SharePoint Online: Site Owner Guide for Beginners

With this course, you will master the management of pages, libraries, permissions, and content on your SharePoint site.

What you'll learn
Understand what SharePoint is
Understand the site owner's role and tools
Create and manage lists, librairies and pages on SharePoint
Leverage views to optimize content display
Manage permissions
Customise a SharePoint site
Discover and understand applications that can connect into SharePoint

Requirements
Have site owner access (Full Control) on at least one SharePoint site

Description
Are you new to SharePoint Online and unsure how to manage your own site effectively and securely? This beginner-friendly course is designed specifically for new site owners who want to get started quickly, confidently, and without being overwhelmed by technical complexity or advanced admin features.With over 200,000 organizations using SharePoint worldwide and over 200 million active users, it's a crucial tool for collaboration, document management, and digital workplace success. This course focuses on the core SharePoint Online features you actually need to create a clean, well-organized site for your team or business unit.You’ll learn how to:Create and manage document libraries, lists, and modern pagesUse views, version history, approval workflows, and metadataSet up secure, scalable permissions and user access levelsApply real-world best practices for managing files and team contentUnderstand how SharePoint integrates with Teams, OneDrive, and other Microsoft 365 toolsThis hands-on course uses SharePoint Online as the demo environment. It's designed to give you the skills, structure, and confidence to fully own and operate your site.Who is this for?New site owners, content managers, team leadsProject managers or business users with little or no IT backgroundAnyone wanting to collaborate better within Microsoft 365

Who this course is for:
SharePoint site owners who want to better understand what they can do with SharePoint, or who want improve their basic use of SharePoint Online