SharePoint 2016 For Site Administrators

Microsoft SharePoint 2016 is a platform for sharing documents, exchanging knowledge, discussing ideas, and sharing progress. Strong administrative skills are required to fully exploit SharePoint’s potential while protecting company data. This course provides how-to information on how to fulfill this vital role.

Lesson topics tackled in this course:

• Creating and Configuring Site Collections
• Configuring Top-Level Sites
• Configuring Site Collection Metadata
• Archiving and Compliance
• Creating Workflows
• Implementing and Configuring Search

Course Topics:

Lesson 1: Creating and Configuring Site Collections

TOPIC A: Create a Site Collection

• SharePoint Site Hierarchy
• SharePoint Site Collection Owners vs. Site Collection Administrators
• SharePoint Site Templates
• Access and Navigate the SharePoint Administration Center
• Create a Site Collection
• Activity 1-1

TOPIC B: Set Quotas

• What are Quotas?
• Common Quota Considerations and Scenarios
• Set and Change the Quota
• Activity 1-2

TOPIC C: Configure Audit Options

• Audit Configuration
• Auditing Options
• Activity 1-3

TOPIC D: Back Up a Site Collection

• Backup Options
• Summary
• Review Questions

Lesson 2: Configuring Top-Level Sites

TOPIC A: Managing Features and Apps

• Activate Site Features
• Manage Apps
• Activity 2-1

TOPIC B: Add an RSS Feed to Your Site

• What are RSS Feeds?
• Add an RSS Viewer Web Part
• Activity 2-2

TOPIC C: Create and Configure Document Sets

• What are Document Sets?
• Enable Document Sets
• Configure Document Set Features
• Create Document Sets
• Use Document Sets
• Activity 2-3
• Summary
• Review Questions

Lesson 3: Configuring Site Collection Metadata

TOPIC A: Create a New Content Type

• What is Metadata?
• What are Content Types?
• Create Custom Content Types
• Add a Custom Content Type to a List or Library
• Activity 3-1

TOPIC B: Add Columns to Content Types

• What are Site Columns?
• Add Columns to Content Types
• Activity 3-2
• Summary
• Review Questions

Lesson 4: Archiving and Compliance

TOPIC A: Configure Site Polices

• What are SharePoint Site Polices?
• Guidelines for Site Policies
• Configure Site Policies
• Activity 4-1

TOPIC B: Configure In-Place Records Management

• Records and Records Management
• Records Management in SharePoint
• Enable In-Place Records Management
• Site Collection Record Declaration Settings
• Library Record Declaration Settings
• The SharePoint Records Center
• Activity 4-2

TOPIC C: Configure Information Management Policies

• Configure an Information Management Policy
• Configure Retention Stages
• Apply an Information Management Policy
• Activity 4-3

TOPIC D: Configure and Use the Content Organizer

• What is the Content Organizer?
• Configure the Content Organizer
• Configure Content Organizer Rules
• Use the Content Organizer
• Activity 4-4
• Summary
• Review Questions

Lesson 5: Creating Workflows

TOPIC A: Understanding Workflows

• What are SharePoint Workflows?
• Components of a Workflow
• Plan a Workflow
• Enable Workflow Functionality
• SharePoint 2016 Workflow Development Tools
• Activity 5-1

TOPIC B: Create and Run a Workflow

• Create a Workflow
• Run a Workflow
• Activity 5-2
• Summary
• Review Questions

Lesson 6: Implementing and Configuring Search

TOPIC A: Configure Search Options

• Enable or Disable Search for SharePoint Lists and Libraries
• Configure Site Search Options
• What is the SharePoint Search Center?
• Activity 6-1

TOPIC B: Create Search Alerts

• Configure Search Alerts
• Activity 6-2
• Summary
• Review Questions