SharePoint 2019 for Administrators Training Course

About This Course

Over the course of five days, this programme equips you with the essential knowledge and skills required to plan and administer a Microsoft SharePoint 2016 environment. You will learn how to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot your SharePoint setup. Additionally, the course offers guidelines, industry best practices, and key considerations to help you optimise your SharePoint deployment.

This is the first of two courses in a sequence designed for IT professionals and aligns with the SharePoint 2016 IT Pro certification.

Audience Profile

This course is aimed at experienced IT professionals keen on learning how to install, configure, deploy, and manage SharePoint 2016 installations in either data centre or cloud environments.

Typical students possess over one year of hands-on experience* with planning and maintaining SharePoint, alongside two years of experience with core technologies that SharePoint relies on. These include Windows Server 2012 R2 or later, Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft SQL Server 2014 or later, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), and networking infrastructure services.

The minimally qualified candidate typically:

• Is an IT professional responsible for planning, implementing, and maintaining a multi-server deployment of SharePoint 2016.
• Has practical knowledge of, and preferably hands-on experience with, SharePoint Online.
• Is broadly familiar with SharePoint workloads.
• Has experience with business continuity management, including data backup, restoration, and high availability.
• Has experience with authentication and security technologies.
• Has experience with Windows PowerShell.

* The hands-on or job experience should stem from a solutions-based role where the candidate has worked on multiple solutions within the SharePoint space, encompassing document management, content management, and search.

At Course Completion

• Describe the key features of SharePoint 2016.
• Design an information architecture for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
• Design a logical architecture for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
• Design the physical architecture for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
• Install and configure SharePoint 2016.
• Create and configure web applications and site collections.
• Plan and configure service applications for a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
• Manage users and permissions, and secure content in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
• Configure authentication in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
• Configure platform and farm-level security in a SharePoint 2016 deployment.
• Manage information taxonomy in SharePoint web applications and site collections.
• Configure and manage user profiles and audiences.
• Configure and manage the search experience in SharePoint 2016.
• Monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot a SharePoint 2016 deployment.

The business landscape is evolving. Professionals seek communication channels free from collaborative obstacles. Organizations are looking for solutions that offer both cost-efficiency and flexibility. Consequently, many are establishing hybrid environments and migrating content to the cloud to address these needs.

In this course, you will acquire the skills to deploy and configure SharePoint Server 2019, a platform tailored to meet the demands of contemporary work styles. You will also learn to configure and manage various SharePoint service applications to prepare for hybrid deployment. Furthermore, you will discover how to plan and implement SharePoint hybrid scenarios that deliver a seamless user experience. Finally, you will learn how to design the content migration process, including the resources and tools available when migrating content to SharePoint and OneDrive within Microsoft 365.

About This Course

The business landscape is evolving, with users seeking seamless communication free from collaborative obstacles. Organizations are increasingly adopting cost-effective and flexible solutions by configuring hybrid environments and migrating content to the cloud. In this course, you will gain the skills to deploy and configure SharePoint Server 2019, ensuring it meets the demands of contemporary work styles. You will also learn to set up and manage various SharePoint service applications to prepare for hybrid deployments. Additionally, you will explore how to plan and execute SharePoint hybrid scenarios that deliver a smooth user experience. Finally, you will discover how to design the content migration process, identifying the necessary resources and tools for migrating data to SharePoint and OneDrive in Microsoft 365.

Audience Profile

This course is tailored for IT Professionals responsible for deploying and managing on-premises SharePoint environments, particularly those interested in implementing hybrid scenarios and migrating content to Microsoft 365.

At Course Completion

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:

• Explain the MinRole feature in SharePoint 2019.
• Outline the installation and configuration of SharePoint 2019.
• Explain how to implement high availability for SharePoint.
• Provision a BDC Service Application instance.
• Configure the Secure Store Service application.
• Explain how to configure My Sites in SharePoint 2019.
• Describe the various SharePoint Hybrid Scenarios available.
• Outline the requirements for SharePoint hybrid configuration.
• Plan for SharePoint Server hybrid deployments.
• Plan the content migration process.
• Identify available resources and tools to utilize during the migration.
• Access data for migration using the SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool (SMAT).
• Migrate content to the cloud using the SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT).
• Migrate content to the cloud using Migration Manager.
• Migrate content to the cloud using Mover.
• Manage and monitor the migration process.

This one-day training session is tailored for power users who operate as SharePoint site owners and/or Site Collection administrators.

Course objectives include:

• Configuring site navigation
• Viewing site activity reports
• Customizing lists and libraries
• Managing Site Columns and Site Content Types
• Setting up Check out/in, Content Approval, and Versioning
• Creating and modifying pages and web part pages

This one-day training course is tailored for individuals who utilize SharePoint and wish to explore its advanced capabilities. Participants should enrol in this course if they need to gain proficiency in areas such as team collaboration, document management, and the social features of Microsoft SharePoint 2013.

This course is suitable for:

• SharePoint Site Owners and users

Course objectives include:

• Managing Sites and Site Collections
• Adding users and groups, and managing security at the site, list, folder, and item levels
• Adding and configuring web parts
• Configuring site options, including theme, title, description, and icon

This instructor-led, live training in Kenya (online or on-site) is designed for intermediate-level supervisors and programming officers aiming to broaden their proficiency in SharePoint administration and the effective application of Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Grasp the core principles of SharePoint architecture and administration.
• Set up and manage SharePoint sites alongside user access permissions.
• Deploy security and compliance protocols within SharePoint.
• Integrate and manage Microsoft 365 Copilot functionalities to drive organizational efficiency.
• Apply industry best practices for data governance and content management.

This instructor-led, live training in Kenya (online or on-site) is aimed at SharePoint users who wish to use SharePoint to share and organize information.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Facilitate team collaboration using SharePoint.
• Build SharePoint sites to streamline information management and sharing.
• Automate workflows to enhance business processes.

-This advanced-level program is tailored for IT specialists and SharePoint administrators tasked with managing, configuring, and securing SharePoint Online environments within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Participants will explore the intricacies of SharePoint Online architecture, modern site provisioning, permissions governance, content lifecycle management, and its integration with Microsoft 365 applications such as Teams, Power Automate, and Viva. The curriculum blends strategic principles with practical configuration exercises across the Microsoft 365 admin center, SharePoint Admin Center, and PowerShell. Emphasis is placed on addressing real-world administrative challenges, automation, compliance, and enhancing user adoption while upholding governance standards.

This practical, hands-on course offers a thorough introduction to Microsoft SharePoint Online, emphasizing how contemporary organizations can utilize it for collaboration, document management, process automation, and integration within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Participants will delve into SharePoint’s core functionalities—such as document libraries, lists, permissions, and site structures—while gaining initial exposure to automation tools like Power Automate and Power Apps.