PPS Instructor-Led Training

Practical Training That Turns Governance Into Everyday Action

Build stronger Microsoft 365, SharePoint, IT governance, documentation, project-management, and responsible-AI practices through private, instructor-led training designed around real organizational responsibilities and decisions.

Private virtual and onsite sessions are available. Courses may be tailored to the organization’s environment, policies, terminology, roles, and desired outcomes.

Relevant Focused on real organizational challenges.
Actionable Includes tools, examples, and next steps.
Adaptable Tailored to audience and environment.
Veteran-Led Instruction
Private Organizational Sessions
Virtual or Onsite Delivery
Customizable Curriculum
Certificates of Completion

Training Philosophy

Training should improve performance—not simply deliver information.

PPS courses are designed for organizations that need employees, managers, site owners, project teams, and leaders to understand their responsibilities and apply governance practices consistently.

Sessions combine practical instruction, facilitated discussion, examples, decision prompts, worksheets, and implementation guidance. The goal is to help participants understand what good practice looks like and what they should do differently after the course.

Training may be delivered directly by PPS or, for advanced technical laboratories, through a qualified specialist instructor working under PPS delivery and quality standards.

PPS training is independent professional education. Courses are not represented as Microsoft-authorized certification training or accredited professional certification programs.

Choose a Starting Point

Training for leaders, practitioners, site owners, and project teams.

Courses can be delivered individually or combined into a customized learning program for a department, project team, pilot group, or organization.

EXE

Executive and Leadership Briefings

Concise sessions that clarify governance risks, required decisions, organizational responsibilities, investment priorities, and appropriate next steps.

GOV

Governance and Policy Workshops

Instructor-led sessions covering decision rights, ownership, policies, procedures, lifecycle controls, accountability, and sustainable operating practices.

M365

Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Training

Role-based instruction for site owners, content managers, administrators, project teams, champions, and business stakeholders.

PM

Project and Implementation Training

Practical workshops on scope, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, stakeholder engagement, acceptance criteria, and implementation governance.

Launch Training Catalog

Private Instructor-Led Courses

Starting prices are shown from lowest to highest. Final pricing depends on customization, participant count, delivery location, preparation requirements, and requested materials.

Starting Price: Low to High

Leadership Training

Governance Before Copilot: Executive Briefing

A concise leadership briefing on permissions, oversharing, ownership, information quality, policy, pilot governance, and readiness decisions.

Executive Audience Private Session Virtual or Onsite
  • Why Copilot readiness begins before licensing
  • Major governance and risk decisions
  • Executive sponsorship and accountability
  • Pilot scope and success measures
  • Recommended readiness actions

Starting at $750

60-Minute
Briefing
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Responsible AI

Responsible AI and Copilot Use for Employees

Practical user training on appropriate use, sensitive information, output validation, effective prompting, accountability, and escalation.

General Workforce Pilot Groups Up to 25 Participants
  • Appropriate and inappropriate use
  • Protecting sensitive information
  • Validating AI-generated content
  • Prompting fundamentals
  • Reporting problems and concerns

Starting at $995

90-Minute
Session
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Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 Governance Fundamentals

Introduce the responsibilities, controls, decisions, and review practices required to govern Microsoft 365 collaboration effectively.

IT and Business Owners Governance Teams Up to 20 Participants
  • Governance roles and decision rights
  • Teams and SharePoint lifecycle
  • Permissions and external sharing
  • Workspace ownership and reviews
  • 90-day improvement roadmap

Starting at $1,250

2-Hour
Workshop
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Policy and Documentation

IT Policy and SOP Writing Workshop

Help policy owners and operational teams distinguish document types, improve clarity, assign ownership, and build maintainable documentation.

Policy Owners Operations Teams Interactive Workshop
  • Policies, standards, procedures, and guides
  • Scope, authority, roles, and ownership
  • Writing clear procedure steps
  • Approval and review cycles
  • Documentation improvement backlog

Starting at $1,250

2-Hour
Workshop
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SharePoint Governance

SharePoint Site Owner Governance Essentials

Role-based training for the people responsible for maintaining SharePoint sites, permissions, content, standards, and recurring reviews.

Site Owners Content Managers Up to 15 Participants
  • Site-owner responsibilities
  • Owners, members, visitors, and sharing
  • Libraries, metadata, and navigation
  • Content maintenance and lifecycle
  • Quarterly governance reviews

Starting at $1,500

2.5-Hour
Workshop
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Project Management

IT Project Governance, Risk, and Decision Tracking

Strengthen project execution through clear scope, structured registers, accountable owners, escalation, reporting, and acceptance criteria.

Project Managers IT Leads Project Sponsors
  • Scope, assumptions, and boundaries
  • Risk, issue, and dependency registers
  • Decision tracking and escalation
  • Stakeholder and status reporting
  • Acceptance and project closeout

Starting at $2,250

Half-Day
Workshop
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SharePoint Migration

SharePoint Migration Readiness Workshop

Help stakeholders understand the discovery, cleanup, ownership, governance, planning, and acceptance work required before migration begins.

Migration Teams Site Owners Business Stakeholders
  • Inventory and discovery requirements
  • Cleanup versus migration work
  • Permissions and ownership decisions
  • Migration waves and dependencies
  • Acceptance and validation criteria

Starting at $2,500

Half-Day
Workshop
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Customized Training

Custom Governance and Readiness Training Day

A tailored full-day program combining leadership briefing, governance instruction, role-based training, facilitated exercises, and implementation planning.

Custom Curriculum Multiple Audiences Virtual or Onsite
  • Pre-session planning consultation
  • Customized learning objectives
  • Multiple coordinated course modules
  • Facilitated exercises and discussions
  • Leadership closeout and next steps

Starting at $4,500

Full-Day
Program
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Specialist-Led Technical Training

PPS-Managed Specialist Delivery

Expand the training program without limiting it to one instructor.

PPS may engage qualified subcontract instructors for advanced technical topics while maintaining responsibility for scope, curriculum alignment, client communication, quality review, and delivery coordination.

Power Automate Fundamentals Workflow design, approvals, triggers, actions, testing, and operational governance.
Power Apps Fundamentals Application planning, data connections, forms, controls, testing, and governance.
SharePoint Administration Sites, permissions, sharing, architecture, settings, and administration practices.
Microsoft Purview and DLP Sensitivity labels, information protection, DLP concepts, rollout planning, and administration.
Copilot Studio and Agents Use-case design, agent development, data connections, testing, governance, and deployment.
Custom Technical Lab Hands-on instruction designed around a specific platform, environment, workflow, or implementation goal.
Half-day specialist training generally starts at $2,500

Delivery Options

Select the format that best supports the audience and outcome.

WEB

Private Virtual Training

Live instructor-led delivery through an agreed virtual meeting platform, with digital materials and facilitated participant interaction.

ON

Onsite Team Training

Instructor-led training at the client’s location. Travel, lodging, facility, and access requirements are scoped separately.

CUS

Customized Workshops

Existing courses adapted to organizational terminology, policies, responsibilities, technologies, examples, and desired outcomes.

SER

Multi-Session Programs

Coordinated learning paths for leaders, site owners, project teams, administrators, champions, pilot users, and general employees.

What Training Includes

A professional learning engagement—not simply a presentation.

Deliverables are confirmed during scoping and adjusted to the course, audience, delivery format, and level of customization.

Planning and Audience Review

Confirm learning objectives, participant roles, current challenges, delivery format, and organizational context.

Instructor-Led Course Delivery

Live professional instruction with examples, explanations, discussion, questions, and participant engagement.

Participant Materials

Course-specific reference materials, worksheets, checklists, templates, or job aids as defined in the engagement.

Completion Documentation

Attendance record and certificates of completion when requested and appropriate for the course.

Recommended Next Steps

Practical follow-up actions, implementation priorities, or recommended support based on the course discussion.

Engagement Process

From training request to professional delivery.

1

Training Inquiry

Identify the audience, desired course, participant count, timing, delivery preference, and primary organizational challenge.

2

Fit and Requirements Review

PPS confirms learning objectives, service fit, customization needs, instructor requirements, logistics, and information boundaries.

3

Written Training Plan

The proposal defines scope, curriculum, responsibilities, deliverables, participant limits, schedule, pricing, and cancellation terms.

4

Delivery and Follow-Up

PPS delivers the course, provides agreed materials, documents completion, and identifies justified next steps or support needs.

Instructor Quality

Consistent delivery standards for PPS and specialist instructors.

PPS-Led Training

PPS-led courses emphasize governance, policy, documentation, readiness, project execution, stakeholder coordination, and practical implementation.

  • Defined learning objectives
  • Audience-appropriate curriculum
  • Practical organizational examples
  • Facilitated discussion and exercises
  • Clear follow-up actions

Specialist-Led Training

Technical subcontract instructors are selected and managed according to the requirements of the engagement and the complexity of the requested platform or laboratory.

  • Relevant technical experience
  • Curriculum and material review
  • Written confidentiality obligations
  • Defined intellectual-property rights
  • PPS delivery oversight and client coordination

Frequently Asked Questions

Training Questions

Are these public enrollment courses?
The launch catalog is designed primarily for private organizational training. Public webinars, open-enrollment workshops, and self-paced courses may be added as demand and course production expand.
Can PPS customize a course for our organization?
Yes. PPS can adapt examples, terminology, responsibilities, exercises, materials, and learning objectives. Customization that requires significant document review, content development, or technical configuration is priced separately.
How many people can attend?
Recommended participant limits vary by course. Briefings can support larger audiences, while interactive workshops are generally most effective with 10 to 20 participants. Final limits are confirmed in the training plan.
Does PPS provide certificates?
PPS can provide certificates of completion and attendance records. These certificates document participation and do not represent an accredited credential, professional license, or Microsoft certification.
Can training be combined with an assessment or consulting service?
Yes. Training can support a governance assessment, migration readiness review, Copilot pilot, documentation project, project kickoff, implementation effort, or recurring governance program. The services are scoped separately or combined into one written engagement.
Can PPS provide onsite training?
Onsite delivery may be available based on location, schedule, access, instructor availability, and travel requirements. Travel and related expenses are identified separately in the proposal.

Independent Professional Training

PPS training provides general educational, governance, planning, documentation, project-management, and technology-readiness support. Courses are not legal advice, audit opinions, compliance certifications, security guarantees, accredited credentials, or official Microsoft certification training. Clients remain responsible for validating and approving policies, procedures, technical configurations, controls, and implementation decisions within their own environments.

Build a training program around the responsibilities your team actually owns.

Tell PPS who needs training, what challenge the organization is addressing, and what participants should be able to do after the session. PPS will recommend the most appropriate course, instructor, delivery format, and next step.