SharePoint Online is part of Microsoft 365 and underpins all the file experiences in Microsoft 365. This four-day course introduces the audience to SharePoint Online Administration. The course is appropriate for existing SharePoint on-premises administrators and those new to SharePoint administration.
Although this course and the associated labs are written for Office 365 with Windows 11, the skills taught will also be backwards compatible with Windows 10. This course is based on the features available in the Office 365 E3 license as these are the core features in Office 365 and Microsoft 365 plans.
This course is for information technology (IT) professionals. You should have a general understanding of the purpose and operation of Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft SharePoint.
Module 1: Introduction to Office 365 and SharePoint Online
In this module, you will set up an Office 365 tenant for personal development purposes. This module covers the foundational topics upon which the course is based including an overview of the core services of Office 365 and how to access the Office 365 administration portals.
Lessons
Lab 1: Provisioning Office 365
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 2: Configuring SharePoint Policies Settings
This module looks at SharePoint Policies and settings to control external access and sharing, access controls, as well as SharePoint and OneDrive defaults.
Lessons
Lab 2: Configuring External Access for Office 365
Lab 3: Configuring SharePoint and OneDrive Settings
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 3: Working with Site Collections
This module describes the SharePoint architecture of sites and site collections including how to create and manage them. You will learn how to configure settings and external sharing on a site collection basis.
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Lab 4: Creating and Managing Site Collections
Lab 5: Working with Hub Sites
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 4: Working with Sites
In this module, you will learn how to customise individual sites, managing site navigation, creating and customising apps including columns and views as well as creating and managing pages including news pages. Also included in this module is granting access to the site and managing site permissions.
Lessons
Lab 6: Customise a Team Site
Lab 7: Customise a Communication Site
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 5: SharePoint and Microsoft Teams
This module considers the relationship between SharePoint and Microsoft Teams, including the role of the SharePoint Administrator in managing Microsoft Teams. You will learn how SharePoint provides the files experience in Microsoft Teams.
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Lab 8: Planning and Managing SharePoint for Microsoft Teams
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 6: Viva Connections
This module introduces Viva Connections to extend the SharePoint Intranet into Microsoft Teams. You will learn how to configure Vivia Connections and customise the user experience in Viva Connections.
Lessons
Lab 9: Deploying Viva Connections
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 7: User Profiles
In this module, you will learn how to manage user profiles from SharePoint Admin Center and how these profiles relate to the Microsoft 365 user profile.
Lessons
Lab 10: Managing User Profiles
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 8: Managed Metadata and Content Types
In this module, you will learn how to use the Term Store to create and manage taxonomy and deploy managed metadata in SharePoint sites. You will also learn how to create content types to deploy templates for items lists & libraries.
Lessons
Lab 11: Using Managed Metadata and Content Types
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 9: Microsoft Search
In this module, you will learn how to deploy, use and customise Microsoft Search including integration with Bing Search.
Lessons
Lab 12: Working with Microsoft Search
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 10: Viva Topics
In this module, you will learn how to deploy, use and customise Viva Topics including integration with Managed Metadata.
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Lab 13: Working with Viva Topics
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 11: Security and Compliance in Office 365
This module introduces the Security and Compliance features in Office 365. Whilst Microsoft 365 plans includes extended security and compliance features, this module will focus on those products available in the core plans without the extended licensing.
Lessons
Lab 14: Configure Security and Compliance in Office 365
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 12: Troubleshooting SharePoint Online
This module looks at techniques for troubleshooting issues with SharePoint Online. You will also learn about the reporting and monitoring tools and features available.
Lessons
Lab 15:
After completing this module, students will be able to: