Getting Started With SharePoint Online course

If you are struggling to put the pieces together when it comes to SharePoint and OneDrive for Business then I have created this course especially for you. Hi, I’m Robert, a technology trainer and SharePoint veteran who is also a Microsoft MVP that has been helping people for years when it comes to understanding and working better with SharePoint.

I understand that SharePoint seems really daunting and you’re not sure where to begin. Well, I’ve made that easy for you with my course. The lessons here take a complex topic like SharePoint and break them down into small pieces. They focus on a single topic that takes only a few minutes to complete and include a video tutorial showing you exactly what to do as well as providing you downloadable notes you can keep and review at anytime. There are also links to additional information if you want to extend your knowledge further.

My aim is to make you as productive as quickly as possible with SharePoint and that’s why the first lessons show you how to get your documents into SharePoint Online. From there you learn how to use common tools like calendars, tasks lists, and more. I’ll then show you how to recover deleted information as well as use the powerful built-in search functionality that comes with SharePoint Online to find anything! There are over twenty lessons you can work through at your own pace. You are free to return at any point to review all the content at your leisure. You are also free to jump to any lesson that takes your fancy, allowing you to learn at your own pace and in your own way.

The course contains over three hours of video tutorials, 200+ pages of documentation and 30 additional web locations to extend your knowledge. I’m confident that by the end of the course you’ll be using SharePoint like a pro. I’ve worked really hard in creating this course to pass on my knowledge and experience of SharePoint to people like you who need it to do their job. People like you who need to learn SharePoint but don’t know where to start. This course has been built for you and the many others who struggle coming to grips with SharePoint. Read their testimonials below to see how this course has helped them.

Testimonials

“Great introduction to the vast array of capabilities offered by SharePoint via Office 365. Really demystified SharePoint for me in a very easy to follow and practical manner. Thanks heaps Rob!” – Darren Chapman (Pivotal Data Solutions).

“Robert, you’ve done a great job of providing bites size chunks of relevant information to get me on the road to using SharePoint” – Nathan Oldfield (Cybercomp)

“As a user with no/very limited SharePoint experience, I found this course extremely helpful. As course notes have been included it makes referring back to something very easy. I would recommend this course” – Ursula Kriel (Multotec)

“The material is easy to understand and follows a logical sequence that makes learning fun! I would recommend these courses to anyone and they should come out with a better understanding in using all of the tools available to the share point user. Thanks for such a well designed course!” – Charles Perry

“The best training I have been to in recent memory – very practical, customer-focused exercises and loads of great information and resources.” – Tristram Morgan (365 Architects)

“Robert Crane from CIAOPS has created an incredible resource for anyone wanting to get into Sharepoint for Office 365. They are well presented and laid out for users on any level from beginner to advanced. If you follow through the steps and examples you are guaranteed to learn something new even if you think you know it all. Roberts learning academy online should be a go to place for anyone who wants to get serious about their IT.” – Craig Young (Greendata Pty Ltd)

CIAOPS Azure VPN course

I’ve just uploaded a new online technology training course to the CIAOPS Academy. This one is focused on Azure VPNs. You will find the course here:

http://ciaops-academy.teachable.com/p/azure-vpn/

The course will show you how to configure:

– Azure Point to Site VPNs

– Service Manager Site to Site VPNS

– Resource Manager Site to Site to VPNS

– Connections between Azure VNets using VPNs

– and VNet peering

Each lesson contains a video tutorial as well as a number of resources for your continued learning.

You can purchase the course individually or you can purchase access to the complete course catalogue that covers any new courses created as well. You can also select from many other stand alone courses on Azure, Office 365 and more.

I’ll be adding more courses soon so stay tuned to further updates from the CIAOPS Academy.

CIAOPS Online training special offer

With 2016 drawing to a close, I thought I’d do a special offer on the Complete Course Catalogue for my online training academy you can find at:

www.ciaopsacademy.com

The Complete Course Catalogue is an annual subscription that gives you access to every course I have created (including courses on Azure, Office 365, Yammer, SharePoint and more) and will create. Thus, if you sign up today you get access to the 25+ courses I have already created PLUS you’ll also get access to all the new courses I have in the works for 2017.

So the deal until December 25 and for a strictly limited number of takers is:

– 10% discount off the first year’s subscription ($60 value)

– a 1 hour remote consulting call with me that you can use for training, business mentoring or the like ($275 value)

– access to the private CIAOPS Facebook tech community to discuss and ask your questions in and share with other members ($120 value)

– free Getting Started With Skype for Business eBook ($10 value)

– free Beyond the Basics with SharePoint Online eBook ($10 value)

That’s over $450 in value plus what you’ll get from the online courses that include video lessons, downloadable notes, links and more.

As I said, this offer is strictly limited until the 25th of December 2016 or until sold out, so don’t delay. Sign up today to take advantage of this strictly limited learning opportunity.

To take advantage of this deal use the code MERRY2016 at checkout or click this link:

http://ciaops-academy.teachable.com/p/complete-catalogue/?product_id=153214&coupon_code=MERRY2016

I look forward to seeing you in the CIAOPS Academy and Facebook Tech group.

Some Office 365 training from me coming soon

I’ll be on the road in December in Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth doing two full day Office 365 reseller training sessions for Microsoft. These sessions are broken up into a “Start” and an advanced “Grow” session (conducted back to back).

The sessions cover both the technical and business aspects of implementing Office 365. That means you’ll get a deep dive into Office 365 and you’ll also learn successful strategies for selling and implementing Office 365 for customers.

Here’s some feedback from previous attendees:

“Fantastic presentation on adding value to your existing Office 365 practice. Do you want to know the value of the new E5 plans and how it can practically benefit them, thereby increasing your revenue stream? No fluff – just the information that you need to grow your business using Office 365/Azure was presented.” – Jason Shim

“This was a great overview of available opportunities within Office 365 Enterprise now and in the future presented by Robert Crane [MVP] So many great tools on offer to upsell and promote more with PowerBI, Delve and Yammer more in organizations” – Robert Coleiro

“Excellent session today … not like the regular training. We were immersed in practical exercise and working in a small group. You have to think differently when on a team! What we don’t know (and that’s a pretty big area!) we can ask our partner who knows a different skill set to help with the solutions. Great stuff.” – Martin Maloney

“The best training I have been to in recent memory – very practical, customer-focused exercises and loads of great information and resources” – Tristram Morgan

The training is very hands on and requires you to work in teams to solve practical real world challenges presented throughout the day. Importantly, it is also focused on solutions for SMB customers.

Best off all? The training is totally free if you are a Microsoft Partner, all you need to do is register which you can do here:

Office 365 Start – https://www.microsoftevents.com/profile/web/index.cfm?PKWebId=0x259617bc5f

Office 365 Grow – https://www.microsoftevents.com/profile/web/index.cfm?PKWebId=0x260206cf75

I hope to see you there.

Expand your Office 365 offerings

A surprising statistics is that most SMB resellers merely provide email migrations services to Office 365. Few provide anything when it comes to SharePoint, Yammer, Skype for Business, Power Bi and so on. This does create an real opportunity for those partners who build offerings around all the additional products and features of Office 365.

To help partners get up to speed with the full range of Office 365 Services I developed and run two very unique training sessions. These session are part hands on lab, part lecture and part team building, goal setting and business development. The focus is give you experience in real world environments with Office 365 environments while competing in groups to be crowned ‘top dog’ for the day! This is truly the most unique Office 365 training you’ll find out and a guaranteed way to get partners started down the additional revenue opportunities with Office 365.

Best of all, Microsoft is offering this all day training FREE to partners who register now. Places are strictly limited as classes are kept intentionally small.

There are two courses available, a ‘basic (START)’ and an ‘advanced (GROW)’. The next ‘basic (START)’ course you can register for is here:

AUWW143 – NEXT UP Consumption For SMB – START
19th September 2016 | 09:00AM – 05:00PM
Microsoft Brisbane,
Level 28, 400 George Street, Brisbane

https://www.microsoftevents.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x553965a294

The follow on ‘advanced’ course is also available for registrations here:

AUWW142 – NEXT UP Consumption for SMB – GROW
26th September 2016 | 09:00am – 05:00pm
Microsoft Brisbane,
Level 28, 400 George Street, Brisbane

https://www.microsoftevents.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x5521037ff2

and

AUWW142 – NEXT UP Consumption for SMB – GROW
27th September 2016 | 09:00am – 05:00pm
Microsoft North Ryde,
1 Epping Road, Sydney

https://www.microsoftevents.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x552616b792

If these aren’t convenient for you, make sure you contact your local Microsoft rep and ask when they will be available in a location near you.

I hope to see you there.

The complete CIAOPS Academy catalogue

I get a lot of people asking me for a simple way to access all the courses I create. So, in response to that request I have created an annual subscription plan to all my online courses that you can sign up for here:

Complete Course Catalogue

The cost is an annual recurring investment of USD $599 and includes access to EVERYTHING, now and into the future. Thus, as I add more courses to the CIAOPS Academy subscribers to the Complete Course Catalogue will automatically get access as part of their subscription.

If you are looking for online, on demand Office 365, Azure, etc training for a single annual cost then sign up to the new CIAOPS Academy Complete Course Catalogue. Of course, you can still buy courses singly or in bundles, just take a look at what’s there.

Keep you eyes peeled for more courses from me in the CIAOPS Academy.

Integrating Azure AD Features with Office 365 online course

Just uploaded another online course to my training academy. This one is:

Integrating Azure Active Directory features with Office 365

It will show you how to enable you Azure AD inside Office 365 and then use it to brand your tenant, create a web based single sign on apps portal as well as password reset portal. It also covers how to enable rights management in Office 365.

Each lesson in the course includes a training video, download notes and quiz style questions to test your knowledge.

I have also added this course in as a module to my larger

Getting Started with Office 365 Administration

course which now has 10 sections with over 50 video lessons, downloadable course notes and more!

If you don’t follow my social media feeds then you have probably missed that for November 2015 I’m offering the first 15 people who sign up to the Office 365 admin course a 25% discount. That is over $85 off the normal price but only for the first 15 and only for November, whichever comes first. Sign up today to take advantage of the discount before its gone.

Keep you eyes peeled for more courses and discount from the CIAOPS Online Academy.

CIAOPS Configuring Office 365 Federated Identity online course

I’ve just made available my next online course – Configuring Office 365 Identity which you can view here:

http://ciaops-academy.teachable.com/courses/configuring-office-365-federated-identity

It is aimed at teaching you the basics of configuring ADFS and Single Sign On with Office 365.

The course contains 6 lessons:

Understanding Office 365 Federated Identity
Preparing the environment for Office 365 Federated Identity
Setting up the Federated ADFS Server
Converting to an Office 365 Federated Domain
Setting up a Federated ADFS Proxy Server
Troubleshooting Office 365 Federation Configurations

with each lesson containing a video, downloadable lesson notes and some external resources.

You can sign up for this or any of the other courses I have published via the new URL:

www.ciaopsacademy.com

This course has also been included in the Getting Started with Office 365 Administration course that now covers 9 areas and aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to managing all aspects of Office 365.

I appreciate those who have supported me by already signing up for my online courses. The more support I get, the more courses I can develop.

if you have any suggestions or ideas for online courses that you’d like to see me do please contact me, I’d love to hear from you.