SharePoint Server 2016 for the Site Owner/Power User

Have strong SharePoint 2010-2016 end user skills or have attended course “55193: Introduction to SharePoint 2016 for Collaboration and Document Management” or similar.
Good Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

• Manage Sites and Site Collections
• Add users and groups and manage site, list, folder and item security
• Add and configure web parts
• Configure site options including theme, title, description and icon
• Configure site navigation
• View site activity reports
• Customize lists and libraries
• Configure Check out/in, Content Approval and Versioning
• Create and modify pages and web part pages

This two day class is designed for information workers or power users who serve as SharePoint Site Owners or Site Collection Administrators. Students should take this course if they need to know how to manage the team collaboration, document management and social features of Microsoft SharePoint 2016 sites. This class compliments the 20339-1 course by providing IT Pros with the foundation of permissions and site collection management.

Module 1: The Role of the Site Owner

This module provides an introduction to the topics covered in the class, introduces SharePoint terminology and the role of the Site Owner.

• Lessons
• The Role of the Site Owner
• Work Areas for Site Owners
• Browser Support
• Resources

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify who can do what in SharePoint administration
• Navigate to site collection, site, page and list administration pages typically used to administer SharePoint sites

Module 2: Users, Groups and Permissions

This module covers the management of SharePoint user and content security at the site, list, library, folder and item levels.

• Lessons
• SharePoint Security
• Users and Groups
• Permission Levels
• Inheritance
• Adding and Removing Users
• Creating SharePoint Groups
• Creating Custom Permission Levels
• List and Library Permissions
• Checking Permissions
• SharePoint Security Best Practices
• Lab: Users, Groups and Permissions
• Quiz!
• Add new users to a site
• Create a permission level for “Add, Edit, but not Delete”
• Create a new group for the site
• Create a new group for granular permissions
• Create a subsite with unique permissions
• Set unique permissions on a library and a folder

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Manage SharePoint security using best practices
• Add new users and groups to SharePoint
• Create custom permission level

Module 3: Site and Site Collection Features

This module covers the use of SharePoint Features to add and remove functionality for sites and site collections.

• Lessons
• SharePoint Features
• Features for Site Owners
• Features for Site Collection Administrators
• Lab: Site and Site Collection Features
• Quiz!
• Add a Feature to Your Site

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the use and scopes of SharePoint Features
• Activate and Deactivate Features for Sites and Site Collections

Module 4: Managing Sites and Pages

This module explores the creation and configuration of subsites and pages.

• Lessons
• Creating Subsites
• Deleting Subsites
• Changing the Look and Feel
• Site Navigation
• Save Site as Template
• Search Visibility for the Site
• Creating Pages
• Working with Web Parts
• Lab: Managing Sites and Pages
• Quiz!
• Create a subsite and add lists and libraries
• Customize the home page of the site
• Add a web part to the home page

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the use of subsites and pages
• Create, configure and delete subsites
• Create, configure and delete pages
• Configure site navigation
• Save a Team Site as a reusable site template
• Add and configure web part

Module 5: Working with Lists and Libraries

This module explains how to create and configure out of the box and custom lists and libraries. It covers how to configure and work with features such as Content Approval, Versioning and Views.

• Lessons
• Creating Lists and Libraries
• Deleting Lists and Libraries
• List Settings
• Viewing Files using Office Online Server
• Content Approval
• Folders
• Search Visibility
• List and Library Versioning Options
• Checking Documents Out and In
• Adding and Configuring Columns
• Column and Item Validation
• Creating Lists by Importing Excel Files
• Creating and Modifying Views
• Lab: Working with Lists and Libraries
• Quiz!
• Add Columns to an Existing List
• Add an Alert
• Configure Content Approval
• Configure Versioning
• Create a List from an Excel File
• Add Custom Views to a List

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the key features of SharePoint Lists and Libraries
• Create and customize lists and libraries
• Configure Content Approval, Versioning, Required Check Out and other list and library features
• Create and use list and library views

Module 6: Monitoring Site Activity

This module explores the Site Activity reports available to Site Owners and Site Collection Administrators.

• Lessons
• SharePoint Reporting
• Storage Metrics
• Popularity Trends
• Search Reports

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the out of the box reports available to Site Owners and Site Collection Administrators
• Create and save activity reports

Module 7: SharePoint Apps and Add-ins (Optional)

This module explores SharePoint Apps and Add-ins.

• Lessons
• What is an App?
• What is an Add-in?
• Working with Add-ins
• Adding Add-ins
• The SharePoint Store
• The App Catalog
• Lab: SharePoint Add-ins
• Instructor led demo of working with Add-ins

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand the differences between SharePoint Apps and SharePoint Add-ins
• Add and configure SharePoint Add-ins