SharePoint 2010 For Dummies, 2nd Edition

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 ...