SharePoint Information Architecture Training

Each course is a live, instructor-led, 2-hour online session conducted by Greg Zelfond over a web meeting (typically Microsoft Teams or Zoom). Attendees can ask questions in real time throughout the session. A recording of the session is included after the course, so attendees can rewatch and absentees can catch up.

Unlimited attendees per session – the $950 flat fee covers your entire team regardless of headcount. Most clients run sessions with 10–30 attendees, but groups as small as 3 and as large as 50+ have all worked well within the 2-hour format. Larger groups may want to coordinate the timing of questions to keep the session moving.

Most courses are delivered within one week of purchase. After checkout, email Greg with your team’s availability, and the session is typically scheduled within 2-3 business days. If you have a specific date in mind, mentioning it during purchase helps coordinate faster – sessions are confirmed first-come, first-served on Greg’s calendar.

A web browser and an internet connection. The session runs over Microsoft Teams or Zoom (your choice), so attendees just click a meeting link at the scheduled time. No software installation, no specialized hardware, no Microsoft 365 admin access required. The instructor’s screen handles all demonstrations.

Yes – attendees can ask questions during the session. While the demos use generic examples, questions about how concepts apply to your specific setup are welcome and addressed in real time. For deeper organization-specific guidance, hourly consulting ($350/hour) is a better fit for that level of customization.

This course is designed for IT leads, SharePoint admins, site owners, and anyone planning SharePoint at scale – not just managing a single site. Basic SharePoint familiarity is helpful but not strictly required, since the session focuses on planning and design rather than click-by-click site management. Good fits include teams rolling out SharePoint for the first time and organizations cleaning up SharePoint sprawl.

The Information Architecture Training is the planning-level course – it covers tenant-wide decisions about site structure, navigation, and security. The Site Owner Training covers the operational side of running individual sites. The Metadata and Advanced Document Management courses go deep on document organization. IA is the architectural view; the others are tactical.

Standard live training uses generic examples to keep the price flat at $950, and the session focuses on universal concepts. For training tailored to your specific tenant, existing site sprawl, organizational structure, or governance constraints, custom training programs are available – see the Live Training page for details on custom training pricing and scope.

Basic SharePoint familiarity is helpful but not strictly required – the IA course focuses on planning and design rather than click-by-click site management. Attendees with no SharePoint experience can follow along conceptually but get more practical value from the session if they’ve used SharePoint a bit beforehand.

Yes – this course is often the right starting point for organizations planning a fresh SharePoint deployment or cleaning up an existing tenant that grew without structure. The 8-pillars framework gives planners a checklist of decisions to make before building anything, which prevents the most common SharePoint mistakes that show up months or years later.