologies in any capacity, from knowledge worker all the way up to senior developer.

BREAKING: Are you looking for something a little more challenging? Check out our newest course, the Advanced SharePoint Bootcamp.

Course Information
Upcoming dates Online: TBA Soon!
Public: TBA Soon!
Private: Contact us to arrange for an on-site course!
Cost / Duration Online:
 $1,250 per week, $1,125 for early registration
Public: $2,800 per week, $2,520 for early registration
(includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, and drinks)
Private: $3,300 per day (no per-student fees)
Pre-payment discounts available!
Discounts The best discounts are offered exclusively to NPO/Education, former students and our training mailing list members.  Join the training mailing list today to stay informed.  If you represent a not-for-profit or educational institution, please contact us to receive discount information,  and let us know which event you'd like to purchase.

What are the prerequisites?

  • Basic knowledge of Office 2007 applications is recommended
  • Basic knowledge of relational databases (even Access 2007) is helpful

What will I take away?

  • Full color student workbook
  • A project management application that YOU built (guaranteed!)
  • Lots of great ideas on how to make SharePoint work for you
  • A full understanding of how SharePoint works, what it's good for, and when to use WSS versus MOSS
  • A full understanding of what Office 2007 brings to the party
  • Skills that can be put to immediate use, and may even shame your neighborhood coder (Yes, Virginia, even managers can whoop the developers after this class!)
  • Some SharePoint Experts/Bootcamp goodies

List of modules

  • What's new in WSS 3.0
  • Everything you've always wanted to know about lists, but were afraid to ask
  • Web Part Page Framework
  • SharePoint Designer: It's for developers, too!
  • Web part connections
  • Data View Web Parts / Data Form Web Parts
  • Interacting with SOAP Web Services without custom code
  • Pulling data from other databases
  • Basic introduction to WCM
  • Making the most of Personal Sites (my sites)
  • Making the most of Search
  • Content Query Web Part
  • Introduction to the Business Data Catalog
  • Under the hood: SharePoint Request/Storage Model
  • Under the hood: SharePoint Database Model
  • Outlook 2007 and SharePoint
  • Word 2007 and SharePoint (half day, includes workflow and information policies)
  • Access 2007 and SharePoint
  • Excel 2007 and SharePoint
  • Visio 2007 and SharePoint
  • InfoPath 2007 and SharePoint
  • Putting it all together: Make your SharePoint sites work, and make them last
    Note: This list of modules is in our standard presentation order, but each class is a unique experience, and the presentation order may change on the fly based on the overall needs of the students.  Also, due to time constraints, some material may be shortened.

    We reserve the right to add, remove and change material without notice.

Student workstation requirements

  • Laptop with a working 802.11b (or g) Wi-Fi card
  • SharePoint Designer 2007
  • Access 2007
  • Excel 2007
  • Outlook 2007
  • Word 2007
  • InfoPath 2007
  • Visio 2007 (optional)
  • Latest .NET Framework