SharePoint 2019 for Administrators Training Course

About This Course

This five-day course will equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to plan and administer a Microsoft SharePoint 2016 environment. You will learn how to deploy, administer, and troubleshoot your SharePoint environment. This course also provides guidelines, best practices, and considerations that help you optimize your SharePoint deployment.

This is the first in a sequence of two courses for IT professionals and is aligned with the SharePoint 2016 IT Pro certification.

Audience Profile

The course is targeted at experienced IT professionals who are interested in learning how to install, configure, deploy, and manage SharePoint 2016 installations either in a data centre or in the cloud.

Students typically have more than one year of hands-on experience* with planning and maintaining SharePoint and two years’ experience with other core technologies on which SharePoint depends, including 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 who plans, implements, and maintains a multi-server deployment of SharePoint 2016.
• Has a working knowledge of, and preferably hands-on experience, with SharePoint Online.
• Has broad familiarity 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 experience or job experience should be from a solutions-based role where the candidate has worked on multiple solutions in the SharePoint space that includes 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.

The business landscape has evolved. Employees seek seamless communication without collaborative hurdles, while businesses require solutions that are both cost-efficient and adaptable. Consequently, organisations are increasingly setting up hybrid environments and migrating content to the cloud as a viable solution.

Through this course, you will acquire the skills to deploy and configure SharePoint Server 2019, which is tailored to meet the requirements of contemporary workstyles. You will also learn to configure and manage diverse SharePoint service applications to prepare for a hybrid deployment. Subsequently, you will learn how to plan and execute SharePoint hybrid scenarios that ensure a seamless user experience. Finally, you will discover how to design the content migration process, along with the resources and tools available when migrating content to SharePoint and OneDrive in Microsoft 365.

About This Course

The business landscape is evolving. People desire seamless communication without collaborative barriers, while organisations seek cost-effective and adaptable solutions. To meet these needs, organisations are configuring hybrid environments and migrating content to the cloud. This course teaches you how to deploy and configure SharePoint Server 2019, which is designed to meet the demands of modern working practices. You will also learn to configure and manage various SharePoint service applications in preparation for a hybrid deployment. Additionally, you will discover how to plan and implement SharePoint hybrid scenarios that provide a smooth user experience. Finally, you will learn how to design the content migration process, identifying the available resources and tools to use when migrating content to SharePoint and OneDrive in Microsoft 365.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for IT Professionals who deploy and manage SharePoint on-premises environments and are interested in deploying hybrid scenarios and migrating content to Microsoft 365.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the MinRole feature in SharePoint 2019.
• Describe how to install and configure SharePoint 2019.
• Describe how to implement high availability for SharePoint.
• Provision a BDC Service Application instance.
• Configure the Secure Store Service application.
• Describe how to configure My Sites in SharePoint 2019.
• Describe the available SharePoint Hybrid Scenarios.
• Describe the requirements for SharePoint hybrid configuration.
• Plan for SharePoint Server hybrid.
• Plan for content migration process.
• Describe available resources and tools to leverage during migration process.
• Access data to be migrated using SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool (SMAT).
• Migrate content to the cloud using SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT).
• Migrate content to the cloud using Migration Manager.
• Migrate content to the cloud using Mover.
• Manage and monitor migration process.

This one-day training course is tailored for individuals who operate as advanced SharePoint users, specifically those acting as SharePoint site owners and/or Site Collection administrators.

Course objectives include:

• Configuring site navigation
• Viewing site activity reports
• Customising lists and libraries
• Working with Site Columns and Site Content Types
• Configuring check out/in, content approval, and versioning
• Creating and modifying pages and web part pages

This one-day training programme is tailored for individuals who utilise SharePoint and wish to explore some of its advanced capabilities. Participants should attend if they need to grasp functionalities such as; team collaboration, document management and social features of Microsoft SharePoint 2013

This course is designed for

• SharePoint Site Owners and users

Course objectives:

• 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

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level supervisors and technical officers who wish to expand their expertise in SharePoint administration and the effective utilisation of Microsoft 365 Copilot.

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

• Understand the fundamentals of SharePoint architecture and administration.
• Configure and manage SharePoint sites and user permissions.
• Implement security and compliance measures within SharePoint.
• Integrate and manage Microsoft 365 Copilot features to enhance organisational productivity.
• Apply best practices for data governance and content management.

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or on-site) is designed for SharePoint users who wish to use SharePoint to share and organize information.

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

• Empower team collaboration with SharePoint.
• Create SharePoint sites to streamline information management and sharing.
• Automate workflows for improving business processes.

This instructor-led live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is aimed at system administrators and other IT professionals who wish to design, construct, deploy, and manage a SharePoint site.

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

• Design, structure, and build a SharePoint site.
• Carry out Site Collection Administration tasks, such as managing Metadata Term Stores and Retention policies.

-This advanced-level course is tailored for IT professionals and SharePoint administrators tasked with managing, configuring, and securing SharePoint Online environments within the Microsoft 365 suite. Participants will explore SharePoint Online architecture in depth, covering modern site provisioning, permissions governance, content lifecycle management, and integration with Microsoft 365 applications such as Teams, Power Automate, and Viva. The programme blends strategic concepts with practical configuration exercises using the Microsoft 365 admin center, SharePoint Admin Center, and PowerShell. Particular emphasis is placed on real-world administrative scenarios, automation, compliance, and optimising user adoption while upholding governance standards.

This practical, hands-on course offers a thorough introduction to Microsoft SharePoint Online, emphasising how contemporary organisations can utilise it for collaboration, document management, process automation, and integration within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Participants will delve into SharePoint’s core functionalities—including document libraries, lists, permissions, and site structures—while also obtaining introductory experience with automation tools such as Power Automate and Power Apps.