Chapter 1
Getting to Know Your Team Site
In This Chapter
Requesting a new team site and opening it in the browser
Participating in a team site
Changing your team site’s home page
One of the fundamental kinds of websites that SharePoint 2010 allows 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 in the cloud by a public hosting service, such as Microsoft Office 365 SharePoint Online, you may even be able to collaborate with people outside your organization. In most cases, an administrator will create a team site for you.
Many kinds of teams can use a SharePoint team site to collaborate. For example:
Department members can use document libraries to upload document files and enter meetings in a team calendar.
Project members can use a team site home page to post announcements and track issues and risks.
Corporate communications can use a team site to store the ...
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