SharePoint Online platform basics
- History and development of SharePoint (Server › Online), PnP community roles
- Relationship between Microsoft 365, Azure and SharePoint — the big picture
- Service architecture and scope at the tenant level
- Roles of SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams (storage view)
- Admin centers and basic reports
- Lab: Checking the default tenant and service configuration
Information architecture and website strategies
- Website types (Team / Communication) and association hub strategies
- Navigation models and website hierarchy vs. flat alignment on hubs
- Content types, managed metadata, simple taxonomy management
- Lab: Hub design + site matrix and classification alignment
List basics
- List design, views, rules and JSON formatting basics
- Choosing column types, lookups and calculated fields
- Item-level permissions — best practices
- List limits, indexing and working with large lists
- Lab: List standards (naming, views, JSON formatting)
Document libraries and content management
- Document content types and metadata
- Versioning policies and lifecycle basics
- Basic retention settings (core features)
- Lab: Metadata library configuration + versioning policies
Identity and accesses in Entra ID P1 scope
- Entra ID groups vs. M365 Groups vs. SharePoint Permissions
- Impact of Conditional Access (P1) on SharePoint Access
- Sharing Model (Internal/External) and Standard Access Governance
- Role Separation and the Principle of Least Privilege
- Lab: Group-Based Access Model and Permissions Checklist
ACLs, Sharing, and Shared Links
- Permission Inheritance vs. Unique Permissions; Role Definitions and Best Practices
- Shared Links: People in Organization / Specific People, Default Link Type, Expiration
- Sharing Policies at Tenant and Site Level; Allowed/Disallowed Domains; Guest/External Access
- Auditing Sharing Events; regular access reviews
- Lab: Pilot website security — default sharing, expiration, unique permissions review
Pages, sections, webparts and intranet composition
- Modern page types (site pages, news), sections and columns
- Catalog of basic webparts
- Page templates, audience targeting, publication planning; basics of multilingualism
- Intranet templates: hub home, news summaries, department homepages
- Lab: Building a hub home with sections, Hero, Quick links and highlighted content
Microsoft Search – basics + PnP Modern Search Center
- How Microsoft Search makes SharePoint content accessible
- Managed metadata and result sources (within the core)
- PnP Modern Search webparty: verticals, filters, result templates
- Governance and maintenance (version management, upgrades)
- Lab: Lightweight search “center” with PnP webparty
UX: navigation, hubs, branding and adoption
- Hub navigation strategy and audience targeting (core)
- Website theme and simple branding principles
- Adoption tactics and communication plan
- Lab: Hub navigation plan and outline communication/adoption plan
Governance and web provisioning framework
- Request intake and approval (manual + simple form/list)
- Naming conventions, ownership and lifecycle checkpoints
- PnP.PowerShell and site scripts/templates
- Lab: Governance matrix and provisioning checklist
Power Automate for SharePoint Scenarios
- When to automate: approvals, notifications, lifecycle events
- Connectors in standard licenses; how to avoid premium dependencies
- Error handling and governance flows (naming, ownership)
- Lab: Approval + notification flow with governance checklist
Power Apps for SharePoint forms and apps
- Replacing classic list forms vs. full canvas apps
- Storage choice – Excel Online vs. SharePoint Lists
- Webpart Apps and Sharing to Teams
- Lab: Modifying a List Form + Creating a Simple Canvas App
Third-Party Tools for Governance and Adoption
- Orchestration: Workspace Templates, Request Management, Reports
- Positioning with Other Third-Party Apps and Native Admin Tools
- Operational Policies, Reporting, and Adoption Support
- Lab: Orchestration-Inspired Request Flow Governance Design
Extending SharePoint: Low-Code to Pro-Code
- JSON List Formatting, Power Automate, Power Apps, Adaptive Cards
- SPFx Overview (Webpart, Extension) — When Does Pro-Code Make Sense
- M365 CLI and PnP.PowerShell for Provisioning
- Decision Matrix: When to Low-Code and When to Code
- Lab: Extensibility Decision Guide + SPFx Outline scaffold
AI in SharePoint Online – Copilot and Premium (Overview)
- Overview of Microsoft 365 Copilot and its impact in SharePoint
- Licensing requirements beyond core
- Pay-as-you-go and cost management
- Overview of SharePoint Premium (eSignatures, document processing, etc.)
- Copilot agents in SharePoint contexts: secure patterns, governance
- Demo: Copilot readiness and Premium evaluation (Overview exercise)
Conclusion, operation and next steps
- Reporting and telemetry (usage, audit), storage growth monitoring
- Performance and scaling: list/library limits, views, indexes; search tuning basics
- Change management and driving adoption
- Governance presentation + provisioning + search improvement plan and roadmaps
- Next steps: deeper automation, SPFx basics, governance maturity
- Lab: Runbook, report consolidation and roadmaps
