SHAREPOINT 2010An Overview of SharePoint 2010 Features

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INTRODUCTION TO SHAREPOINT

Most functions in SharePoint, once you find them, are very easy to use and manipulate.

SharePoint is an excellent resource especially for:

o Shared document repositorieso Collaborative group worko Allowing multiple people to edit content

simultaneouslyIt is a virtual collaboration tool.

CALENDAR

Great For Scheduling:o Eventso Meetingso Due dates

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

o Receive an email notification when changes are made

DISCUSSION BOARD

o Great for group communication and collaboration

LIBRARIES

o All your documents can be stored in one place

o No more emailing attachments back and forth Uploading is

easy

WIKI LIBRARY

o Perfect for collaborative documentso Use instead of Word when creating

collaborative documents

Linking to another page is surprisingly simple

LISTS & IMPORTED SPREADSHEETS

Go from this…

You can essentially create a spreadsheet without leaving SharePoint

To this…

For this project you might need a contacts list or a timeline list

CUSTOM VIEW

o You can create a “view” of a list

Here’s the standard view…but I don’t really like it…

This is the view I prefer

SITES AND WORKSPACESo Break your site into different sections, known

as workspaces

WEB PARTS

o Everything circled is a web parto Very similar to iGoogle

SITE TEMPLATES

o There are a number of templates from which to choose

o Each template has a description for best use

Template Name

Best Use

SURVEY

Get to know

your

classmates!

MAIN SHAREPOINT FEATURES

o Calendarso Announcementso Libraries (documents, pages, etc.)o Wikiso Lists and Imported Spreadsheetso Custom Viewso Sites and Workspaceso Site Templateso Surveyso Web Partso Discussion Boards

QUESTIONS?

Thank You!

SharePoint resource:http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/introduction-RZ101806469.aspx?section=2