Customizing & Governing the SharePoint 2013 Search System

Available on-site or via teleconference for groups of 6 or more

The SharePoint search system is highly customizable even for people with no programming skills. The 2013 version has some important changes in how search is configured. This workshop takes you step by step through the process of defining user requirements, customizing navigation, creating and using managed metadata, customizing the search box, creating custom search pages, and customizing the search results item summary.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
At the end of the workshop, you should be able to:

• Determine search system requirements for a specific business process;
• Add and remove items from the Top Link Bar and Quick Launch sidebar;
• How to create metadata that describes people and content;
• How to create, import, edit, and use topic hierarchies and controlled vocabularies;
• Create and use custom metadata elements in lists, libraries, navigation, document sets, and search;
• How to use the new Query Building to target searches to specific content;
• How to add properties to the Advanced Search page;
• How to change the search results page format and metadata in the search summary;
• How the integration of new social networking features affect the search system;
• How to test the behavior and measure the effectiveness of your custom search solution;
• Identify and remedy organizational and issues that affect user productivity and ROI.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP
This 2-day workshop is designed for cross-functional teams that may include IT staff, Web site administrators, content owners, knowledge managers, corporate librarians, technical writers, e-commerce managers, editors and others who want to learn how to enhance the SharePoint search and navigation system.

INSTRUCTOR

Jean Graef is a "boundary spanner" with an interdisciplinary background as a manager, entrepreneur, librarian, programmer, and journalist. She has been developing and conducting seminars on cutting edge information topics since the early 1980's. She is author of Customizing and Governing the SharePoint Search System.

COST
The workshop fee is $2,680 per person (minimum of 6 participants), plus travel expenses if conducted on-site. The fee includes slides and electronic handouts relevant to the session topic.

HOW TO REGISTER
To register, call (423) 968-5584 to request a pro forma invoice and pay by check or arrange for electronic funds transfer. Regardless of method, we must receive payment prior to the event. Created on December 5, 2007 l Updated on September 5, 2013