SharePoint training equips your staff to manage documents, sites and team collaboration inside Microsoft 365. BOTI’s 1-day SharePoint 365 Essentials Course teaches novice users to navigate sites, work with libraries and lists, track versions, and run workflows — delivered in-house or off-site across South Africa.

If you are an HR, L&D or operations leader rolling SharePoint out to a department, this course gives your team the practical, hands-on grounding to use the platform confidently from day one. Cloud apps, downloading and uploading all form part of the course, and all materials needed are provided.

Course at a Glance

Per-delegate cost drops sharply as you add team members, so SharePoint training is most cost-effective when booked for a full team. Exam fees (where applicable) are not included in the quote. Larger groups and bring-your-own-laptop arrangements can reduce costs further — ask for a tailored proposal.

What Your Team Will Learn

The SharePoint training follows a structured 12-section outline so delegates build skills in a logical order, from core concepts through to workflows:

1. Introduction and workshop objectives — pre-workshop review and goals.
2. SharePoint concepts — home page, team site, permissions and changing the site theme.
3. Working with the site — viewing and updating your profile, following colleagues, sharing information.
4. SharePoint content — content types, lists, libraries, uploading files and versioning.
5. Working with libraries — library types, viewing, creating and editing.
6. Working with lists — list types, toolbars, viewing and editing items.
7. Lists continued — announcements, issues, links, tasks and searching.
8. Calendars — viewing, adding events and connecting to Outlook.
9. Working with sites and pages — editing pages and using web parts.
10. Working with views — sorting, filtering and creating columns.
11. Workflows — workflow types, monitoring and three-state workflows.
12. Post-workshop overview — consolidation and next steps.

By the end of the day, delegates can confidently store and share files, manage versions, build list-driven processes, and automate routine tasks with basic workflows.

Who Should Attend

This SharePoint training is intended for novice users of Microsoft SharePoint. It suits:

• Teams moving from shared network drives or email attachments to SharePoint and Microsoft 365.
• Administrators, PAs and coordinators who manage documents, calendars and task lists.
• Department staff who need to collaborate on a team site without IT support.
• Managers who want a consistent, repeatable way for their people to handle content.

No prior SharePoint experience is required — the course starts from first principles.

SharePoint & Microsoft 365 for Collaboration

SharePoint is the document and collaboration backbone of Microsoft 365, and it is most powerful when your team understands how it connects to the apps they already use. SharePoint training pays off fastest when staff stop emailing attachments back and forth and start working from a single, version-controlled source of truth.

In a typical SA workplace, that means:

• One library, one version. Document libraries with check-in/check-out and version history end the “Final_v7_REALLY_final.docx” problem. Everyone edits the current file; nothing is overwritten by accident.
• Team sites as a hub. A SharePoint team site brings documents, lists, calendars and announcements into one place, so a new team member finds everything without asking around.
• Lists for lightweight processes. Issues, tasks and request lists give departments a no-code way to track work — covered directly in the course’s lists modules.
• Outlook-connected calendars. Shared SharePoint calendars sync with Outlook so leave, deadlines and bookings stay visible to the whole team.
• Workflows for routine approvals. Three-state workflows automate simple sign-off journeys (e.g. draft → review → approved), reducing follow-up emails.

Because SharePoint underpins Microsoft 365 collaboration, this course is a natural companion to broader Microsoft Office and Excel skills. Teams that pair SharePoint with strong Office fundamentals collaborate faster and make fewer errors.

Where SharePoint Fits in Your Microsoft 365 Skills Plan

If you are upskilling a whole team, SharePoint is one piece of a wider Microsoft 365 capability picture. Many BOTI clients combine it with:

• Core productivity training across Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Excel skills for reporting and analysis, which often feed into lists and dashboards stored on SharePoint.
• Data and reporting tools such as Power BI for teams ready to move from spreadsheets to shared, governed reporting.

Explore related BOTI courses to build a complete plan:

• Microsoft Office All-In-One Course — broad Microsoft 365 productivity for teams.
• Microsoft Office Excel Essentials (Accredited) — spreadsheet skills that complement SharePoint lists and reporting.
• PowerPoint Essentials Course — presentation skills for the same Microsoft 365 toolset.

Request a quote or a free 15-minute callback. Tell us your team size and city, and we will put together a tailored SharePoint training proposal — including in-house delivery at your premises. Call 011-882-8853 or request a quote on boti.co.za.

In-House and On-Site SharePoint Training

BOTI delivers this course off-site or in-house in all major South African city centres, including Boksburg, Cape Town, Centurion, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Sandton, Johannesburg and Pretoria, as well as remote/online delivery on request.

In-house SharePoint training is ideal when you want the content tailored to your own team site, libraries and naming conventions, so delegates practise on examples that mirror their day-to-day work. Training at your premises also removes travel time and typically lowers the per-delegate cost for larger groups.

How BOTI Supports Corporate Buyers

BOTI is a South African corporate training provider with a catalogue of 450 courses and a client base that includes Sasol, Glencore and the City of Johannesburg. We work the way L&D and procurement teams need us to:

• Scheduled public sessions or fully in-house cohorts.
• Group pricing that rewards training whole teams together.
• Delivery across all major SA centres plus remote options.
• A single point of contact for quotes, scheduling and proposals.

Funded and Skills-Development Training

If you are planning your annual Workplace Skills Plan (WSP), structured training like this can support your skills-development objectives. Under B-BBEE, the skills-development spend target is measured at 6% of the leviable amount, while the Skills Development Levy (SDL) is 1% of payroll. Aligning team training with your WSP helps you make the most of that spend. This is general guidance only and not financial or legal advice — confirm specifics with your B-BBEE verification agency or SETA.

This SharePoint 365 Essentials Course is a practical, facilitator-led skills programme and is not an accredited qualification; delegates receive a BOTI certificate of completion. Need accredited training? Ask our team about BOTI’s QCTO/SETA-accredited programmes in the Microsoft 365 cluster, such as accredited Excel / End User Computing (Services SETA / MICT SETA).

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is the BOTI SharePoint training course? The SharePoint 365 Essentials Course runs for 1 day. It covers the full 12-section outline, from SharePoint concepts and site management through libraries, lists, calendars, views and workflows.

Is the SharePoint 365 Essentials Course accredited? No. This is a practical, facilitator-led skills programme and not an accredited qualification; delegates receive a BOTI certificate of completion. If you need accredited training, ask about BOTI’s QCTO/SETA-accredited programmes in the Microsoft 365 cluster, such as accredited Excel / End User Computing (Services SETA / MICT SETA).

Can BOTI deliver SharePoint training in-house at our offices? Yes. The course is available off-site or in-house in all major SA city centres — including Boksburg, Cape Town, Centurion, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Sandton, Johannesburg and Pretoria — and online on request. In-house delivery can be tailored to your own SharePoint site and usually lowers the per-delegate cost for larger groups.

Do delegates need prior SharePoint experience? No. The course is designed for novice users of Microsoft SharePoint and starts from first principles. All required materials are provided; a bring-your-own-laptop option is available to reduce costs.

Ready to upskill your team? Request a quote or a free 15-minute callback and we will tailor a SharePoint training proposal to your team size, city and Microsoft 365 goals. Call 011-882-8853 or get in touch via boti.co.za. Ask about our free Microsoft 365 skills-planning checklist to map SharePoint into your wider training plan.