Instructor-led Microsoft 365 SharePoint Masterclass
Hands-on labs In-person or virtual HRDF claimable
Microsoft 365 Collaboration Masterclass

Build, Manage and Govern Your SharePoint Digital Workplace

Transform scattered files, inconsistent processes, and underused Microsoft 365 tools into a structured, trusted workspace — led by the people who actually do the work.

Why this course stands apart

The intranet problem that IT cannot solve alone

Many SharePoint courses teach features. This one starts with the real operational problem: a digital workplace fails when content ownership sits with IT instead of the business team it serves. Organising information, building intranets, and creating departmental self-service resources rarely appears in anyone's job description — so it gets handed to IT by default. And that is precisely why most intranet initiatives fail.

Illustration contrasting IT-led versus business-led SharePoint projects — showing the tension, fragmentation, and bottlenecks of IT-led approaches on the left, and the clarity, ownership, and usability of business-led approaches on the right.

The hidden need

  • Does your SharePoint site look more like a dumping ground than a well-structured repository?
  • Are your staff still emailing files back and forth because no one trusts the shared workspace?
  • Are approvals, SOPs, updates, and service information scattered across folders, chats, and inboxes?
  • Do remote and hybrid staff miss context because important knowledge only travels informally?
  • Has intranet ownership been handed to IT, even though the actual content belongs to the department?

The distinct advantage

  • This program teaches teams to map real-world work into a digital twin that supports daily operations.
  • Managers and team members learn what content should exist, who it serves, and how it stays current.
  • Participants build a departmental service and content map — not just a set of disconnected pages.
  • The course combines platform configuration with practical workplace design, governance, and adoption.
  • You gain decades of enterprise implementation experience applied directly to your business context.
Intended audience

Who should attend

This program is designed for the professionals who shape how information flows, how teams collaborate, and how work gets done across departments — not just the people who manage the platform.

IT Administrators

Support governance, permissions, and platform structure while enabling business teams to own their relevant content.

Managers and Leads

Department Managers, HR and Operations Leads, and Knowledge and Communications Teams who design how information is organised and surfaced.

Power Users and Champions

Project Coordinators and internal champions who build practical pages, lists, workflows, and task systems for their teams.

Learning outcomes

What participants will achieve

Every outcome is tied to a real workplace need — from securing access and structuring content, to automating approvals and building a unified Microsoft 365 workspace that supports daily operations.

Key learning outcomes

  • Secure digital workspaces through role-based permissions and access governance
  • Structure information architectures for findability and long-term scalability
  • Build intuitive navigation, branded landing pages, and knowledge hubs
  • Publish targeted news, announcements, FAQs, and departmental resources
  • Use Microsoft Planner and Lists for task tracking and team coordination
  • Manage project timelines, assignments, and workload visibility
  • Standardise recurring processes using reusable templates
  • Automate workflows and multi-step approvals with Power Automate
  • Integrate SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, and Microsoft 365 into a unified workspace
  • Surface critical information within daily workflows so nothing gets missed
  • Monitor compliance, audit activity, and track platform adoption

What will be covered

  • SharePoint site architecture and governance models
  • Permissions, access control, and sharing policies
  • Document libraries, versioning, and metadata tagging
  • SharePoint Lists for structured data and tracking
  • Navigation design and global and hub site configuration
  • Home pages, section layouts, and web part composition
  • Knowledge hubs, wikis, and FAQ pages
  • News, announcements, and audience targeting
  • Microsoft Teams structure and channel organisation
  • Microsoft Planner for task and project management
  • Power Automate flows for approvals and notifications
  • Microsoft 365 integration across Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint
  • Compliance monitoring, audit logs, and usage reporting
Program details

Delivery and requirements

Designed for practical application with live facilitation, hands-on configuration labs, and team discussion around real workplace use cases. Suitable for corporate groups, intranet refresh projects, and Microsoft 365 adoption initiatives.

Duration2 days
FormatInstructor-led with hands-on labs
Delivery modeIn-person or virtual
Group size10 to 20 participants
PrerequisiteBasic familiarity with Microsoft 365
Participant requirementsLaptop with a Microsoft 365 Work or School account
LanguageEnglish, with Bahasa Malaysia available on request
CertificationCertificate of Completion
Your facilitator

Rico Ho

Rico Ho brings deep implementation credibility across SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and the Power Platform — with a strong track record in enterprise deployments and community leadership spanning over three decades.

Rico Ho is the founder of CRN Solutions Sdn Bhd, a Microsoft ISV Partner, and an HRDF-certified trainer specialising in SharePoint, Teams, and the Power Platform. With more than 35 years in software development and enterprise technology, he has led Microsoft 365 deployments for organisations including Coca-Cola, BMW, Daikin, Heineken, Sunway, and Sime Darby.

He developed Webparts360 — the first Malaysian Microsoft ISV product showcased at Microsoft conferences in the United States and winner of the APICTA Award for Best Applications and Infrastructure Tools. For eight consecutive years, he has convened Kuala Lumpur's largest independent Microsoft 365 and Power Platform community.

Rico bridges the gap between technical configuration and real-world workplace impact  — helping participants build SharePoint environments that people actually use, trust, and rely on.
Ready to get started

Build a digital workplace your team will actually use

Move beyond disconnected tools and ad hoc content. Equip your managers, team leads, and power users to create a SharePoint environment that reflects real work, supports self-service, and scales with confidence.

  • Available for corporate groups and private cohorts
  • Customisable to align with your use cases and business processes
  • HRDF claimable for Malaysian organisations
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