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Learn from more than 15 hours of relevant instructional video content, with the only complete beginner to expert guide on Microsoft SharePoint Online. SharePoint is the collaboration tool from Microsoft. 

Empower your team with SharePoint. Manage content and create a centralized site for everyone in your organization to increase collaboration, engage your staff, and transform business processes.

More than 200K organizations and 190M people use SharePoint

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Learn from more than 15 hours of relevant instructional video content, with the only complete beginner to expert guide on Microsoft SharePoint Online. SharePoint is the collaboration tool from Microsoft. 

Empower your team with SharePoint. Manage content and create a centralized site for everyone in your organization to increase collaboration, engage your staff, and transform business processes.

More than 200K organizations and 190M people use SharePoint

Integrate SharePoint with other Office 365 apps. In this course, you will learn how to also integrate SharePoint with Power Automate to create customized sophisticated workflows, Power Apps to create customized forms, and more

This is the only complete guide to Microsoft SharePoint, from beginner to expert. This course is not only comprehensive (it covers everything you need to know right from the start / beginner level) but is also instructional in nature, meaning that as we learn new concepts, we are also integrating them in SharePoint. Don't just learn concepts, learn how to actually apply them. That also means that whether you are a beginner or expert, there's something for you in this course.

This course is structured in a way that helps you learn all the concepts. For each concept, we first cover it in theory and then apply it using a real life example. We also progressively learn more and more advanced concepts, so that you never feel overwhelmed and can achieve your goals. I also respond to questions, and have an interactive portion in the course.

Again, this is the complete guide to SharePoint - you won't ever need another course.

What is SharePoint?

SharePoint is a platform that organizations use to create internal websites (called team sites) that empower teamwork and improve collaboration. SharePoint allows organizations to seamlessly organize, share, manage, and access content and knowledge across their businesses. More than 200,000 companies use SharePoint and 190 million people use SharePoint. SharePoint is provided by Microsoft.

What is SharePoint Online?

There are several different versions of SharePoint, which can be both on-prem or online. SharePoint online is the most popular, and is a cloud-based service which is hosted by Microsoft, and for businesses of all sizes. Note that all modules and features discussed in this course also apply to previous versions of SharePoint due to backwards compatibility. So, this course is also designed for users in SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019 (SharePoint Server 2016 and SharePoint Server 2019)

What are the main features of SharePoint?

  • Content management - easily and securely share and manage content across your business, whether it's files, news, workflows, or data, with sophisticated metadata and organization

  • Social features - share ideas across your organization, collaborate, and make decisions with built-in social features like shared calendars and comments

  • Integration with Office 365 - integrate SharePoint with Office 365 apps to make the most of the cloud, with sophisticated linkages with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Microsoft Project

  • Database - hold unstructured and structured content with Microsoft's intuitive, accessible, and powerful database system called SharePoint Lists; create views, validation rules, forms, and dashboards

  • Transform business processes - use SharePoint to automate common and routine business processes, with conditional and approval workflows to truly reach digital transformation across your organization

  • Personalization - make SharePoint yours; design your site to your liking with customized design features

  • Permissions - Manage access to content through Microsoft's sophisticated permission management system, which includes security roles, approval workflow / gateways, and utilize Microsoft's single sign on

  • Reach and scale - More than 90% of businesses already use Office 365; leverage cloud resources to scale SharePoint from small start-ups to F500 organizations

Why learn SharePoint?

  • Increase collaboration by creating a one-stop shop - SharePoint improves efficiency in an organization by having a centralized location for all your content, knowledge, news, and workflows (called Team Sites) - leverage this technology to empower your team

  • Revolutionize business processes - Processes in SharePoint can easily be accessed and managed by multiple people in your organizations, and sophisticated workflows and custom apps can be created to fully revolutionize business processes

  • Get hired / increase your employability - SharePoint is used by more than 200,000 organizations for a reason; it increases efficiency - learning how to create SharePoint sites is an invaluable skill to boost your pay rate and deliver value

  • Improve your toolkit - add this to your list of Microsoft skills - this is very powerful in conjunction with other Microsoft products (PowerApps, Power Automate, Office, Power BI, Azure, 365, etc.)

Why choose this course?

  • Complete guide - this is the 100% start to finish, zero to hero, basic to advanced guide on SharePoint. There is no other course like it that teaches you everything from start to finish. It contains over 15 hours of instructional content.

  • Fully instructional - we not only go through important concepts, but also apply them as we are building our application so that we can solidify them. This is not only a walkthrough of the SharePoint features, but a course that actually builds applications with you

  • Step by step - we go through every single concept in a sequential order (from beginner to expert). This improves your probabilities of learning SharePoint rather than going haphazardly through each feature.

  • Learn to learn - during the latter parts of the course, we go through situations where we encounter new features or errors, and work through how we would use the documentation to resolve them. In this way, you not only learn about SharePoint inside and out, but learn how to resolve your own issues as they come up

  • Integrations - we go even beyond SharePoint in the expert section and integrate it with other Office 365 apps, such as Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power Automate, and Power Apps

  • Teacher response - if there's anything else you would like to learn, or if there's something you cannot figure out, I'm here for you.

  • Reference material - follow along. I provide all reference material directly to you so you can follow along in your learning journey

Course overview

  • Introduction - learn about SharePoint, its features, and how to succeed in the course

  • Environment - create a SharePoint account, understand the environment / layout, and create your first site

  • Beginner - manage document libraries with increasing sophistication, create beautiful and informative web pages, modify the default design, and create multiple linked sites via site collections

  • Moderate - organize and build data using SharePoint Lists, manage access using permissions, explore other functionality such as customized search, and learn about build-in social networking features

  • Expert - transform and automate business processes using workflows and Power Automate, create customized forms using Power Apps, build other integrations with Excel and Outlook, and install other external applications

  • Conclusion - earn your Microsoft SharePoint Online certification, and read about next steps

If you want to learn Microsoft SharePoint Online, this is the course for you. We're looking forward to having you in the course and hope you earn the certificate.

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What's inside

Learning objectives

  • Create sophisticated and powerful sharepoint team sites
  • Create a free 365 trial account for your organization
  • Manage content, files, data, and knowledge across the organization using document libraries
  • Apply versioning to all your documents to manage traceability
  • Create beautiful and functional pages with different app and web parts / widgets
  • Build multiple linked team sites using site collections
  • Manage permissions across all users using security roles
  • Hold and access data using sharepoint lists; build custom views, validations, and dashboards
  • Build in social networking features directly into your team site
  • Automate business processes in sharepoint using power automate
  • Customize forms using power apps
  • Integrate sharepoint with 3rd party applications
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Syllabus

Introduction
What is SharePoint?
Course tips
Uses of SharePoint
Read more
SharePoint products
Features of SharePoint
Why learn SharePoint?
Course overview
Keys to success
Instructor overview
Ways to reach out
Watch in 1080p
Environment - Account Creation
SharePoint trial
Create an account
Assign users and licenses
Access SharePoint and other 365 apps
Environment - Layout
Create a new site
Layout of a site
What is a SharePoint site?
SharePoint - modern vs. classic
Environment - Reference Material
Reference material
Reference material resources
Beginner - Document Libraries
Upload a file
Selecting a file and its properties
Adding folders
Opening files
Versioning
Check in and check out
Versioning without office files
File details
Deleting and restoring files
Adding SharePoint files to your computer
Templates
Metadata - traditional method
Metadata - add columns
Metadata - filter and group by
Metadata - adding numbers
Metadata - formatting views
Metadata - other columns
Metadata - creating and saving views
Top menu bar
Attention files
Add a new document library
Add navigation
Other libraries
Picture libraries
Site library settings
Beginner - Pages
Introduction and different types of pages
Wiki page
App parts - text layouts
Modifying document library on a wiki page
Modifying web and app parts on a wiki page
Adding in photos to wiki pages
Adding links to wiki pages
Wiki page history
Embed code
Create a site page
Add a picture library to site
Creating heros on site pages
Add contact web parts to site pages
Add countdown web parts to site pages
Add navigational elements to site pages
Create a home page
Add content and clean up
Beginner - Design
Side menu
Classical version
Beginner - Site Collections
Create a subsite
Navigational elements
More subsites
Project theme site
Communication site 1
Communication site 2
Moderate - Lists
Create a list from excel 1
Create a list from excel 2
Other ways to create lists
Edit items
Modify edit forms
Item page
Sort and filter
Choice columns
Person columns
Column settings and date columns
Calculated columns
Resources for calculated columns
Lookup columns 1
Lookup columns 2
Lookup columns 3
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Integrates with Power Automate and Power Apps, enabling users to create customized workflows and forms, which can significantly improve business process automation
Covers SharePoint Online, the cloud-based service hosted by Microsoft, which is suitable for businesses of all sizes and offers scalability
Provides a comprehensive understanding of SharePoint, a skill used by over 200,000 organizations, making it a valuable asset for career advancement and increased pay
Features discussed in this course also apply to previous versions of SharePoint due to backwards compatibility, making it useful for users of SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019
Starts with the basics, guiding learners through account creation, environment setup, and fundamental concepts, which builds a strong foundation for beginners
Explores integrations with other Office 365 apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Power Automate, and Power Apps, which maximizes the value of the Microsoft ecosystem

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Activities

Be better prepared before your course. Deepen your understanding during and after it. Supplement your coursework and achieve mastery of the topics covered in SharePoint - Complete Guide to Microsoft SharePoint Online with these activities:
Review Office 365 Fundamentals
Strengthen your understanding of the broader Microsoft ecosystem. This will provide a solid foundation for understanding how SharePoint integrates with other Microsoft services.
Browse courses on Microsoft 365
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  • Review the core applications within Office 365, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Familiarize yourself with the cloud-based nature of Office 365 and its benefits.
  • Explore the different subscription plans and features available in Office 365.
Read 'SharePoint Online from Scratch'
Get a solid foundation in SharePoint Online. This book provides a beginner-friendly introduction to the platform, complementing the course's comprehensive approach.
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  • Read the book cover to cover, focusing on the practical examples and exercises.
  • Follow along with the examples and exercises in your own SharePoint Online environment.
  • Take notes on key concepts and features, and refer back to the book as needed.
Read 'Microsoft SharePoint 2019 Step by Step'
Gain a deeper understanding of SharePoint concepts and features. This book provides a structured approach to learning SharePoint, complementing the course material.
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  • Read the book cover to cover, paying close attention to the examples and exercises.
  • Try out the examples and exercises on your own SharePoint environment.
  • Take notes on key concepts and features.
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Build a Basic Team Site
Apply your knowledge by creating a functional team site. This hands-on project will solidify your understanding of SharePoint's core features and functionalities.
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  • Plan the structure and content of your team site.
  • Create the site and configure its basic settings.
  • Add document libraries, lists, and pages to the site.
  • Customize the site's design and navigation.
  • Implement permissions and security settings.
Document Your SharePoint Learning Journey
Reinforce your learning by creating a blog or journal. This will help you process and retain information, as well as share your insights with others.
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  • Choose a platform for your blog or journal (e.g., Medium, WordPress, or a simple text file).
  • Write regular entries summarizing key concepts, challenges, and solutions you encounter in the course.
  • Include screenshots and examples to illustrate your points.
  • Share your blog or journal with other students and solicit feedback.
Explore Microsoft's SharePoint Documentation
Deepen your understanding by exploring Microsoft's official documentation. This will expose you to advanced features and best practices.
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  • Visit the official Microsoft SharePoint documentation website.
  • Browse the documentation for topics that interest you or that you find challenging.
  • Follow the tutorials and examples provided in the documentation.
  • Experiment with different features and settings to see how they work.
Develop a SharePoint Training Presentation
Solidify your knowledge by creating a presentation to teach others. This will force you to organize your thoughts and explain complex concepts in a clear and concise manner.
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  • Choose a specific SharePoint topic to focus on (e.g., document management, workflows, or Power Apps integration).
  • Create a presentation outline and gather relevant information.
  • Design visually appealing slides with clear and concise content.
  • Practice your presentation and solicit feedback from others.
  • Deliver your presentation to a small group or record a video of yourself presenting.

Career center

Learners who complete SharePoint - Complete Guide to Microsoft SharePoint Online will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers:
SharePoint Administrator
A SharePoint administrator is crucial for managing and maintaining an organization's SharePoint environment. This role involves creating, configuring, and managing SharePoint sites, document libraries, and lists, tasks directly covered in this course. The course offers the skills necessary to implement security settings, integrate with other Microsoft 365 applications, and customize SharePoint to meet an organization's needs. This course is beneficial because it offers thorough instruction from beginner to expert level, emphasizing both theoretical and practical application of SharePoint features, which are vital for a SharePoint administrator.
Workflow Specialist
A workflow specialist designs, implements, and optimizes business workflows. This course provides crucial skills to a workflow specialist. The course covers how to automate workflows using SharePoint and Power Automate. This course provides a practical understanding of the tools and strategies to implement automated workflows, thus improving a workflow specialist's ability to streamline and improve efficiency of business processes.
Content Manager
A content manager is responsible for planning, developing, and managing content across various platforms. This course directly aligns with the needs of a content manager by providing in-depth training on SharePoint's content management features. The course's focus on managing document libraries, creating informative pages, and implementing metadata structures would directly assist in the day-to-day work of a content manager. This course is particularly useful because it emphasizes application of concepts, teaching how to apply these tools to achieve content management goals.
Intranet Manager
An intranet manager is responsible for the design, implementation, and management of internal company websites. This course provides essential skills for managing SharePoint, which is often used as a corporate intranet. The course provides training on site creation, content management, and security permissions. This course may be particularly useful for intranet managers by giving them the ability to build effective and user-friendly internal sites and to improve their daily work.
Information Architect
An information architect designs and organizes information structures to optimize accessibility and usability. This course helps individuals understand how to effectively create and manage site collections, document libraries, and SharePoint lists. The course also covers metadata management, which is crucial for organizing information. The content on creating logical and user-friendly sites is invaluable to information architects to design effective SharePoint environments.
Technical Trainer
A technical trainer develops and delivers training programs on technical topics. This course could be helpful for a technical trainer to become proficient in SharePoint, which can then be taught to end users. This course provides the theoretical foundations and the practical application of SharePoint features, which are critical for someone who needs to have deep technical knowledge. This technical trainer may find this course to be a foundation for teaching SharePoint to others.
Team Collaboration Specialist
A team collaboration specialist focuses on improving teamwork through technology and process improvements. This course may be particularly beneficial to this role. The course focuses on how SharePoint improves collaboration through centralized content management, shared calendars, and integrated communications tools. The course would enhance the team collaboration specialist's technical knowledge of SharePoint, which can help optimize the flow of information and improve team performance.
Application Support Specialist
An application support specialist provides technical support to end-users for software applications. This course is beneficial for an application support specialist because it provides an in-depth knowledge of SharePoint. The course covers the basic to advanced features of SharePoint, preparing application support specialists to troubleshoot and resolve user issues. The course provides a strong understanding of Sharepoint, its features and potential problems.
Systems Analyst
A systems analyst examines an organization's systems and workflows, seeking out opportunities for improvement through technology solutions. The course covers the use of SharePoint lists to hold data. It also covers how to automate business processes, which are key competencies of a systems analyst. This course helps systems analysts learn the SharePoint system, particularly with respect to building databases and workflows. This practical knowledge is crucial to understand what is possible when designing IT-based solutions.
Solutions Architect
A solutions architect designs and oversees the implementation of technology solutions to solve business problems. This course may be useful for solutions architects by providing them with the skills to design and implement SharePoint-based solutions. The course covers topics such as creating sites, managing content, and integrating SharePoint with other business applications. This would provide significant practical knowledge for solutions architects who wish to extend their knowledge in the Microsoft stack and leverage SharePoint's potential.
Business Analyst
A Business Analyst identifies and analyzes business needs to propose data driven solutions. This course can help a Business Analyst become proficient in using SharePoint to develop solutions for information management and team collaboration. The course helps you understand how to organize content, build custom workflows and create integrated solutions using SharePoint, Power Automate, and Power Apps. This course may be useful for business analysts who wish to better understand how to leverage the SharePoint platform to streamline business processes.
IT Project Manager
An IT project manager oversees projects related to information technology. This course may be useful for IT project managers because it provides the skills to effectively understand and manage SharePoint deployments. The training covers setting up sites, managing content, and integrating SharePoint with other Microsoft 365 tools, which are crucial aspects when executing IT projects. The practical approach of this course would allow the project manager to quickly learn the ins and outs of SharePoint to better manage implementation.
Data Analyst
A data analyst interprets data and turns it into information which can be used to make informed business decisions. SharePoint lists can function as databases, making this course relevant to data analysts. SharePoint is used to hold data, manage access permissions, and build custom views. Data analysts may find this course useful to both extract and make sense of data from SharePoint. The course would help a data analyst to work with data in the context of SharePoint, which is used by many organizations.
Digital Transformation Consultant
A digital transformation consultant advises organizations on how to leverage technology to improve performance. This course may be useful to digital transformation consultants because it provides the skills to use SharePoint as a key tool in digital transformation initiatives. This includes managing content, automating business processes and integrating with other Microsoft products. This course can enhance a digital transformation consultant’s technical knowledge of SharePoint.
Database Administrator
A database administrator manages and maintains an organization's databases. While SharePoint Lists are not a database in the traditional sense, the course can be helpful to database administrators. SharePoint lists can be used to hold structured data, and the course covers database concepts such as creating views, validation rules, and building forms. Learning how SharePoint Lists work will expand a database administrator's understanding of possible solutions.

Reading list

We've selected one books that we think will supplement your learning. Use these to develop background knowledge, enrich your coursework, and gain a deeper understanding of the topics covered in SharePoint - Complete Guide to Microsoft SharePoint Online.
Provides a hands-on approach to learning SharePoint 2019, which is relevant as the course also applies to previous versions of SharePoint. It offers step-by-step instructions and practical examples to help you master the platform. While the course focuses on SharePoint Online, understanding the on-premises version can provide valuable context. This book useful reference for those who prefer a structured, guided learning experience.

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