Introduction to SharePoint Online Virtual Classroom Live May 13, 2025

Course Overview

Module 1: Introduction to SharePoint

• Identifying use cases for SharePoint Online
• Implementing SharePoint and Office 365
• Using SharePoint sites for effective sharing and collaboration
• Understanding user roles in SharePoint Online
• SharePoint Online New Features

Module 2: Creating SharePoint Websites

Site hierarchy 

• Identify new and classic methods for site organization
• Determining an appropriate information architecture strategy
• Leveraging the templates in SharePoint Online
• Sharing information with the new communication sites
• Understanding the power of Office 365 groups with modern team sites

Site administration

• Working with modern and classic site templates
• Utilize new tools for branding to your site
• Site settings for site owners and site collections administrators
• Understanding options for customizing SharePoint sites
• Controlling navigation for ease of access

Module 3: Managing SharePoint Security

Managing and user access 

• Using SharePoint groups with classic templates
• Understanding Office 365 groups with modern team sites
• Creating and managing permission levels
• Handling permission requests

Simplifying security management through inheritance

• Understanding when to use permission inheritance
• Breaking and re-establishing inheritance
• Inheritance with SharePoint groups and Office 365 groups

Module 4: Working with Classic and Modern SharePoint Pages

Distinguishing between modern pages, wiki pages, and web part pages 

• Creating and editing content with the new modern pages
• Changing layout for better presentation of information
• Formatting wiki pages
• Working with web parts and other web content
• Customizing page content to meet the needs of your users

Building an Intranet

• Leveraging the capability offered in the new communication site template
• Building and designing a rich user experience
• Take advantage of responsive design for users on tablets and mobile devices

Module 5: Managing Enterprise Content

Defining content types 

• Enterprise scale document management with content types
• Empowering libraries using templates
• Managing record retention

Creating enterprise-wide metadata standardization 

• Defining taxonomy and enterprise information architecture
• Centralizing metadata for reuse across sites and the enterprise
• Understanding site columns

Leveraging the term store for metadata management

• Setting up Managed Metadata Service
• Creating term sets with the Term Store
• Adding Managed Metadata columns to list and library apps

Module 6: Managing Content with Apps

Controlling information with list apps 

• Creating lists and using list templates
• Adding, deleting, and changing content
• Categorizing and identifying information with the new modern list tools
• Filtering and finding information with the filters panel

Leveraging Office 365 integration with libraries

• Tracking and managing versions
• Providing access to external participants
• Managing content approval

Mondule 7: Implementing Enterprise Features

Managing documents 

• Defining Document Libraries
• Migrating content to Document Libraries
• Leveraging Metadata in Document Libraries

Organizing content

• Implement metadata for best-practice content management
• Standardizing content types in a list and library apps
• Establishing external content types

Prerequisites

Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Office, and the web.