17A-Intranets

This is objective of this course is that students understand the characteristics, structure, components services and programming of a intrnaet.

Note: This very wide objective is from study program of the subject.

First two classes

In these two classes, we will discuss what an intranet is nowadays. Furthermore, we will try to develop the the current complex " intranet definition" from the most basic ideas and companies' needs.

To do this, students must read the following lectures (it would be recommended that students follow the same order listed below, although it is not strictly necessary).

General information

1. Intranet, Read page 89 from TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview IBM Red Books

2. Internet, Intranet, Extranets, http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_TheInternetIntranetsandExtranets.htm

3. Intranet from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intranet (Focus in uses and benefits sections. If you are insterest then look at the See also section)

4. Internet, Intranet, Extranet, an expert point of view http://www.iorg.com/papers/iw/19981019-advisor.html

Uses and benefits

1. 8 good business reasons for having an intranet,

2. http://www.worldwideintranetchallenge.com/2009/06/7-tips-for-writing-a-business-case-for-an-intranet-update.html

3. Intranet Strategies, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intranet_strategies

4. The IBM intranet case, http://www.brandemix.com/how-ibms-intranet-improves-employee-development-and-retention/

A more formal review

1. Look at the indexes of books

   • Practical Intranet Development

   • The Intranet, Management Handbook

   • Intranets, A guide to their design

2. Read chapter 1 of Practical Intranet Development

3. Read chapters 1, 2, 5 and 6 of Intranets, A guide to their design, implementation and management.

4. Read chapter 1, and 2 of The Intranet, Management Handbook

A more formal review ( second class)

1. Read Part II of Intranets, A guide to their design, implementation and management. (This is from chapter 5 to chapter 9, 25 pages in total )

2. Read chapters 2 and 3 of The Intranet, Management Handbook

3. Review (fast reading) of chapters 8 and 9 of Practical Intranet Development

4. Check Sharepoint website (https://products.office.com/es-es/sharepoint/collaboration). Which functionalities does this platform have? Does Sharepoint agree with what you have read for this session?

Self-learning component: Windows Server

In order to pass the course, students shoud aprove the two following MVA (Microsfot Virtual Academy) courses:

1. Windows Server Administration Fundamentals

2. Networking Fundamentals

The link of the courses are available below in the MVA courses folder. To access these free courses you need to a live account (ussually a hotmail, live email account or similar, your university email account is also allowed.)

To prove that student succeds in the course, he or she must send an report of all the assesments of the course (multiple-choice questions) with an explanation of the correct answers and explantions of why the other options are incorrects. In addtion, he/she has to attach a pdf of the dashbord page in the work in progress tab.

For the fisrt grate (bimester 1) students must complete the following chapters: