Course Outline
Day 1 – Site Collection Architecture & Advanced Administration Recap of SharePoint 2019 architecture
• Web Applications, Content Databases, Site Collections, Sub-sites
• Differences between SharePoint 2019, SharePoint 2016, and SharePoint Online
• Role of Site Collection Administrator vs Farm Administrator
• Overview of Central Administration
Creating and configuring Site Collections
• Creating Site Collections via Central Admin and PowerShell
• Site templates (Team Site, Publishing, My Site Host)
• Storage Quotas and Lock States
• Regional settings and default language
Hands-on Lab – Site Collection Provisioning
• Manual creation from Central Administration
• Creation via PowerShell
• Quota configuration and validation
• Locking / Unlocking Site Collections
Advanced Security and Permissions
• Permission inheritance vs unique permissions
• SharePoint groups and Active Directory integration
• Custom permission levels
• User access auditing
Hands-on Lab – Permissions Matrix
• Creating custom Permission Levels
• Granular permissions on lists and libraries
• Item-level permissions
• Testing user access
Information Management & Governance
• Site Policies and lifecycle management
• Retention Policies and Auditing
• Information Rights Management (IRM)
• Hold & eDiscovery
• Audit Log Reports
Hands-on Lab – Retention Policies
• Creating retention policies
• Applying them to libraries
• Enabling audit logs and generating reports
Day 2 – Content Architecture, Metadata & InfoPath Site Columns & Content Types
• Configuring advanced Site Columns
• Content Type hierarchy and inheritance
• Publishing via Content Type Hub
• Reusable content structures
Hands-on Lab – Content Type Hub
• Enabling the Content Type Hub
• Creating and publishing Content Types
• Synchronizing between Site Collections
Managed Metadata Service & Term Store
• MMS Architecture
• Taxonomy vs Folksonomy
• Term Groups, Term Sets, multilingual terms
• Metadata Navigation
• Permissions and governance for Term Store
Hands-on Lab – Metadata & Tagging
• Creating term hierarchies
• Managed Metadata columns
• Tagging and filtering content
InfoPath Forms – Design & Integration
• InfoPath Designer 2013
• Browser-enabled forms vs Filler forms
• Advanced controls and validation
• Data Connections (Lists, XML, Web Services)
• Publishing forms to libraries and Content Types
Hands-on Lab – Advanced InfoPath Form
• Conditional fields and business logic
• Custom validations
• Dynamic lookups from SharePoint Lists
• Publishing and testing forms
InfoPath Limitations & Modern Alternatives
• InfoPath support status
• Mobile and cloud limitations
• Introduction to Power Apps
• Migration strategies to Power Platform
Day 3 – Workflows, Search, Backup & Governance SharePoint Designer Workflows
• SPD 2013 compatibility with SharePoint 2019
• List Workflow vs Site Workflow
• Workflow Stages, Conditions, and Actions
• Variables and dynamic lookups
• Impersonation Steps
Hands-on Lab – Approval Workflow
• Multi-stage workflows
• Approval tasks
• Conditional emails
• Audit logging
• Workflow troubleshooting
Workflow Troubleshooting & Monitoring
• Workflow Status Pages
• Workflow History Lists
• Common workflow errors
• ULS Log analysis
• Testing strategies
Search & Content Crawling
• Search Service Application architecture
• Crawled vs Managed Properties
• Query Rules and Result Sources
• Search Schema
• Optimizing result relevance
Backup, Restore & Monitoring
• Backup-SPSite / Restore-SPSite
• Export-SPWeb / Import-SPWeb
• Recycle Bin recovery
• Health Analyzer Rules
• Monitoring storage and quotas
Hands-on Lab – Backup & Restore
• Backup and restore of Site Collection
• Granular recovery
• Recovery from Recycle Bin
• Content integrity validation
Governance & Best Practices
• Governance checklist
• Naming conventions
• Lifecycle management
• Delegation of responsibilities
• SPD Workflows vs Power Automate
• Final Q&A and real-world administration scenarios
Requirements
• Prior experience with SharePoint Server
• Basic knowledge of:
• Site Collections
• Lists & Libraries
• Permissions
• General Windows Server administration knowledge
• Basic PowerShell knowledge (recommended)
• Prior SharePoint administration experience is advantageous
Recommended technical requirements
• Access to a SharePoint 2019 environment
• SharePoint Designer 2013 installed
• InfoPath Designer 2013 installed
• Site Collection Administrator permissions
• Access to SharePoint Management Shell / PowerShell
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