Sharepoint Introduction

This course will enable any end-user of Microsoft SharePoint to understand and use SharePoint in Office 365/Microsoft 365. The course explains what SharePoint is and how it fits into Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365. It explains how SharePoint can help you, your team and your organisation get the most from a collaborative working environment.

It covers SharePoint sharing inside and outside an organisation and searching for and discovery of content within SharePoint and Office 365. Topics covered include What is SharePoint?, Understanding SharePoint sites, Understanding SharePoint site components, Basic SharePoint security, Searching within SharePoint and SharePoint site settings.

Course Outline
What is SharePoint?

• Understanding Office 365
• Office 365 vs Microsoft 365
• Clearing up SharePoint misconceptions
• The relationship between SharePoint and Teams
• Key benefits of SharePoint
• The SharePoint start page

Understanding SharePoint sites

• SharePoint sites overview
• SharePoint site branding
• Understanding SharePoint site types
• SharePoint Team Sites
• Understanding Microsoft 365 Groups
• SharePoint Communication Sites

Understanding SharePoint site components

• Understanding SharePoint Pages
• Understanding Site Navigation
• Understanding SharePoint Spaces
• Understanding SharePoint Site Contents
• Understanding site functionality

Basic SharePoint security

• Sharing Communication Sites
• Sharing Team Sites
• Sharing folders and files

Searching within SharePoint

• Microsoft Search predictive results
• Search results page features
• Integration with Bing
• Advanced searching

SharePoint site settings

• Configuring and customising a SharePoint site
• Specifying a company name, logo and description
• Determining a privacy level
• Setting a site classification, service limits and permissions for the site