SharePoint Online: Complete Guide to Microsoft SharePoint

Add users in the Microsoft 365 admin portal by creating accounts, configuring usernames, password options, and assigning a Microsoft 365 Business Standard license.

Access the Microsoft 365 admin center by logging in to Office.com, opening the app launcher, and selecting Admin, or exploring all apps to find the admin option.

Learn to access Outlook emails from Microsoft 365 by using Office.com, the app launcher, and left-hand shortcuts to open Outlook in your web browser as a logged-in user.

Learn to change your password in Office.com by using the settings gear, selecting change your password, entering old and new passwords, and saving, with self-service password reset for cloud accounts.

Navigate the SharePoint page from Office.com, follow sites with the star, and explore sections like news, frequent sites, my files, and my lists to stay organized.

Create and manage a group calendar within a SharePoint site to schedule meetings for the marketing group, invite attendees, and view responses in Outlook or Teams.

Create a SharePoint communication site to broadcast intranet information to a wide audience, detailing site name, address, description, and language, with no group email or privacy options.

Learn how to customize the SharePoint site header for marketing and portal sites by changing logos, thumbnails, title visibility, background color, and header layouts.

Explore how to customize your SharePoint site header with the extended layout: upload a header background, adjust focal points, and align the logo left, center, or right before saving.

Explore what a document library is in SharePoint Online, a secure place to store, share, and collaborate on documents from anywhere, with access controls and automatic versioning.

Upload folders and files to your document library using drag-and-drop or the upload button. The system counts files within the selected folder and uploads them all to the library.

Upload files into the document library in SharePoint Online by dragging and dropping or using the upload option, selecting the India report and US report, and noting the upload notification.

Create new documents directly in the document library with the new button, using Excel, Word, or PowerPoint, and create folders as needed, with auto save to the chosen site.

Learn how to use and manage document templates in a SharePoint Online library, including uploading or adding templates, creating new reports from a prefilled template, and standardizing documents.

Organize items under the new menu by hiding unrelated options and placing the predefined report template at the top, so users can only create documents from templates.

Learn how the top navigation in a SharePoint Online document library enables grid view edits, bulk changes, syncing, and OneDrive shortcuts, with views and filtering to organize content.

Learn how to manage access to shared contents in SharePoint Online by reviewing who can view or edit via links, adjusting permissions, and removing or stopping sharing as needed.

Explore how to create, organize, and manage folders and documents in SharePoint, including subfolders, renaming, pinning to top, sharing with links, managing access, and adding shortcuts to OneDrive.

Identify metadata attributes like modified date and modified by to organize documents in SharePoint document libraries, then create columns to improve findability and navigation.

Identify and assign metadata for documents in a SharePoint document library, including report type, country, period, and owner, while noting that metadata applies to documents, not folders.

Learn how to add a number column in SharePoint Online to track report years, configure decimal places, mandatory entry, and optional thousand separators, and edit values in grid view.

Create a report owner person column in a document library to link documents to Microsoft 365 users, support multiple selection, and show profile photos.

Learn how to organize a SharePoint document library by grouping by report type and reporting year, and how to create or modify views so all users see a standard representation.

Modify the all documents view in a document library by editing the current view, selecting and ordering columns like created and created by, and configuring sorting, grouping, and filtering options.

Create a new public view named customer feedback, display it as a list, filter for customer feedback reports, and make it the default view.

Manage general information, permissions, and display options in the document library settings. Configure major and minor versions, check-out, folders, and validation to control access and updates.

Add supplier data to a SharePoint Online list using the form or edit in grid view. Attach documents to list items, validate numeric fields like business phone, and save changes.

Modify list data in SharePoint Online using bulk edits in grid view or edits via the details pane or the three-dots menu, then save changes.

Select a list item and delete it from the top navigation or the three-dots menu. Restore it from the recycle bin to recover all column data in the list.

Create and edit list views in SharePoint online, customizing columns, sorting, filtering, and grouping, and switch between list, gallery, board, and calendar views with created and created by columns.

Explore calculated columns in SharePoint and learn to build if condition formulas that derive an overall status from percentage completed, using list settings and built-in formulas.

Create and manage site events in SharePoint's calendar view, including location, start and end times, and categories, and expose them on pages with the events web part and quick-launch link.

Learn to add and customize web parts in SharePoint online, including categories, app parts, edit options, borders, titles, and links, and publish the page for organization-wide access.

Create a classic web part page with a header, footer, and three columns, save to site pages, add web parts, and publish to go live.

Customize the site page title area in SharePoint Online by selecting a layout, adding a background image, and adjusting title, author, and optional text, then preview and publish.

Design a SharePoint page by adding sections with one to three columns, vertical layouts, backgrounds, and web parts.

Explore how to add and configure web parts in sections, categorize them by type, and embed text, media, documents and lists, feeds, and Power BI on SharePoint pages.

Add a YouTube video to a SharePoint Online page using the YouTube web part, inserting a link or embed code, and adjusting start time, controls, and privacy.

Add a weather web part to your SharePoint page, choose locations like Melbourne or New York, optionally rename the display name or title, and save draft.

Learn to add a word clock web part to a SharePoint page, configure Melbourne and New York times, and adjust display name, time zone, and date and time formats.

Add the site page to navigation via the promote options, then drag it to the top under home and save.