Microsoft SharePoint: A Comprehensive Guide

Introduction:

This intensive five-day Microsoft SharePoint training course is designed to equip participants with essential skills to leverage SharePoint’s capabilities for enhancing teamwork and departmental coordination within an organization.

Rather than exploring SharePoint features in an ad-hoc manner and potentially missing crucial functionalities, this course ensures a comprehensive understanding of SharePoint. Participants will gain hands-on experience with the core features of SharePoint Server, both Standard and Enterprise Editions, enabling them to perform effectively.

Objectives:

During the Microsoft SharePoint training course, participants will:

• Learn how to create, structure, and disseminate information on SharePoint.
• Manage virtual teams using SharePoint.
• Understand the principles and tools of enterprise content management in SharePoint.
• Utilize SharePoint’s social computing features to enhance organizational communication.

Training Methodology:

• Facilitated lectures
• Hands-on exercises
• Group activities
• Case studies
• Simulations
• Interactive discussions
• Demonstrations
• Role-playing
• Self-directed learning
• Q&A sessions

Course Outline:

Unit 1: Introduction to SharePoint Fundamentals

• Overview and orientation to SharePoint.
• Navigation techniques through SharePoint pages, sites, lists, and libraries.

Unit 2: SharePoint Document Library Training

• Steps for uploading documents (single or bulk).
• Using drag-and-drop features.
• Creating and managing libraries.
• Utilizing metadata instead of folder structures.
• Creating and maintaining custom views.

Unit 3: SharePoint and Office Web Applications

• Opening and creating documents with Office Web Applications.
• Editing documents with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote Web Applications.
• Co-authoring capabilities.

Unit 4: Basic SharePoint Document Management Training

• Major and minor versioning in SharePoint.
• Draft management and public consumption processes.
• Document check-in/check-out procedures.
• Sign-off and file recovery processes.

Unit 5: SharePoint Lists

• Information contained in SharePoint Lists.
• Available list templates and customization.
• Creating and editing SharePoint Lists.

Unit 6: Pages and Web Parts

• Understanding and editing Wiki pages.
• Layouts, styles, images, and tables on Wiki pages.
• Web Parts: definition, placement, modification, and management.

Unit 7: SharePoint Apps and the App Store

• Exploring the SharePoint App Store.
• Searching for and purchasing apps.
• Adding and managing App Parts.

Unit 8: SharePoint Site Creation and Management

• Defining website hierarchy.
• Creating and modifying sites.
• Inheriting characteristics from parent sites.
• Cross-site navigation settings and website templates.

Unit 9: SharePoint Security Training

• Understanding permission levels and SharePoint Groups.
• Managing read, contribute, and full control permissions.
• Creating security groups and changing permissions.

Unit 10: Social Computing in SharePoint

• Editing and utilizing profiles.
• Newsfeed features and interactions.
• Using hashtags and following people, sites, documents, and topics.
• Syncing documents with SkyDrive Pro.

Unit 11: SharePoint Enterprise Search

• Utilizing search refiners, Best Bets, and Keywords.
• Finding people within the company and registering for search alerts.
• Sharing and following content in search results.
• Understanding the Content Search web component.

Conclusion:

By the end of this Microsoft SharePoint training course, participants will be well-prepared to sit for SharePoint certification, demonstrating their ability to deploy SharePoint effectively for collaboration and document management purposes.