SharePoint Best Practices & Implementation


Course Info

Code PI1-110

Duration 5 Days

Format Classroom

Summary

SharePoint is one of Microsoft’s most successful software packages to date, allowing businesses to create insightful intranet sites, document storage facilities, and shared learning spaces to assist with productivity and quality within the workplace.

With more businesses now taking the leap to offer a working-from-home solution to employees, it’s an essential step to provide somewhere that remote staff can access valuable documents, learning resources, and social networking platforms to stay connected and up to date on changes.

The SharePoint and Office 365 cloud service are now being implemented into offices and other digital business strategies across the globe. For this reason, it’s a good idea to get ahead of the game to help you keep accurate records, liaise with potential stakeholders and clients, and create an efficient and effective business strategy that can work from any location.

Implementing SharePoint into a business can take time and will need a foolproof strategy and structure in order to share content, training and development, transfer all documentation and ensure that all information is available across your company to increase productivity and maintain a successful working environment.


  • To understand the capabilities of SharePoint.
  • To discover best practice when designing a SharePoint management solution. 
  • To create a strategic structure for the transitioning of services. 
  • To develop a full understanding of all the services that SharePoint can offer. 
  • To learn how Office 365 and cloud computing can help to boost your productivity.
  • To develop a useful record management tool to maintain processes and procedures. 
  • To understand how SharePoint can help with auditing procedures. 
  • To explore Enterprise Content Management in conjunction with SharePoint strategies. 
  • To integrate SharePoint with current systems and technologies to make the most of your company structure.
  • To develop forward-thinking frameworks for business development with a reliance on SharePoint cloud service features. 
  • To understand legislation, security, and regulation standards around SharePoint accessibility.

This course is designed for anyone wishing to learn more about cloud-based solutions or document storage systems and implementation. It would be most beneficial for:

  • Operations Managers
  • Business Owners
  • Managing Directors
  • Project Planners
  • Change & Control Managers
  • IT Team Leaders
  • Business Analysts
  • Document Controllers
  • Auditors
  • Supervisors

This course uses a variety of adult learning methods to aid understanding and comprehension. The course consists of video presentations to share best practice with real-world examples, group exercises, and seminar discussions regarding best implementation procedures. The course will allow participants to create a framework for intranet services and document storage which work for their business and an implementation plan to take away realistic timeframes for change.


Course Content & Outline

Section 1: Introducing SharePoint
  • The success of SharePoint.
  • Remote working solutions and requirements. 
  • Mitigating the largest remote working issues. 
  • How Sharepoint works. 
  • The benefits to your business. 
  • Office 365 and SharePoint differences and working together. 
  • Reaching out to stakeholders and partners using SharePoint. 

 

Section 2: SharePoint Concepts
  • Enterprise Content Management (ECM). 
  • Your information architecture. 
  • Designing a structure that works for you. 
  • Social networking via SharePoint. 
  • Taxonomy and Folksonomy.
  • Training and development collaboration. 
  • Content analytics and safe storage. 
  • Performance management and dashboard backup.

 

Section 3: IT Process Change Management
  • Office 365, Cloud computing, and SAAS.
  • How to develop a sensible structure through itemised lists and shared folders. 
  • Content types and document hierarchy.
  • Folder organisation and document libraries.
  • Web forms and sharing information. 
  • SharePoint navigation and training. 
  • Templates, intranets and community development/
  • Servers and Farms. 

 

Section 4: Implementation & Realistic Timeframes
  • Planning your rollout. 
  • Implementation of policies and procedures. 
  • Developing an effective file plan.
  • Search and FAST.
  • Reporting and record management. 
  • Microsoft Office Integration. 
  • Digital Asset Management (DAM). 
  • Email management.

 

Section 5: Risk Management & Recovery Strategies
  • Document management structure and security. 
  • Your auditing processes. 
  • Access points and how to protect your data remotely. 
  • Assessing risk areas. 
  • Implementing security protocol and recovery mechanisms. 
  • Granting hierarchical access. 

 

Section 6: Review & Revisit for Continuous Improvement
  • SharePoint structure assessment and change requirements. 
  • Developing an easy document retrieval structure. 
  • Feedback from employees and stakeholders. 
  • Reworking folder management. 
  • Sharing best practice change models. 
  • Review and revisit to aid continuous improvement.
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