Microsoft SharePoint – Administration & Configuration

Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft SharePoint

• SharePoint overview: intranet, document management, and collaboration
• SharePoint Online vs SharePoint Server: deployment differences
• SharePoint architecture: tenants, site collections, and sites
• SharePoint Admin Centre: navigating the administration interface

Module 2: Site Creation and Management

• Site types: Team sites and Communication sites
• Creating site collections: Classic and Modern site provisioning
• Site templates: applying and customising SharePoint templates
• Site settings: regional settings, navigation, and look and feel

Module 3: Lists and Libraries

• Document libraries: creating, configuring, and managing libraries
• List types: custom lists, announcement lists, and calendar lists
• Columns and content types: adding metadata to documents and items
• Views: creating and managing list and library views

Module 4: Permissions and Security

• SharePoint permission levels: Read, Contribute, Edit, and Full Control
• SharePoint groups: Owners, Members, and Visitors management
• Breaking permission inheritance: item and folder-level permissions
• Sharing settings: external sharing configuration and guest access

Module 5: Navigation and Branding

• Hub sites: connecting related sites for shared navigation
• Global and local navigation: configuring mega menus
• SharePoint themes and site branding: applying custom colours and logos
• Page layouts: modern page design with web parts and sections

Module 6: Search and Managed Metadata

• SharePoint Search: configuring and customising search experience
• Managed Metadata Service: term store and taxonomy management
• Content types hub: sharing content types across site collections
• Search schema: managed properties and crawled properties mapping

Module 7: Compliance and Governance

• Retention policies: applying Microsoft Purview retention to SharePoint
• Information barriers: restricting communication between departments
• SharePoint activity reports: monitoring usage and adoption
• Site lifecycle management: archiving, deletion, and access reviews

Module 8: Capstone Project and Assessment

• SharePoint intranet build: team sites, document libraries, and navigation
• Permissions configuration: security model for a department intranet
• Managed metadata taxonomy and search configuration project
• Final assessment and course certification

Experience in the Industry Gain expertise from Microsoft 365-certified SharePoint administrators who have designed and managed SharePoint Online environments for intranet, document management, and collaboration across enterprise organisations.

Backgrounds at the Top Our SharePoint admin trainers have worked at Microsoft partner organisations and enterprise IT teams governing SharePoint environments for thousands of users across global organisations.

Clear & Effective Teaching SharePoint Online architecture, site management, document libraries, permissions, hub sites, branding, managed metadata, search, compliance, and governance are explained with real enterprise intranet examples.

Hands-On Learning Focus Students create and configure sites, manage permissions, set up document libraries, build hub site navigation, configure search, and implement retention policies through structured hands-on SharePoint admin labs.

Up-to-Date Knowledge Trainers keep content current with the latest SharePoint Online releases, Microsoft Viva Connections integration, Copilot for SharePoint, and evolving Microsoft 365 intranet and governance best practices.