Course Overview
Learn how to administer SharePoint as part of your Office 365 or SharePoint Online implementation. You’ll learn:
- How to initially configure SharePoint Online in the Administration portal
- How to set up Site Collections and create individual sites
- Configure External User Sharing
- Configure Social and Collaboration Features
Who should attend
System Administrators, Help Desk Technicians, Junior Administrators, and other roles who are involved with the administration of SharePoint Online as part of Office365 or a standard SharePoint Online implementation hosted on Microsoft’s Azure datacenter.
Outline: SharePoint Online/Office 365 Site Collection/Site Administrator Training (SP01)
Module 1: Managing Users, Groups, and Licenses
In this module, students learn about managing users, groups, and licenses by using the Office 365 console and Microsoft PowerShell.
Lessons
- Manage Users and Licenses by Using the Administration Center
- Manage Security and Distribution Groups
- Manage Cloud Identities with Windows PowerShell
- Lab: Managing Users, Groups, and Licenses
- Manage Users and Licenses by Using the Administration Center
- Manage Security and Distribution Groups
- Manage Cloud Identities with Microsoft PowerShell
Module 2: SharePoint Online Configuration
In this module, students learn how to plan a SharePoint Online implementation that reflects the customer's needs and then create site collections that reflect those requirements. This module then covers the process of external user sharing with SharePoint Online and describes how this arrangement helps organizations share information more effectively.
Lessons
- Manage SharePoint Site Collections
- Configure External User Sharing
- Plan a Collaboration Solution
- Lab: Configuring SharePoint Online
- Create SharePoint Site Collections
- Configure External User Sharing
- Configure Social and Collaboration Features
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Manage SharePoint site collections by using the SharePoint Online admin center and Windows PowerShell
- Configure external user sharing by using the Office 365 admin center
- Plan a collaboration solution
Module 3: Creating Sites, Lists, and Libraries
In this module, students will learn how to create the basic components of SharePoint.
Demonstration:
- The Four Core Management pages in SharePoint
- How To Create A New Sub Site
- How To Add Apps into a Site
- Document Library
- Calendar
- Custom List
- Column Creation
- Site Column Creation
- Lab: Practice
Module 4: Implementing Directory Synchronization
In this module, students learn how to plan, prepare and implement DirSync as a methodology for user and group management in an Office 365 deployment. The module covers the preparation of an on-premises environment, the installation and configuration of DirSync, and how to manage Active Directory users after DirSync has been enabled.
Lessons
- Prepare On-premises Active Directory for DirSync
- Set up DirSync
- Manage Active Directory Users and Groups with DirSync In Place
- Lab: Implementing Directory Synchronization
- Prepare on-premises Active Directory for DirSync
- Set up DirSync
- Manage Active Directory Users and Groups with DirSync In Place
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Prepare an on-premises environment ready for directory synchronization
- Install and configure DirSync
- Manage Active Directory users in a DirSync enabled scenario
Module 5: Monitoring Office 365
In this module, students learn about monitoring user connections to Office 365 and how to cope with service outages. They look at a range of tools that diagnose service health and review the reports that Office 365 provides.
Lessons
- Isolate Service Interruption
- Monitor Service Health
- Analyze Reports
- Lab: Monitoring Office 365 (Optional)
- Isolate Service Interruption
- Track Message Delivery
- Monitor Service Health and Analyze Reports
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Isolate and identify causes of Office 365 service interruption
- Monitor Office 365 service health
- Analyze and use Office 365 reports