Training Highlights

Books

Building Websites with Microsoft Content Management Server 2002
From MVPs, Mei Ying & Joel and the master, Stefan, this book is intended for a developer audience. It covers the end to end development of a sample MCMS application. Covering all the core MCMS concepts and common tasks you will undertake developing your sites, this is a clear and concise tutorial which also includes many useful tips and tricks.

For those experienced with MCMS this book may be a little disappointing as it doesn't cover any advanced development aspects, but it should still be considered an essential reference.

A Free online edition which includes two sample chapters (on templates and authoring connector) available as PDF.

Web Casts

Creating Custom Web Part Views for the Microsoft Content Management Server Connector for SharePoint Technologies (Windows Media)
The Microsoft Content Management Server Connector for SharePoint Technologies includes Web Parts that can be used to integrate Content Management Server publishing functionality with SharePoint Portal Server or SharePoint Services pages. In this webcast you will learn how to display Content Management Server pages in these Web Parts and how to customize their appearance by developing custom components.

Accelerating Portal Deployments with Metalogix Migration Manager (Windows Media)
Organizations adopting Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 and SharePoint Technologies can benefit from reduced deployment costs and accelerated delivery of their portal solution by using Metalogix Migration Manager. See how Migration Manager manages, accelerates and automates the process of moving legacy content from an existing site into a new portal solution. We will also demonstrate how to use Migration Manager to generate MCMS templates from existing web pages and version 2.0's support for WSS Document and Image Libraries.

Slide Decks

OFF304 - Get Ready for SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) / Content Management Server (CMS) vNext
The goal of this session is to provide you with a look into CMS and SPS functionality in the future and ways in which you can plan for it. Familiarity with SPS and CMS is required and it will be assumed that you attended the Office 12 Servers Introduction session (OFF205).

OFF313 - Web Content Management Application Development and Engine Extensibility
This session covers enhanced functionality for designing, deploying, and maintaining Web portals and other applications that depend on large amounts of HTML content.

BPR309 - Content Management Server 2002: Building Advanced Solutions and Custom Server Controls
In this session you will see how Content Management Server 2002 integrates with Visual Studio .NET to provide direct access to the MCMS data model and the MCMS Publishing API. Learn how to create rich .NET Content Management Server solutions. Are you limiting yourself to the out-of-the-box edit control? Don't! See how you can allow your authors to enter different kinds of content with a rich edit control providing a great experience. Also, learn how to develop your own ASP.NET placeholder server controls.