• Dates

    The next class will be held live online from December 4-7, 2023 from 10 to 1:30 CST each day. See below for more logistics.

  • Description

    Would you like to be a SharePoint Power User? In this 4-day class, you will obtain the skills necessary for building and designing SharePoint sites in Microsoft 365.

  • Audience

    Microsoft 365 and SharePoint users who would like to learn how to create and manage a SharePoint site. No prerequisites.

About this class

Audience: Microsoft 365 & SharePoint and Microsoft Lists Power Users, site owners & managers, site designers, SharePoint end users

Course description

Are you a SharePoint site owner or member, interested in elevating your SharePoint abilities?  Maybe you are looking to upgrade your skill level to the newest Microsoft technologies?  SharePoint provides the latest cutting edge method for creating, managing and designing intranet sites and streamlining team collaboration.  In this class, you will obtain the knowledge necessary for taking your SharePoint site and your libraries and Microsoft Lists to the next level, to increase your organization's productivity.  


Welcome and Introduction

We will start off with an introduction of general SharePoint concepts that will help lay the groundwork for this Power User live online course. You will learn about the different types of sites, as well as what makes up a SharePoint environment in Microsoft 365. SharePoint libraries and Microsoft Lists are covered, as well as the differences between the two, and the structure of a SharePoint site.
Topics: Examples, Possibilities, End user experience, SharePoint purposes


Module 1: List and Library Creation & Management

This module covers planning and creating document libraries and Microsoft Lists, two of the most important components of a SharePoint site. You will start with the basics of planning libraries and Microsoft Lists (which are SharePoint lists). Learn about using metadata to improve modern list & library navigation. Go through the steps of creating and utilizing different types of columns and view configuration. Column and view formatting is covered as well, plus demonstrations of how to use conditional formatting. Gain an understanding of list and library settings, which is important in the management and ownership of sites. This includes content approval, versioning, view settings and much more, as well as examples of each.
Topics: Columns, views, managed metadata, folders vs metadata, column & view formatting, customized list forms, settings, content approval.


Module 2: Site Ownership & Management

This module teaches you site management in SharePoint Online. First, learn about site creation options and best practices, and then delve into common site manager topics. When managing a site, one of the most common tasks, is setting up permissions. We teach how to get started with sharing your sites, and get into some advanced permission concepts. The course will also cover hub sites, as well as their settings, and modern global navigation architecture.
Topics: Site types, permissions, navigation, home sites, hub sites, analytics, site admin,  site launch.


Module 3: Site Design, Branding & Web Parts

This module covers site design concepts in SharePoint Online. The design and composition of modern pages and news settings are taught in detail. Learn about the options for changing the look of your modern site, when it comes to color schemes and banners, as well as the page and news publishing process. You will learn SharePoint page editing concepts, such as title region layouts, web parts, page sections, section colors, the differences between pages and news pages, news footers, and news digests.
Topics: site design concepts, change the look, site pages, web parts, news pages, page approvals, site templates, Microsoft 365 branding, audience targeting


Module 4: SharePoint with Microsoft 365 Apps

In this module, learn how to get around in Microsoft 365, by using office.com, and the app launcher. This includes introductions to the following: OneDrive for Business and how it relates to SharePoint, using Microsoft Teams in conjunction with SharePoint, Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Forms, and To-Do.
Topics: My profile, account settings, Planner, Power BI, To-Do, Teams, OneDrive, MS Forms, Lists.


Module 5: Power Apps with SharePoint

This module gives you a basic introduction to Power Apps and how it integrates with SharePoint. You will learn to create simple, no-code applications, connect to and integrate with many types of data, use a visual interface for layout design and publish an app to SharePoint. You will learn how to create a Power App, forms in Power Apps, getting around in the design surface, and sharing & publishing apps in SharePoint.
Topics: App creation, form controls, control properties, data connections, screens, publishing apps.


Module 6: Power Automate with SharePoint

In this basic Power Automate module, you will dive into the creation of flows with Microsoft Power Automate. Learn about the basic principles of flows, such as triggers, actions and conditions, and how to get around in the interface. You will learn how to get started with out-of-box Flows and templates, as well as how to create them from scratch.
Topics: businesss processes, flow concepts, out-of-box flows, Power Automate interface, flow templates.




What you get

Here is a list of everything that is included when you purchase this class.

  • 4 days of class, live online.

  • Class lab files to work through each day

  • A recording of the class available to you for two months

  • A free two month membership to our Ultimate subscription level, which includes every single course we teach

  • Your own Microsoft 365 student account and test site to work in for two months

  • Quizzes in each of the class modules

  • A completion certificate

  • A coupon for $200 off of a full year of our Ultimate training plan

  • Earn coins to spend on goodies in our point store

Pricing options

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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 18 years of experience working with Microsoft’s messaging and collaboration systems. She has been named a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for the past twelve 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 twitter: @WonderLaura

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