Module1: Designing a Logical Architecture

• Identifying Business Requirements
• Overview of SharePoint 2013 Logical Architecture
• Documenting the Logical Architecture
• Understanding SharePoint Online
• SharePoint 2013 Service Pack 1

Module 2: Planning a Service Application Architecture

• Introduction to the Service Application Architecture in SharePoint 2013
• Service Application Architecture and Components
• Topologies for Service Applications
• Mapping Service Applications to Your Logical Architecture

Module 3: Planning for Performance and Capacity

• Principles of Performance Planning
• Designing for Performance
• Principles of Capacity Planning
• Designing for Capacity

Module 4: Designing a Physical Architecture

• Designing Physical Components for SharePoint Deployments
• Designing Supporting Components for SharePoint Deployments
• SharePoint Farm Topologies
• Mapping a Logical Architecture Design to a Physical Architecture Design

Module 5: Designing a Security Plan

• Designing to Secure SharePoint 2013
• Planning for Service Accounts
• Planning Security for Users and Groups

Module 6: Planning Authentication

• Overview of Authentication
• Introduction to Claims-based Authentication
• Selecting Authentication Methods

Module 7: Planning Managed Metadata

• Metadata in SharePoint 2013
• Overview of Content Types
• Mapping Managed Metadata to Business Requirements

Module 8: Planning Social Computing

• Overview of Social Computing
• Planning for Social Computing Functionality in SharePoint 2013
• Planning for the User Profile Service

Module 9: Designing an Enterprise Search Strategy

• Overview of SharePoint 2013 Search Architecture
• Search Topologies in SharePoint 2013
• Capacity and Performance Planning for Search
• Mapping Business Requirements to Search Design

Module 10: Planning Enterprise Content Management

• Overview of Enterprise Content Management
• Planning Tasks for Content Management
• Planning Features and Policies for Content Management
• Planning Web Content Management

Module 11: Planning a SharePoint 2013 Implementation of a Business Intelligence Strategy

• Overview of Business Intelligence Principles
• Planning Data Access by Using BCS
• Planning SharePoint 2013 Business Intelligence Solutions
• Planning for Reporting and Presentation

Module 12: Developing a Plan for Governance

• Overview of Governance
• Key Elements of a Governance Plan
• Planning for Governance in SharePoint Server 2013
• Governance Implementation Features and Policies in SharePoint Server 2013

Module 13: Designing a Maintenance and Monitoring Plan

• Principles of Maintenance and Monitoring
• Creating a Maintenance Plan for SharePoint 2013
• Creating a Monitoring Plan for SharePoint 2013
• Considerations for the Maintenance and Monitoring of Associated Technologies

Module 14: Planning Business Continuity

• Overview of Business Continuity Management
• Developing a Business Continuity Plan for SharePoint Server 2013
• Creating a Backup and Restore Plan for SharePoint Server 2013

Module 15: Planning for Upgrade to SharePoint 2013

• Identifying Upgrade Scenarios
• Planning Your Upgrade
• Upgrade Considerations

Module 16: Planning for SharePoint Online

• SharePoint Online Planning
• Planning for Administration of SharePoint Online
• Hybrid Deployments
• Deployments of both SharePoint Online and an on-premise deployment of SharePoint 2013.