SharePoint Security and Best Practices Training Course – Protect, Share, Collaborate with Confidence
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Each session will take place even if only one person is registered (except in cases of force majeure).
Description of the SharePoint Security and Best Practices Training Course
SharePoint is a powerful collaboration tool, but if used incorrectly, it can become a gateway for data leaks, sharing errors, or privacy breaches.
Take the Mastering SharePoint training course to secure your documents, spaces, and shares. It will help you adopt the right security habits in your daily use : rights management, document sharing, protection of sensitive information, and compliance with internal rules.
This session will help you become more autonomous while reducing risks for your organisation.
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Format
Remote (recorded sessions).
GOOD TO KNOW
This training course includes numerous exercises (60% practical) to enhance learning. Each session will take place even if only one person is registered (except in cases of force majeure). A preliminary interview is held between the participant and/or a company representative in order to fully assess the participant’s profile (level, needs, professional context, challenges, etc.).
Assessment : during the training course, the trainer assesses the participants’ progress through multiple-choice questions, role-playing exercises and practical work. Participants receive a certificate of completion at the end of the training course.
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objectives of of SharePoint Security and Best Practices Training Course
By the end, each participant will be able to :
- Understand security issues in a SharePoint collaborative environment.
- Know how to share a file or site securely (internally and externally).
- Manage permissions (read, edit, delete) responsibly.
- Identify sensitive documents and secure them with the right tools.
- Respond to sharing errors or unauthorised access.
Prerequisites
- Learn how to use SharePoint to create, view and edit documents.
- No technical or administrative prerequisites required.
- Training 100% tailored to end users.
Because each participant is unique, a personalised interview with our expert allows us to design training that is perfectly aligned with their objectives, level and professional challenges.
Target Audience
Accessible to all user profiles (employees, assistants, project managers, etc.).
Detailed of of SharePoint Security and Best Practices Training Course
Why should you care about security in SharePoint ?
Organisational issues, types of data at risk, common errors, consequences (image, security).
Understanding permissions
Access types (read, edit, full control), groups, inheritance, share links.
Share securely
Internal/external sharing, link expiry, privacy options, password protection.
Identify and protect sensitive data
Identify sensitive data, use confidentiality labels, restrict downloads or printing.
Responding to errors or incidents
Delete a link, revoke access, report an incident, best practices when in doubt.
The advantages of this training course
This training course:
- Is specially designed for non-technical business users.
- Links everyday use with security requirements.
- Offers real-life examples, demonstrations, common mistakes and how to avoid them.
- Can be integrated into a company’s compliance/cybersecurity programme.
FAQ – SharePoint Security and Best Practices Training
How do I secure SharePoint Online?
Securing SharePoint Online involves managing permissions carefully (avoid Everyone groups, use Microsoft 365 groups), restricting external sharing globally and per site, classifying content with sensitivity labels (Microsoft Purview), enabling DLP policies, blocking guest access where unnecessary, and auditing sharing activity. Restricted SharePoint Search and Microsoft 365 Copilot readiness add extra layers. MFE-IT trains administrators on the full SharePoint security checklist.
What are SharePoint best practices?
SharePoint best practices include using modern site templates (Communication and Team sites), leveraging Microsoft 365 groups for permission inheritance, avoiding deep folder hierarchies in favor of metadata, designing site information architecture upfront, applying retention and sensitivity labels, monitoring sharing reports, and training end users on collaboration patterns. The MFE-IT SharePoint Security and Best Practices training covers each pillar with concrete examples.
How do you manage SharePoint permissions?
SharePoint permissions are managed through Microsoft 365 groups (which automatically inherit to the connected SharePoint site), site-level groups (Owners, Members, Visitors), and item-level permissions when truly necessary. Avoiding broken inheritance and uncontrolled sharing is the key challenge. Through MFE-IT’s hands-on approach, learners audit permissions on a real SharePoint estate and apply consolidation patterns.
What is sensitive information in SharePoint?
Sensitive information in SharePoint includes personal data (names, contact info, IDs under GDPR), financial records, intellectual property, contracts, and HR documents. Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels classify and protect this content with encryption, access restrictions, and DLP. Our MFE-IT training course on SharePoint Security and Best Practices walks through deploying Purview labels in a SharePoint estate.
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