[New] SharePoint for Administrators - Mastering SharePoint

Discover how SharePoint Online enables web-based collaboration, document storage with metadata, coauthoring, and automated workflows, and contrast it with SharePoint Server on premises.

Master SharePoint administration by navigating the web-based SharePoint Admin Center, accessible with a global or SharePoint administrator login, via portal.office.com and the Microsoft 365 admin center.

Explore the differences between team sites and communication sites in SharePoint: team sites secure private workspaces with Microsoft 365 groups and collaboration, while communication sites broadcast information with read-only access.

Create a team site from the SharePoint admin center using a standard template, name it, set privacy to private, and it links to Microsoft 365 group with membership managed there.

Create a communication site in the SharePoint admin center by selecting the standard communication template and naming ABC comm site; note it lacks a Microsoft 365 group.

Create a team site with no Microsoft 365 group by choosing the Team Site template, naming it, and setting the site address and URL. Add the owner and time zone.

Enable subsite creation in the SharePoint admin center, then create an onboarding sub site under a parent site with unique or inherited permissions, and configure templates and navigation.

Explore subsite permissions by configuring unique permissions or inheriting from the parent site. Learn how to delete unique permissions to revert to the parent's permissions.

Edit the subsite quick launch to add a link to the parent site, setting its address and display name, then save and test navigation between parent and subsite.

Advocate using hub sites over sub sites to achieve centralized branding, unified navigation, and cross-site search, simplifying maintenance and relocation.

Register a site as a hub site in SharePoint to connect associated sites with a shared navigation, branding, and theme; enable cross-site search and single-click navigation across departments.

Register a communication site as a hub site in the SharePoint admin center to enable common navigation, branding, and theme across associated sites.

Associate a site with a hub via the admin center or from the site settings; the hub theme and navigation are inherited and the hub name appears on the site.

Learn how to create hub navigation in SharePoint by adding manual site links to a hub site, including network, server, and database, and saving the links for bidirectional navigation.

Create a mega menu in hub navigation by adding a label, moving it to the top, and converting each site link into sub links under that label, then save.

Learn how hub sites enable search across sites and associated sites, inheritance of navigation and theme, and centralized search scope for documents and lists, with details on hub site permissions.

Associating sites with a hub does not grant access; only users with site permissions can access each hub-linked site, and sync hub permissions to add hub visitors across connected sites.

Control who can associate a site to the hub by restricting the list of users in hub site settings, or enable an automated approval workflow with Power Automate.

Master how to manage SharePoint site properties in the admin center, using the general tab to edit site name, address, hub association, and description, plus membership roles and site types.

Discover how a document library provides a secure space to store, share, and collaborate on files in SharePoint, with access from anywhere, and track changes across documents.

Create a document library in SharePoint Online from scratch, clone an existing library to copy columns and formatting, or choose a template for quick setup.

Learn how to upload files and folders to a SharePoint document library, using drag-and-drop or upload commands, across multiple libraries for efficient site management.

Create documents directly in a SharePoint document library with Word Online, Excel Online, and more; rename, move to other libraries, and organize with folders and color codes.

Sync a SharePoint document library to your computer with OneDrive for business, allowing desktop work and automatic syncing of changes back to SharePoint online.

Learn how to create and customize SharePoint lists in SharePoint Online, add columns and items, manage version history, share with permissions, and use Excel or CSV imports.

Create a list from an Excel file in SharePoint by uploading, formatting as a table, removing filters, and adjusting column settings to fix mobile number format and disable thousands separator.