AI landscape and Copilot positioning
- Brief history of AI, LLM, principles of responsible AI
- ChatGPT vs. Microsoft Copilot: scope, grounding, and data boundaries
- Copilots across Microsoft 365 and where SharePoint Premium fits
- Lab: Readiness checklist and gap log
Licensing models and cost attitudes
- Copilot for Microsoft 365 — overview
- SharePoint Premium (pay-as-you-go) and typical scenarios
- SharePoint Advanced Management (governance attitude)
- eSignature, backup, archive: licensing touchpoints
- Lab: Licensing matrix and cost estimation
Step-by-step configuration
- Basic prerequisites and tenant settings
- SharePoint Copilot enablement and key drivers
- Search and resource configuration
- Change management and communication plan
- Lab: Tenant configuration dry-run (simulation)
SharePoint Premium basics
- What “Premium” brings over SharePoint Online
- Use cases for content processing and governance context
- Cost barriers and observability
- Lab: Setting up a sample library for Premium (simulation)
eSignature scenarios
- eSignature concepts, partner connectors and governance
- Approval, auditability and interaction with retention
- Lab: eSignature approval flow (simulation)
Advanced Management for SharePoint
- Governance and access for risky sites (overview)
- Site lifecycle, sharing and policy enforcement
- Lab: Policy application and validation (simulation)
Power Automate — Inbound invoices
- Flow design, approval, metadata and storage
- Exception handling and operational barriers
- Lab: End-to-end flow for inbound invoices
Pro-code vs. low-code agents and extension patterns
- Comparison and explanation
- When to choose SPFx, Graph/REST or connectors
- Limits, security and maintainability
- Lab: Extending a flow with a custom action (simulation)
SharePoint backup
- Scope, RTO/RPO expectations and supported scenarios
- Recovery plan and test cadence
- Lab: Backup posture review & restore drill (simulation)
SharePoint archive
- Cold data strategy, access and costs
- Interaction with retention and compliance
- Lab: Archiving plan for a site collection (simulation)
Operational monitoring and compliance
- Audit trails, alerts and reporting
- Incident runbooks and communication patterns
- Lab: Operational monitoring — runbook
Copilot Studio — building on top SharePoint
- Grounding SharePoint content and security barriers
- Topics, prompts and evaluation
- Lab: Build a basic copilot (simulation)
Copilot Agents
- Agent concept, orchestration and data boundaries
- Security, compliance and observability
- Lab: Agent design and evaluation plan
Orchestry — Copilot management options
- Governance patterns, request center and templates (overview)
- Integration touches with Copilot scenarios
- Lab: Orchestration policy plan (simulation)
Capstone & next steps
- End-to-end rollout blueprint (configuration, automation, governance)
- Risk register, change enablement and roadmap
- Lab: Capstone — rollout blueprint
