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Sharing Documents Using SharePoint Team Services

After you have documents stored on a team site, you (and other members of the team site) can download and check out the documents for sharing purposes. Checking out a document is much like reserving a book at the library. You're marking the document as available only for you. Others can still view and edit the document; however, they will be working with the original copy of the document, rather than the checked-out copy. The following example illustrates the process of checking out and checking in a document.

Laura is the author of a Network Infrastructure Upgrade Agenda document. After creating the document, she uploads it to the local team site for viewing by all the members of her team. Two ...