SharePoint for Education

Yes. SharePoint Maven has worked with K-12 school districts, charter schools, colleges, and universities across the US and internationally. The work spans administrative document management, faculty intranets, committee collaboration sites, and admin training for IT and operations teams. Common engagement size ranges from single-department implementations to institution-wide rollouts.

Yes. SharePoint Online is included in standard Microsoft 365 for Education licensing (A1, A3, A5). All SharePoint Maven configurations use the out-of-the-box features available in those tiers – no add-on licensing required, no special enterprise SKUs, and no third-party tools that would create separate procurement cycles for your IT or business office.

Yes – and that’s one of the most common reasons schools engage a SharePoint Maven. SharePoint Online replaces aging network file shares with cloud document libraries that work from any device, support versioning and co-authoring, and use metadata instead of deeply nested folders. The migration approach and folder-to-metadata structure are planned during the project, so nothing is lost in the move.

Every engagement is built so that the SharePoint environment can be maintained without dependence on consultants. Permissions are designed around roles (department head, committee chair, IT admin) rather than specific people, so when someone leaves, access transitions cleanly. The included admin training covers how to onboard and offboard users, transfer site ownership, and manage role changes.

All of the above. The underlying SharePoint configuration is similar across all education segments – what changes is the specific document workflows, terminology, and stakeholder structure. Engagements have included public K-12 districts, private K-12 schools, community colleges, four-year universities, and graduate-level programs.

SharePoint Maven uses the same fixed-fee pricing across every industry. Hourly consulting is $350/hour with no minimum. SharePoint intranets are $4,800-$6,400, fixed-fee. Document management projects are $2,400-$4,200, fixed-fee. Live training is $950 per 2-hour session with unlimited attendees. Pricing is flat and published – no proposal negotiation cycle.

Intranet projects typically run 5–8 weeks from kickoff to delivered training. Document management projects run 3–4 weeks. Hourly consulting can start within one week of purchase. Timelines are agreed up front and don’t slip – fixed-fee means no mid-project change orders or scope additions.

Greg Zelfond does every engagement personally. There are no subcontractors, junior consultants, or offshore teams. You work directly with Greg from the first call through delivery and training. Because of that, SharePoint Maven runs roughly one engagement at a time – reach out a few weeks before your preferred start window to confirm availability.

Yes – that’s a primary design goal. Every project is built using out-of-the-box SharePoint features, with no custom code and no third-party tools, so your IT staff or site administrator can manage and extend the environment using the same admin tools that Microsoft documents publicly. Every project includes both admin training and site owner training.

Yes. Live training sessions ($950 per 2-hour session, unlimited attendees) can be booked as part of a rollout to train staff or administrators. On-demand SharePoint Maven Academy courses ($60 each, with volume licensing for teams) work well for ongoing onboarding as new people join. Both options are taught by Greg personally.