Wiley SharePoint 2010 For Dummies 978-0-470-47643-7 User Manual
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Chapter 1
Getting to Know Your Team Site
In This Chapter
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Requesting a new team site and opening it in the browser
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Participating in a team site
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Changing your team site’s home page
O
ne of the fundamental kinds of Web sites that SharePoint 2010 allows
you to create is a team site. A team site is a SharePoint site that you
you to create is a team site. A team site is a SharePoint site that you
can use to collaborate with your coworkers. If the team site is hosted in your
company’s extranet or by a public hosting company, you may even be able to
collaborate with people outside your organization. In most cases, an adminis-
trator will create a team site for you.
company’s extranet or by a public hosting company, you may even be able to
collaborate with people outside your organization. In most cases, an adminis-
trator will create a team site for you.
Many kinds of teams can use a SharePoint team site to collaborate. For
example:
example:
✓
Department members can use document libraries to upload document
files and enter meetings in a team calendar.
files and enter meetings in a team calendar.
✓
Project members can use a team site home page to post announcements
and track important dates.
and track important dates.
✓
Corporate communications can use a team site to store the documents
and track the tasks required for preparing the company’s annual report.
and track the tasks required for preparing the company’s annual report.
You need to know your way around some of the basic features of a team site,
which is exactly what I show you in this chapter.
which is exactly what I show you in this chapter.
Requesting Your Team Site
Most organizations have a process for requesting a team site. I’ve seen
everything from the simple process in which you send an e-mail addressed
to someone in your IT department to very detailed wizards that walk you
through the site creation process. One company requires that you write a
justification for why you want the team site and then submit prototypes.
everything from the simple process in which you send an e-mail addressed
to someone in your IT department to very detailed wizards that walk you
through the site creation process. One company requires that you write a
justification for why you want the team site and then submit prototypes.
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