Becoming a Master Power User
SharePoint and Office 365
Benjamin
Niaulin
@bniaulin
http://en.share-gate.com/blog
http://en.share-gate.com/ben
…the LOVE STORY
WE’VE DONE A LOT
OF COOL THINGS
WITH SHAREPOINT
THINKING BACK…
INTERNET
SITES
INTRANET
SITES
“7-ish out of 10 award winning intranets are
using SharePoint”
-Susan Hanley
http://www.itunity.com/article/winning-intranets-prefer-sharepoint-837
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/intranet-design/
…9 out of 10 in 2016!
TEAM
SITES
AND IT HAS A VERY
PROMISING FUTURE
“RENEWED FOCUS
ON SHAREPOINT”
BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW
WHEN TO USE IT
So what
EXACTLY
led you here?
“What if we made
Power Users
do all the work?”
What is a
Power User?
and do you
need them?
Our day
Basics of SharePoint
Security
Advanced Settings
PowerApps & Flow
Workflow
PowerBI & Dashboards
Search & Display
Let’s eliminate some confusion
“Office 365 Groups vs SharePoint vs SharePoint Classic vs Microsoft
Teams”
It’s just not something to compare
What do we mean by Classic SharePoint?
What do we mean by Modern SharePoint?
What do we mean by Modern SharePoint?
SP 2007 SP 2010 SP 2013 SP 2016
SP 2007 SP 2010
IT
USER
WE REALIZED WE WERE BY-PASSING IT
AN ACTIVITY-BASED
OFFICE IN ICELAND
What’s a
SharePoint
SITE?
SITE
Lists
Libraries
SITE TEMPLATES
Does it matter?
Any impact?
Why create a new site?
Permissions
Isolate Lists and Libraries
Unique Template Features
Site Features
SITE ≠ PAGE
What’s a
SharePoint
SITE COLLECTION?
Site%
Site%
Site% Site%
Site%
Site%
Site%
SharePoint+Groups+|+Database+|+Style+Library+
SITE COLLECTION
Site Collection
Site Collection
Site Collection
Site Collection
Site Collection
LIMITATIONS
XX
Know when to
create a SC
Permission Levels
Site Collection Features
Shared Style Library
New Database
SharePoint Groups*
URL (/Sites/ or Explicit)
Recycle Bin
Quotas
Document IDs
What’s a
SharePoint
List and Library?
Familiar with Excel? Access? Word?
Lists
Advantage: Column Management &
Features
Libraries
Same as Lists but for documents
Lists & Library Templates
It DOES matter
which one you
pick.
Each Template
comes with it’s
little functionality
Need to know
Try to apply permissions at the List/Library level and not on every
folder or files
Stay away from folders as much as possible, tag!
Watch out with free for all versioning
Metadata Navigation
Save your list/library as template with or without the content
What’s a
SharePoint
COLUMN
Column Types
When you create a column it is
stored in the list/library where you
create it
Every type of column has it’s use
Know when to use the right one
Views will be created based on the
columns
Workflows can be created,
triggered by the right column
information
SharePoint allows for Column
Validation
Centralize & Reuse!
If you create columns from your lists/libraries they are stored in them. And thus, are not reusable.
I recommend using “Site Columns” whenever possible to be able to reuse them.
Site Columns are available to subsites – best to create at the root
What’s a
SharePoint
PAGE
PAGE
Difference between SITE and Page?
Difference between .aspx and .docx?
Used to show information to
the visitor
Where do documents go in SharePoint?
Wiki Page
“Wiki”= Quick
Used to quickly create and link content
Use [[
Publishing Page
Uses predefined Page Layouts for design
Allows Metadata (Columns) in the layout
Web Part Page
Only allows for Web Parts on the page
Removes the Quicklaunch for a full width page
Think about it!
Pages & Views to
show different
perspectives
Other
SharePoint
THINGS TO KNOW
Web Parts
My 2010 Favs My 2013 Favs
Content Query!!!!!
Content Editor
Data View (Designer)
Filter Web Parts
Content Search*!!
Search Results
Search Results
Content Types
Reusable set of columns used together that defines a type of
content in your organization.
It’s also much more…
http://en.share-gate.com/blog/recording-sharepoint-webinar-understand-content-types
http://en.share-gate.com/blog/sharepoint-columns-site-columns-or-content-types
TERM STORE
SECURITY
“UMMM….
I REMOVED
MYSELF AS AN
ADMINISTRATOR
OF THE SITE”
“MY SHAREPOINT IS SO SLOW…”
HOW DO YOU MANAGE SECURITY ON SO MANY
DIFFERENT THINGS? (SHAREPOINT, OFFICE 365,
ONEDRIVE FOR BUSINESS)
FIRST,
GET TO KNOW
SHAREPOINT
AND UNDERSTAND
THAT NOT
EVERYTHING CAN
BE ASSIGNED
SECURITY
SITES
LISTS/LIBRARIES
FOLDERS / DOCUMENTS / ITEMS
NO YOU CANNOT PUT
SECURITY ON YOUR
SHAREPOINT VIEWS
AND IT’S THE
SAME FOR YOUR
COLUMNS AND
CONTENT TYPES
BUT HOW DOES IT ALL
WORK?
INHERIT PERMISSIONS?
BREAK INHERITANCE?
SITE COLLECTIONS
SITES
LISTS & LIBRARIES
CHILD SITES
FOLDERS
ITEMS & DOCUMENTS
INHERITED PERMISSIONS
BY DEFAULT
SITE COLLECTIONS
SITES
LISTS & LIBRARIES
CHILD SITES
FOLDERS
ITEMS & DOCUMENTS
BREAK INHERITANCE
SITE COLLECTIONS
SITES
LISTS & LIBRARIES
CHILD SITES
FOLDERS
ITEMS & DOCUMENTS
BREAK INHERITANCE
LIMITED ACCESS
LIMITED ACCESSFAMOUS
WHY IS IT
EVERYWHERE AND
CAN YOU DELETE IT?
EDIT
CONTRIBUTE
VS
BUT BE CAREFUL WITH
ASSIGNING PERMISSIONS
EVERYWHERE
Governance
WHAT YOU WILL
NEED IS
http://en.share-gate.com/blog/real-world-sharepoint-governance-plan
but keep it simple.
it’s a set of rules and guidelines to help, no one is going to
read that 27 page PDF
IN SHAREPOINT,
YOU DON’T SEE
WHAT YOU
DON’T HAVE
ACCESS TO
BUT YOU SEE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
ACCESS TO WITH SEARCH.
PROPERLY PLAN THE ACCOUNTS YOU WILL
USE TO INDEX SHAREPOINT AS WELL.
-Sean Wallbridge
« Google the words ‘View All
Site Content’ see what
happens »
ANONYMOUS ACCESS AND
THE EXPOSURE RISKS WITH
SHAREPOINT
DID YOU THINK OF RETENTION AND YOUR
ARCHIVES? HOW IS SECURITY
MAINTAINED?
KNOW ABOUT
IRM AND RMS
LET’S TAKE A
LOOK
SEARCH AND
DISPLAY
SEARCH!
Best of FAST Search algorithms
Document Thumbnails
Query Language (FQL)
Architecture
Visual Best Bets User Segmentation
Metadata Extraction
Continuous Crawl
Analytics
Result Sources
Result Types
Query RulesDisplay Templates
Search Web Parts
Cross-Site Publishing
Product Catalog Search-Drive Sites
Continuous Crawl
Before we start
ANYTHING

with Search
Crawled Property: Content & Metadata extracted
(document itself, url, Title, etc…)
Managed Property: Includes 1 or multiple mapped
Crawled Properties and exists in the Search Index.
Managed Properties are what SharePoint uses to Display Content.
Search
Search Crawl
Content Search Web
Part
Site Collection A
Site Collection B
CONTENT SEARCH
Query Builder
DISPLAY

TEMPLATES
Looking Good!
The basics of
Display Template
They are everywhere
The « container » 
Best way to
reference custom
files (JavaScript,
CSS, etc…)
Control
Item
Controls what
happens to each
item rendered
through the query
Use Managed
Properties to show
the content you
want where you
want using HTML
Result Types
1 - One or more characteristics or conditions to compare each search result against, such as the result source or
content type of the search result
Identify different types of results
2 - A display template to use for search results that meet the conditions.
Finding
inspiration
line25.com
smashingmagazine.com
tympanus.net/codrops/
FORMS AND
WORKFLOWS
FORMS
WORKFLOWS
DATA ENTRY
SIMPLE DATA
VISUALIZATION
PREVIOUS
SOLUTIONS
INFOPATH
SHAREPOINT
DESIGNER
EXCEL SURVEYS
ACCESS
OUR FAVORITES ARE
GOING TO END SOON
(EVENTUALLY)
SHAREPOINT
DESIGNER 2027
INFOPATH APRIL 2023
POWERAPPS
&
FLOW
POWERAPPS
HELPS YOU CREATE APPS
FOR PHONE AND TABLET
CONNECTED TO 1 OR
MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES
EVERYTHING WE EXPECT FROM AN
APP TODAY (INK, PEN, MULTIPLE SCREENS, CAMERA, ETC…)
COULD IT BE
THE FUTURE OF
FORMS?
OK, WHAT
ABOUT THE NEW
MICROSOFT
FLOW?
SIMILAR TO
IFTTT, ZAPIER
GETTING
BAKED INTO
SHAREPOINT
SIMPLE WORKFLOWS
CONNECTED TO MULTIPLE
PRODUCTS
COOL, BUT ARE
THEIR
LIMITATIONS?
GOVERNANCE
REQUIRED
POWERAPPS AND
FLOWS POPPING
EVERYWHERE?
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
EMPLOYEE LEAVES?
OFTEN REQUIRES DEV
WORK, GOOD OR BAD?
cool…
Do you also have
some tips for
dashboards?
What we did before
Conditional Formatting
KPIs SharePoint List
Performance Point
InfoPath Forms
SharePoint Designer Creativity
Custom Dev
Let’s see
what we
can
do now
Power BIvsSelf Service BI
Power Query
Power Pivot
Power View
Power Map*
Power BI Sites
Power BI Q&A
Query & Data Mgmt.
Windows App
Power Query
Makes it easy to discover the right
information
Search & Find
Many Data Sources
Save and Transform
Power Pivot
Analyze the content from Queries
Build your own
model
Relationships
with Data
Sources
Calculated
Fields & KPIs
Power View
Visualize
Create
Explore
Interact
with Graphs,
Charts and
other things
you’ve built with
Excel on the
web as a report
Power Map
Create cool 3D maps visuals with your
Data!
Power BI
Power BI Sites
Power BI Q&A
Query & Data Mgmt.
Windows App
Power BI
Pricing
http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-001/files/500/002/AF104215773.pdf
X
THERE’S A NEW POWER BI
AND IT STARTS AT FREE
THANK
YOU!
@BNIAULIN
LINKS
http://en.share-gate.com/blog/learn-about-sharepoint-different-topics
http://en.share-gate.com/blog/you-should-not-be-migrating-to-onedrive-for-
business
http://en.share-gate.com/blog/groups-for-office-365
http://en.share-gate.com/blog/sharepoint-2016-hybrid-office-365
http://en.share-gate.com/blog/groups-for-office-365
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/17201.sharepoint-2013-
maximizing-sql-server-2012-performance.aspx

SPC Master Power User SharePoint & Office 365