Introduction to SharePoint Office 365

What is SharePoint? Microsoft SharePoint is a browser-based collaboration and document management platform from Microsoft. Microsoft's content management system allows groups to set up a centralized, password protected space for document sharing.

SharePoint Team Sites A SharePoint site is a Web site that provides a central storage and collaboration space for documents, information, and ideas. A SharePoint site is also a tool for collaboration, just like a telephone is a tool for communication, or a meeting is a tool for decision making.

List & Libraries Although in most of the UI and API they can be manipulated the same way, there are some significant differences between Lists and Libraries. The latter is a specialized type of the former. Lists: Can have attachments Have major versions only Do not have Check-in/Check-out features Libraries: Cannot have attachments (files are directly in the library) Have both minor (draft) and major (published) versioning Have Check-in/Check-Out Publishing Libraries can use Page Layouts Have Unique Document Ids out of the box

Coauthoring & Version Control Document collaboration and co-authoring is a critical element to working effectively as a team in your enterprise. The combination of SharePoint and Office offers a spectrum of document collaboration methods, whether it is co-authoring a spreadsheet or routing a business plan through a workflow. Version control is a critical feature for any enterprise-scale document collaboration platform. In SharePoint, the versioning feature automatically saves every version of a document. This allows multiple people to make changes to a document without the fear of overwriting a previous version.