Chapter 4

Discovering SharePoint in Your Pocket

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Installing the SharePoint Mobile App

Bullet Finding your way around the SharePoint Mobile App

Bullet Getting familiar with the features available

Over the years, SharePoint has become the dominant product for company intranet sites. Remember, an intranet site is a website for only your organization and includes things like human resources information, company policies, time entry, and so on. Microsoft recognized that more and more people are using mobile devices; thus, it created a SharePoint Mobile App. Think of the SharePoint Mobile App as SharePoint running on your mobile phone. Microsoft likes to claim that the app provides your organization’s intranet right in your pocket.

In this chapter, you get the SharePoint Mobile App installed and learn how to use the app, including how to navigate and access some of the most common elements of SharePoint.

Installing the SharePoint Mobile App

Before diving into the functionality of the SharePoint Mobile App, you first need to install it on your smartphone and/or device.

Installing on iOS

To install the SharePoint Mobile App on your iPhone or iPad:

  1. Open the Apple App Store on your ...

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