SharePoint and Microsoft 365 Copilot Administration 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.

This practical, hands-on training introduces attendees to the capabilities of AI agents within Microsoft 365 Copilot, demonstrating how they can construct their own straightforward agents without any coding skills or supplementary tools.

Attendees will investigate pre-built Microsoft agents like Researcher and Analyst, gain insights into how AI agents function within business environments, and acquire the skills to design and utilise their own agents by employing structured prompts and workflows in Copilot.

The training emphasises real-world applications, empowering attendees to automate routine tasks, boost productivity, and develop reusable AI assistants that can be seamlessly shared across teams.

Upon completion of this session, participants will have successfully created their own AI agent and will be equipped to apply similar methodologies in their day-to-day professional activities.

This course is tailored for finance professionals who are already utilizing AI tools and seek to transition from sporadic usage to confident, consistent daily integration of Microsoft Copilot. Participants will refine their prompting techniques and apply Copilot directly to authentic finance tasks, such as data reconciliation, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting. The session is highly interactive, centered on live exercises using realistic finance datasets. Each exercise utilizes two parallel workflows: one for Copilot Chat (Basic, included with Microsoft 365) and another for Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium, paid license), ensuring every participant engages with the license they currently possess.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 serves as an AI-driven assistant that seamlessly integrates with Office applications, empowering finance and accounting professionals to boost productivity, streamline reporting processes, and support informed decision-making.

This instructor-led, live training session (available online or onsite) is designed for finance and accounting professionals who have limited AI experience but aim to harness Microsoft Copilot to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and insight in their financial tasks.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Rapidly and accurately generate financial reports using Copilot.
• Automate repetitive accounting and data-entry tasks.
• Produce financial summaries and forecasts with the aid of AI.
• Utilize natural language prompts to extract valuable insights from extensive financial datasets.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Numerous exercises and practical practice sessions.
• Hands-on implementation within a live laboratory environment.

Customization Options for the Course

• To arrange a customized training course, please contact us.

Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI-powered assistant embedded into familiar Microsoft tools to enhance content creation, automate routine tasks, and provide smart insights.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at public sector employees with limited or no prior experience using AI tools who wish to use Microsoft 365 Copilot to enhance communication, streamline document work, and extract insights more efficiently from data and meetings.

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

• Use Copilot in Word, Excel, and Outlook to draft, analyze, and improve communications.
• Automate repetitive documentation and summarization tasks across Microsoft 365 apps.
• Generate insights from meeting notes, spreadsheets, and written reports.
• Follow responsible use guidelines for Copilot in a public sector context.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Hands-on use of Microsoft 365 Copilot in sample government scenarios.
• Guided exercises focused on communication, reporting, and meeting productivity.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course based on your department's workflows or internal tools, please contact us to arrange.

Accelerate your workflow with Microsoft Copilot Pro in 2024 | Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Outlook | Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365.

Copilot Studio serves as a platform for developing and integrating AI-powered copilots and assistants into business applications to enhance workflows and automate user tasks.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is designed for advanced-level technical professionals and automation leads who aim to integrate Copilot Studio into existing applications to execute SQL queries, automate recruitment workflows, and trigger Power Automate flows in real-world production-like scenarios.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Design and configure Copilot assistants that securely execute SQL queries against HR datasets.
• Implement conversational flows that automate recruitment and hiring tasks.
• Integrate Copilot Studio with Power Automate to trigger and orchestrate automated flows.
• Apply security, data governance, and compliance best practices when exposing data to AI assistants.

Course Format

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Hands-on labs with Copilot Studio, SQL and Power Automate integrations.
• Workshops for building, testing, and securing production-ready copilots.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

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

Microsoft 365 Copilot brings artificial intelligence into popular Office applications to enhance productivity via smart suggestions, content creation, task automation, and sophisticated data analysis. It empowers professionals to work more efficiently without requiring advanced technical expertise.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is designed for beginner-level administrative professionals who want to learn how to effectively incorporate Microsoft 365 Copilot into their daily workflows.

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

• Comprehend what Microsoft 365 Copilot is and how it functions across Office applications.
• Utilize Copilot in Word to draft, summarize, and format documents.
• Apply Copilot in Excel to analyze data, generate formulas, and create reports.
• Use Copilot in Outlook to manage email correspondence and produce meeting summaries.
• Collaborate using Copilot in Teams to streamline meetings and follow up on tasks.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion
• Real-world exercises and examples
• Hands-on practice in Microsoft 365 applications

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is an AI-driven assistant embedded within Microsoft 365 applications, designed to help users write, summarize, analyze, and automate tasks with greater efficiency.

This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) targets beginner to intermediate business professionals who want to leverage Copilot Chat across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook to enhance their daily productivity and communication.

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

• Utilize Copilot Chat to generate content and insights in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Craft and refine prompts for more accurate and helpful AI responses.
• Automate routine tasks using basic scripting and integration techniques.
• Apply best practices for security, ethics, and accuracy in generative AI usage.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Extensive hands-on practice in Microsoft 365.
• Real-world use cases and guided labs.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI-powered assistant integrated into Microsoft Office apps to help users draft, analyze, summarize, visualize, and communicate more efficiently.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level professionals who wish to leverage Microsoft 365 Copilot features across core applications to increase productivity and improve workflows.

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

• Use Copilot in Word to draft, summarize, and rewrite documents.
• Analyze, visualize, and automate data tasks using Copilot in Excel.
• Create AI-assisted PowerPoint presentations from outlines or documents.
• Enhance email management and communication with Copilot in Outlook.
• Streamline collaboration, meeting follow-ups, and task tracking in Teams using Copilot.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

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