Microsoft Training in Gaia

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level business users who wish to improve their productivity and digital collaboration using Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and Outlook.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Effectively create, manage, and use teams and channels in Microsoft Teams.
• Leverage tags, mentions, and app integrations in Teams to streamline communication.
• Store, organize, and securely share files in OneDrive using best practices.
• Recover documents using version history and collaborate on files in real time.
• Use Outlook for advanced email management and shared calendar scheduling.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level users who wish to improve team productivity and streamline everyday workflows using Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, Planner, and Forms.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Organize and manage communication effectively with Outlook.
• Store, share, and collaborate on files using OneDrive.
• Conduct meetings, chats, and team collaboration with Microsoft Teams.
• Plan and track tasks efficiently using Microsoft Planner.
• Create and analyze online surveys and quizzes with Microsoft Forms.

Microsoft Exchange Server is a messaging platform that provides email, calendar, contacts, and tasks functionality.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level IT professionals who wish to install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange Server environments.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Microsoft Exchange Server.
• Implement disaster recovery and anti-malware measures.
• Configure message transport and migration to Exchange Online.
• Troubleshoot issues and ensure server availability.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Microsoft OneNote is a digital notebook application used for organizing, sharing, and collaborating on information across teams and devices.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at professionals with limited or emerging experience in OneNote who manage or coordinate digital information and wish to use Microsoft OneNote effectively to organize notes, coordinate team knowledge, and enhance collaborative workflows.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Organize personal and team notes using notebooks, sections, and pages.
• Share and collaborate in real-time on OneNote content.
• Embed and link files, emails, and meeting notes into a unified workspace.
• Integrate OneNote with Microsoft 365 apps like Teams, Outlook, and Planner.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Hands-on use of Microsoft OneNote in sample collaboration scenarios.
• Guided exercises focused on note-taking, content organization, and teamwork.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course based on your department's workflows or internal tools, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level leadership teams who wish to effectively manage and coordinate tasks using Microsoft Planner and its related tools, leading to enhanced productivity and collaboration across the organization.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Effectively create, manage, and track tasks and projects using Microsoft Planner, enhancing team coordination and project visibility.
• Organize and prioritize individual tasks, share task lists, and collaborate on tasks using Microsoft To Do.
• Utilize Microsoft Loop components for real-time collaboration, integrating them seamlessly into projects and meetings, and enhancing communication and information sharing among team members.
• Design and manage custom lists tailored to specific project needs, automate workflows, and integrate Lists with other Microsoft 365 tools for more efficient task tracking.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level business professionals who wish to gain the skills necessary to utilize Teams, Word, and Excel effectively in a management context.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of Microsoft 365
• Navigate and utilize Microsoft Teams for communication, collaboration, and project management.
• Develop proficiency in creating, formatting, and managing Word documents.
• Use Excel for data entry, manipulation, and analysis.
• Explore how to integrate Microsoft 365 applications for seamless workflows.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level data professionals who wish to implement a lakehouse solution using Microsoft Fabric.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the architecture and components of Microsoft Fabric.
• Configure and manage a Lakehouse using Microsoft Fabric.
• Ingest and transform data using Apache Spark.
• Utilize Delta Lake tables for versioning and managing data.
• Implement data ingestion pipelines with Dataflows Gen2.
• Orchestrate data pipelines using Data Factory.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level IT professionals who wish to manage and secure an organization's IT environment using Microsoft 365.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Deploy and manage Microsoft 365 services such as Intune, MDM, and Autopilot.
• Configure and enforce security policies using Windows Defender and other Microsoft 365 security tools.
• Monitor and troubleshoot devices and applications within a Microsoft 365 environment.
• Understand and implement compliance and data protection measures in Microsoft 365.
• Manage Microsoft 365 security services such as Microsoft Secure Score, Exchange Online Protection, Safe Attachments, and Safe Links.
• Implement compliance solutions using Microsoft Purview, data loss prevention, and sensitivity labels.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level IT professionals who wish to manage and secure an organization's IT environment using Microsoft 365.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Deploy and manage Microsoft 365 services such as Intune, MDM, and Autopilot.
• Configure and enforce security policies using Windows Defender and other Microsoft 365 security tools.
• Monitor and troubleshoot devices and applications within a Microsoft 365 environment.
• Understand and implement compliance and data protection measures in Microsoft 365.
• Apply best practices for Microsoft 365 administration and security.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level supervisors and programming officers who wish to expand their knowledge in administering SharePoint and effectively utilizing Microsoft 365 Copilot.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of SharePoint architecture and administration.
• Configure and manage SharePoint sites and user permissions.
• Implement security and compliance measures within SharePoint.
• Integrate and manage Microsoft 365 Copilot features to enhance organizational productivity.
• Apply best practices for data governance and content management.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at anyone who wishes to learn to use Microsoft OneNote in managing notes to improve productivity.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Learn the basics and features of OneNote.
• Create, organize, and edit notes using OneNote.
• Integrate notes with other applications.

The course participants will be able to efficiently use primarily data analysis tools such as scenarios and pivot tables, use the features to perform calculations on dates and text-processing functions, and create and adapt to the needs of macros to automate work with spreadsheets.

Excel is a popular spreadsheet program created by Microsoft. Jest used to store, organize and analyze data in tabular form. Here are some key features and functions of Excel: 1. Spreadsheets: It consists of sheets, where each sheet is an array consisting of cells arranged in rows and columns. It allows you to create multiple sheets in one file, which allows you to organize different data sets. 2. Calculations and Formulas: Allows you to perform a variety of mathematical, statistical and logical calculations using formulas. It has a wide set of built-in functions such as SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, IF, VLOOKUP, etc. 3. Data Formatting and Appearance: Provides tools for formatting data, including changing font, color, style, and creating charts, pivot tables and diagrams. 4. Sorting, Filtering and Grouping: Allows you to sort data according to specific criteria. Allows you to filter data to display only selected information. Possibility to group data depending on needs. 5. Data analysis: Tools for performing advanced analyzes such as scenario analysis, trends, forecasting, and creating macros. 6. Data Sharing: Enables real-time data sharing and collaboration, allowing multiple users to work on the same data simultaneously. 7. Task automation: Ability to create macros and automate tasks using the programming language VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). Excel is widely used in various fields, from business to science and education. Its comprehensive features enable data analysis, creation of reports, budgets, schedules, data management and many other applications.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at data analysts who wish to use advanced VBA in Excel for automating tasks.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Write an advanced object-oriented application
• Convert text files
• Use of external data sources
• Use external libraries

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at data analysts who wish to learn techniques for preparing data in Excel, then visualizing it in Power BI.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles of data analysis, objectives of data analysis, and approaches for data analysis.
• Use DAX formulas in Power BI for complex calculations.
• Create and use visualizations and charts for particular analysis cases.
• Import with Power View to move from Excel based Power BI to independent Power BI.

Data analytics is a crucial tool in business today. We will focus throughout on developing skills for practical hands on data analysis. The aim is to help delegates to give evidence-based answers to questions: 

What has happened?

• processing and analyzing data
• producing informative data visualizations

What will happen?

• forecasting future performance
• evaluating forecasts

What should happen?

• turning data into evidence-based business decisions
• optimizing processes

The course itself can be delivered either as a 6 day classroom course or remotely over a period of weeks if preferred. We can work with you to deliver the course to best suit your needs.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at data analysts who wish to use Excel for data analysis.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Create spreadsheets in Excel.
• Visualize data with charts, graphs, etc.
• Generate reports to share amongst team members.

During the training, will present the issues of financial analysis using the advanced features of Excel.

This course is intended for financial analysts, accountants and all those who want to expand their skills spreadsheet with issues of financial analysis.

In this instructor-led, live training in Gaia (onsite or remote), participants will learn how to combine the capabilities of Python and Excel.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure packages for integrating Python and Excel.
• Read, write, and manipulate Excel files using Python.
• Call Python functions from Excel.

The course participants will be able to efficiently perform a variety of calculations in a transparent way to arrange and present their results, use multiple mechanisms to facilitate and accelerate the creation of spreadsheets, as well as protect the calculations and their results against unauthorized persons

Participants will be able to excel themselves, in the most optimal way to create, consolidate and manage data. A number of tools designed to streamline the work often significantly reduces the time to activities carried out so far and can help you design an application that could perform new tasks.

Course participants will learn how to automate the work to create complex documents, retrieve data from the database and prepare forms.

Training for those working with a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that would like to improve their work.

The course is designed for users of Excel for creating analyzes and reports.

The course is dedicated to sales teams. It focuses on leveraging PowerPoint's functions that aid in the sales process, ie. how to show data effectively, how not to over-clutter slides, and what to focus on in a sales deck.

This course will give you the knowledge about how to present finance information (numbers) in PowerPoint and not just the presentations skills itself. You will be able to present finance information in more professional way.

During the course, you will learn about creating, editing and using content. 

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at SharePoint users who wish to use SharePoint to share and organize information.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Empower team collaboration with SharePoint.
• Create SharePoint sites to streamline information management and sharing.
• Automate workflows for improving business processes.

This course provides a comprehensive demonstration of the essentials and usages of SharePoint 2013 to business users.

This instructor-led, live training in (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level developers who wish to use VSTO to create customized solutions for Microsoft Office applications.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Create add-ins and document-level customizations for Office applications.
• Access and manipulate the Office object model and its events.
• Create custom ribbons, task panes, and dialogs for Office applications.
• Use Windows Forms controls and .NET components in Office documents.
• Integrate Office applications with web services and databases.
• Deploy and secure Office solutions.