About This Course

This fast-track course is designed for administrators who want practical, hands-on experience in managing and troubleshooting SharePoint 2016. You will learn to build commercial SharePoint solutions from the ground up, combining theory with lab exercises based on real-world scenarios. By the end of the course, delegates will have a strong understanding of SharePoint architecture and extensive practical experience. No prior SharePoint experience is required.

Course Outline

During this course, participants will build the skills to manage, configure, and troubleshoot SharePoint 2016 in a real-world environment.

  • Architecture, Installation & Central Administration — Plan and install SharePoint farms, configure Central Administration, and manage application security, backup, and monitoring.
  • Service Applications & Enterprise Features — Manage service applications, configure Managed Metadata Service, and implement Enterprise Search and Office Web Applications.
  • Security, Governance & Navigation — Administer site hierarchies, permission levels, security groups, and navigation. Explore governance strategies and site management best practices.
  • PowerShell & Automation — Use PowerShell cmdlets and scripts to manage farms, web applications, site collections, workflows, and other SharePoint components.
  • Backup, Restore & High Availability — Plan disaster recovery, implement backup and restore strategies, and explore high availability solutions including load balancing and failover clustering.
  • Content Management & Workflow Solutions — Manage enterprise content, document sets, workflows, and business connectivity services to integrate external data and enhance collaboration.
  • Office Integration & Business Intelligence — Integrate SharePoint with Office applications, configure Office Web Apps, and deploy PerformancePoint and BI services for reporting.
  • Social, Apps & Monitoring — Configure the User Profile Service, social features, and App management. Monitor SharePoint health, performance, and search architecture.

Who should attend

This course is ideal for IT professionals and system administrators who are responsible for managing or supporting a SharePoint environment. It is particularly suited to those moving into a SharePoint administration role who need comprehensive, practical training to get up to speed quickly.

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Learning Outcomes

  • Manage SharePoint environments including farms, sites, and service applications.
  • Administer security and governance through permissions, workflows, and best practices.
  • Automate administration using PowerShell and other management tools.
  • Protect and maintain systems with backup, restore, and high availability strategies.
  • Monitor and integrate services including Office applications, search, and business intelligence tools.

Course Reviews

Excel Intermediate

Course was one of the best I have ever attended in professional development and will make me more efficient

Anon
Asmodee UK
June 15, 2026

Excel Intermediate

I was amazed by Tony's knowledge and his ability to convey things concisely and clearly. I really enjoyed the course and am confident in my ability to apply some of the knowledge to my day to day work which is what I wanted to get out of it.

Anon
Crown Agents Bank
June 11, 2026

Excel Introduction

Excel - Gary help me loads with a spreadsheet I had! I’ll book onto the intermediate

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Wessex Water
June 2, 2026

Excel

Gary made the information very attainable, it was good we could do the work alongside him.

Anon
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
June 2, 2026

Excel Advanced

Tony Barrett is highly knowledgeable in Excel and was able to explain each concept in a way that made it easy for me to understand how to apply it directly to my role.

Anon
CWG
June 16, 2026

PowerPoint

Great course, Louise, great to learn small everyday skills to help speed up

Anon
Stellantis
June 16, 2026

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