In this instructor-led course, you will learn how to navigate and use the new Ribbon interface. You will learn new things you can do from Designer, explore changes to the actions and conditions of workflows, and learn to build external content types and modify out-of-the-box workflows.

This course incorporates materials from the Official Microsoft Learning Product 50354: SharePoint 2010 SharePoint Designer.

What You'll Learn

• Changes to SharePoint Designer 2010
• New user interface (UI) features of the basic team site
• Create and use Data Views and data sources
• Create and use entities with SharePoint Designer
• Build workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010

Who Needs to Attend

Anyone who has been and will be working with SharePoint Designer to make changes to SharePoint sites

Prerequisites

• Thorough understanding of SharePoint site elements (lists, libraries, content types, etc.)

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Course Outline

1. SharePoint Designer 2010 Changes

• Major Changes between SharePoint Designer 2007 and 2010

2. User Interface

• New SharePoint Features

3. Data Views

• Create Data Sources and Data Views

4. External Content Types

• Business Connectivity Services

5. Workflows

• Implementing Workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010

Labs

Lab 1: SharePoint Designer Interface

• Explore the New SharePoint Designer Interface
• Examine New Work Areas of Designer
• Browse Site Pages
• Browse Master Pages
• Browse Lists and Libraries
• Browse Workflows
• Browse Content Types
• Browse Data Sources
• Browse Entities
• Explore Site Structure

Lab 2: SharePoint Designer (Basics) I

• Create a New Site
• Create a New Page
• Create a New Master Page
• Attach a Master Page
• Create a List
• Change List Settings
• Create Content Type
• Create/Modify CSS

Lab 3: SharePoint Designer (Basics) II

• Check-In/Check-Out
• Add Web Parts
• Add Web Part Zone
• Adding Images (_images directory)
• Reset to Site Definition

Lab 4: Data Views

• Create/Manage Data Views
• Create/Manage Data Sources
• Merge Two Data Sources
• Link Two Data Sources
• Data View Parameters

Lab 5: External Content Types

• Create a New External Content Type
• Create an External List

Lab 6: Built-In Activities (2007)

• Use Each Built-In Activity (2007)

Lab 7: Built-In Activities (2010)

• Use Each Built-In Activity (2010)

Lab 8: Create a Looping Set of Workflows

• Create Reusable Workflows (Site/Global)
• Export a Workflow to Visio
• Import a Workflow from Visio
• Save as Template

Lab 9: Modify Out-of-the-Box Workflow