Become a SharePoint Power User

Ready to take charge of SharePoint? This course is built for users who know the basics and want to master lists and libraries in Microsoft 365 with confidence.

What You’ll Learn
Take control of SharePoint with hands-on training in planning and creating document libraries and Microsoft Lists—key tools for any power user.
Discover how to pick the perfect list or library template, leverage metadata for smarter navigation, and customize columns and views like a pro. You’ll also explore conditional formatting and Managed Metadata with real-world examples.
Master every setting that matters—Content Approval, Validation, Versioning, and more—so you can manage SharePoint sites with total confidence.

Led by Microsoft MVP Laura Rogers, this course gives you practical skills to streamline workflows and boost productivity.

Course curriculum

    1. Course Welcome

    2. Creating Lists, Libraries & Columns

    3. About Columns

    4. Demo: Creating Lists & Libraries

    5. Interactive: Create a list and library

    1. Choice Columns

    2. Lookup Columns

    3. Calculated Columns

    4. Person Columns

    5. Managed Metadata Columns & Term Store Management

    6. Location Columns

    1. Views

    2. Demo: Views

    3. Calendar Views

    4. Supplemental Deep Dive Video

    5. Interactive: Create a view

    1. Folders versus Metadata

    1. Formatting Columns

    2. Demo: Formatting Columns

    3. View Formatting

    4. Demo: View Formatting

    5. Demo: Advanced Formatting

    6. Supplemental Deep Dive Video

    1. Customizing a Form

    2. Demo: Customize a List Form

    3. Column Conditional Formulas

    4. Demo: Column Conditional Formulas

    5. Sharable Modern Forms

    6. Modern Form Branching Logic

About this course

  • $27.00
  • 44 lessons
  • 3 hours of video content

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Course Reviews

5 star rating

New Perspectives

Alan Oviatt

Laura, what a great way to demonstrate the importance of metadata. I remember all the talk several years ago about flattening the file structure but never r...

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Laura, what a great way to demonstrate the importance of metadata. I remember all the talk several years ago about flattening the file structure but never really understood how they were going about that. Your demonstration was well done, easy to follow, and very helpful. Nice job - thank you!

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5 star rating

Loved the Metadata Sections

Tina Callender

Most of the items reviewed in this class I already knew, but the metadata section was new to me, so very exciting. Thanks Laura

Most of the items reviewed in this class I already knew, but the metadata section was new to me, so very exciting. Thanks Laura

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Organizing Lists & Libraries

George Arnold

Laura Rogers is the best SP instructor I've found. She's well-spoken with a clearly devised and intelligent plan for taking you down the path of learning and...

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Laura Rogers is the best SP instructor I've found. She's well-spoken with a clearly devised and intelligent plan for taking you down the path of learning and SP implementation

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Folders vs Metadata

Phill Harris

I love how easily Laura details the differences and advantages of using metadata value to slice-n-dice versus the folder structure which users have married t...

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I love how easily Laura details the differences and advantages of using metadata value to slice-n-dice versus the folder structure which users have married themselves to. Great examples!

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5 star rating

Very useful and complete

Leslie Santibanez

It gave me some very useful insights of detailed information and best practices for lists and libraries. Also some very useful resources to follow up. Thanks!

It gave me some very useful insights of detailed information and best practices for lists and libraries. Also some very useful resources to follow up. Thanks!

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5 star rating

Great explanation of the modern features of lists & l...

Jos Albers

Very helpfull! Even as a SharePoint consultant for almost 20 years I learned some new things 😊

Very helpfull! Even as a SharePoint consultant for almost 20 years I learned some new things 😊

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4 star rating

great insight

Stefaan Sommereyns

Every time I watch trainings from Laura I pick up a few things. Keep up the good work

Every time I watch trainings from Laura I pick up a few things. Keep up the good work

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5 star rating

Very good

rick rick

Learned a lot although I was already familiar with Sharepoint

Learned a lot although I was already familiar with Sharepoint

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5 star rating

Good course

Maurice Vold

This was a good course that introduces the basics and talks about some of the more advanced stuff you can do with Lists and Libraries.

This was a good course that introduces the basics and talks about some of the more advanced stuff you can do with Lists and Libraries.

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5 star rating

Very useful

Neil Andrew

Well explained.

Well explained.

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February free course

Susan McClements

This was a very informative section. I really need to get the entire Intermediate SharePoint course. Learned some tips I didn't know before.

This was a very informative section. I really need to get the entire Intermediate SharePoint course. Learned some tips I didn't know before.

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Laura's Lists & Libraries Course

Lee Graham-Carlyle

Excellent course, highly recommend!

Excellent course, highly recommend!

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Your Instructor

Microsoft MVP Laura Rogers

Laura Rogers is a SharePoint, Teams, Power Apps & Power Automate expert, speaker, author and educator. She is well-versed in helping organizations make the most of their SharePoint business processes using Power Apps and Power Automate flows. Laura’s technical expertise also includes over 20 years of experience working with Microsoft’s messaging and collaboration systems. She has been named a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for the past fourteen years. She has contributed to several books on SharePoint over the past eleven years. You can read more about Laura’s experiences on her blog, www.wonderlaura.com, and follow her on X: @WonderLaura