SharePoint 2016 For Dummies

Chapter 17

Taking SharePoint Mobile

IN THIS CHAPTER

Understanding how SharePoint works with mobile devices

Making views mobile in a SharePoint app

Viewing Microsoft Office documents on a mobile device

Mobile devices quickly took the world by storm. We have grown so attached to our smartphones that we can barely remember what it was to not have it with us. We check email, text, browse the web, view status updates, and generally stay connected whenever and wherever we choose. We no longer get that nagging feeling that we need to remember to do something when we get back to the office. When something comes up, we deal with it and then carry on with what we were doing. And of course, there are always those times when we choose to just turn off our smartphones and revert to the past.

In this chapter, you explore the mobile aspects of SharePoint. SharePoint 2016 has been particularly designed to work with mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. You see how to create special views in your apps for mobile devices and how to target channels toward specific devices such as a tablet or smartphone. This chapter also shows you how to push content to devices and set items in lists with location information. Finally, you see how you can view Office documents such as Word, Excel, OneNote, and PowerPoint on your mobile device.

Viewing SharePoint on a Mobile Device

Every SharePoint site has the ability to be viewed by a mobile device. A SharePoint feature called Mobile Browser View ...