SharePoint Online: Site Owner Guide for Beginners

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 pages

Use views, version history, approval workflows, and metadata

Set up secure, scalable permissions and user access levels

Apply real-world best practices for managing files and team content

Understand how SharePoint integrates with Teams, OneDrive, and other Microsoft 365 tools

This 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 leads

Project managers or business users with little or no IT background

Anyone wanting to collaborate better within Microsoft 365