SharePoint For Dummies

Unlock the potential of Microsoft's powerful web-based collaborative platform that comes standard with Microsoft 365

Microsoft SharePoint unlocks millions of collaborative and remote working capabilities and possibilities. And using it doesn't require a degree in computer science! With SharePoint For Dummies, you'll be creating sites, working with lists, and integrating with Microsoft Teams in no time at all.

This book offers fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions to adapt and customize SharePoint for your own organization. Perfect for complete SharePoint novices as well as veterans of previous versions, you'll learn to manage and work with enterprise content and use the SharePoint mobile app.

This handy guide also walks you through:

• Creating integrated, online portals from scratch for everyone in your organization to use

• How to navigate the SharePoint interface like a pro, without any prior knowledge

• Using SharePoint alongside Microsoft Office 365's other powerful tools, like Teams

Ideal for anyone who wants to--or has to--use SharePoint at work or school, SharePoint For Dummies is your irreplaceable companion to getting up-to-speed with SharePoint in a hurry!

Auteur

Rosemarie Withee is President of Portal Integrators and Founder of Scrum Now. She has years of experience as a SharePoint consultant and is the author of several books on Microsoft software products.

Ken Withee has worked with SharePoint for over a decade.

Résumé

Unlock the potential of Microsoft's powerful web-based collaborative platform that comes standard with Microsoft 365

Microsoft SharePoint unlocks millions of collaborative and remote working capabilities and possibilities. And using it doesn't require a degree in computer science! With SharePoint For Dummies, you'll be creating sites, working with lists, and integrating with Microsoft Teams in no time at all.

This book offers fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions to adapt and customize SharePoint for your own organization. Perfect for complete SharePoint novices as well as veterans of previous versions, you'll learn to manage and work with enterprise content and use the SharePoint mobile app.

This handy guide also walks you through:

• Creating integrated, online portals from scratch for everyone in your organization to use
• How to navigate the SharePoint interface like a pro, without any prior knowledge
• Using SharePoint alongside Microsoft Office 365's other powerful tools, like Teams
  Ideal for anyone who wants toor has touse SharePoint at work or school, SharePoint For Dummies is your irreplaceable companion to getting up-to-speed with SharePoint in a hurry!

Contenu

Introduction 1

About This Book 2

Foolish Assumptions 3

Icons Used in This Book 3

Beyond the Book 4

Where to Go from Here 4

Part 1: Getting Started with SharePoint 5

Chapter 1: Getting to Know SharePoint 7

Up and Running with SharePoint in Three Minutes Flat 8

Wrapping Your Head around SharePoint 13

No, really, what is SharePoint? 13

A Microsoft product 15

Many different SharePoint definitions 15

More than a website 18

Taking a Peek at a SharePoint Site 19

Getting Familiar with SharePoint Terminology 21

Branding 21

Business intelligence (BI) 21

eDiscovery 22

Identity management 22

Mobile 23

Records management and compliance 23

Search 24

Social 24

Web content management 24

Workflow 25

Chapter 2: Introducing SharePoint in Microsoft 365 27

Accessing and Using SharePoint 28

Getting Familiar with SharePoint Online 28

Determining What Version of SharePoint You Are Using 30

Understanding Why SharePoint Online Has Become So Popular 30

Differences between SharePoint Online and SharePoint On-Premises 31

Exploring the Benefits of SharePoint Online 33

Data center and hardware 33

Software platform 34

Backup, redundancy, and security 35

Chapter 3: Wrangling SharePoint Functionality 37

Coming to Terms with Website Templates 38

Show Me the Apps 39

Working with Web Pages 40

Site page 42

Wiki page 42

Web Part page 42

Publishing page 43

Understanding Web Parts 43

Digging into SharePoint Features 44

Integrating with Office 45

Part 2: Diving Headfirst into SharePoint 47

Chapter 4: Discovering SharePoint in Your Pocket 49

Installing the SharePoint Mobile App 49

Installing on iOS 50

Installing on Android 50

Signing into the SharePoint Mobile App 51

Finding Your SharePoint Stuff with the Find Tab 53

Exploring a SharePoint site 54

Opening navigation 55

Getting the Latest News with the News Tab 56

All About You with the Me Tab 57

Chapter 5: Understanding SharePoint Sites 61

Accessing SharePoint Sites in Microsoft 365 61

Exploring the SharePoint Team Site 64

Finding your way around 64

Uploading documents 65

Sharing your Team site 66

Creating a SharePoint Site 70

Create a subsite from your web browser 70

Create a site from the SharePoint Mobile App 72

Requesting a SharePoint Site 74

Grouping Sites with Hub Sites 75

Chapter 6: Working with Web Pages and Web Parts 77

Understanding SharePoint Web Pages 78

Creating a Site page 78

Creating a Web Part page 80

Creating a Wiki page 82

Introducing the Ribbon 83

Deciding What Type of Page to Create 84

Digging into Web Parts 85

Adding a Web Part to Your Page 85

Choosing the Right Web Part 89

Changing Web Part Properties 92

Reviewing Web Part properties 92

Editing Web Part properties 93

Minimizing or deleting Web Parts 94

Connecting Web Parts 95

Managing Pages 97

Categorizing Your Wiki Pages 98

Taking a Peek into Custom Page Designs 99

Chapter 7: Adding Content to SharePoint 101

SharePoint as a Content Management System 101

Wrangling the Overwhelming Mountain of Digital Content 102 ...