This instructor led, practical fundamentals course is designed to introduce a wide audience to the technology of Alfresco Enterprise Content Management. Through a blend of presented sessions, demonstrations, working examples and labs the participant will become familiar with the Alfresco technology, the architecture and should be able to understand what the different parts of Alfresco do and when they would be used.

Duration = 1 day

Objectives

The course will allow participants to understand what it is possible to do with the system and to make appropriate and informed decisions about when to deploy the technology and how to deploy the technology.

In order for participants to understand how development is carried out we also look at the alternative options of configuring, customizing and developing with Alfresco.

At the end of this course you should be able to:

1. Understand the components of an Alfresco ECM system and their interactions
2. Create and manipulate content in the repository
3. Understand how Alfresco manages content and metadata
4. Understand the Alfresco content model
5. Create custom object types and aspects
6. Describe the Alfresco security model
7. Configure users, groups, and roles
8. Understand repository configuration

Audience

This course is aimed at first time Alfresco users who will be engaged on an Alfresco project as Project Managers, Technical Architects, Business Analysts and those who will be continuing an Alfresco learning pathway to become an Alfresco developer or expert.

The course can be taken without any previous Alfresco experience and does not require any other courses as a pre-requisite. It acts as a precursor to a number of other Alfresco courses.

Outline

• Introduction
• Architecture and Technology
• User Interfaces
• Repository Configuration
• Managing the Repository
• Content Model Overview
• Creating Content Models
• Security and Permissions
• Developing Applications in Alfresco