Microsoft 365 Essentials

About the course

Microsoft 365 is more than a suite of applications — it's a connected platform designed to help you work smarter, collaborate more effectively and manage your work securely from anywhere. This essentials course gives you a practical, confident introduction to everything it offers.

Over two focused half-day sessions, you'll explore the core Microsoft 365 applications — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive and Teams — and discover how they work together to streamline your daily tasks. You'll learn how cloud-based services support real-time collaboration, how to store and share files securely, and how to get the most out of the tools already available to you.

This course is ideal for new Microsoft 365 users, staff transitioning from older versions of Office, and anyone who wants to understand how the platform fits together before diving into deeper application-specific training.

Need More In-Depth Training?

This course is designed as a broad introduction to the Microsoft 365 platform. If you need focused, hands-on training in a specific application — such as Excel, Word or PowerPoint etc. — ICTS Training offers dedicated courses at Essentials, Intermediate and Advanced levels. Please refer to the ICTS Training page for available dates and options.

Address for In Person sessions:

ICTS Training room 102.1
Level 1, Kramer Law building
UCT Middle Campus
Rondebosch

(online sessions are offered via Microsoft Teams)

Course content

• Understand the Microsoft 365 platform and how its applications connect and work together
• Navigate the Microsoft 365 interface across desktop, web and mobile
• Work with Word, Excel and PowerPoint for everyday document, data and presentation tasks
• Manage email, calendars and contacts effectively using Outlook
• Store, access and share files securely using OneDrive and SharePoint
• Collaborate with colleagues in real time using Microsoft Teams
• Understand cloud-based working and how Microsoft 365 supports hybrid and remote work
• Apply best practices for organising files, managing notifications and protecting your data

Certification

On successful completion of this course, participants receive a UCT ICTS Certificate of Completion.  Attendance at both sessions is required. Participants who miss a session will not qualify for certification.

Cost and registration

External delegates attending on a personal device are required to have a valid Microsoft 365 licence in place prior to the course.

• External delegates: R900 - enrol directly through The Learning Store (below)
• UCT staff (permanent and T1–T2 contractors): No cost - register via SuccessFactors
• UCT staff with third party accounts: No cost - request a discount voucher code from icts-training@uct.ac.za BEFORE enrolling for the course

NB: Alternative (free) learning resource for staff and students: LinkedIn Learning

More Information

Email: icts-training@uct.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0)21 650 5392