SharePoint 2016 End User

Lesson 1 – Accessing and Navigating SharePoint Sites

SharePoint 2016

TOPIC B: N AVIGATE S HARE P OINT S ITES Now that you know how to access a SharePoint site you should familiarize yourself with the user interface (UI) used by SharePoint. SharePoint uses a number of site elements to allow users to navigate around the site itself, access applications that are installed, and access the content and data exposed by those applications. In this topic, you will identify the navigation elements and features of a Microsoft SharePoint team site. S HARE P OINT S ITE H IERARCHY All SharePoint sites exist in a hierarchy. The top of the hierarchy is called the top-level site. The top-level site may have many subsites, including Team Sites, Project Sites, Document Workspace Sites, and Meeting Workspace Sites. The entire top-level site and all of its subsites are called a site collection. A site collection is a logical grouping of sites, such as a set of SharePoint sites for the finance department. A site collection has the same owner, administrative settings, security, navigation, and content structures. The permissions and navigation of the top-level site are often inherited by subsites but can also be managed independently. Site collections make administration easier. Administrators plan and implement site collections, top-level sites, and subsites carefully to provide the collaboration and management required by an organization.

Figure 1 – 2: SharePoint site hierarchy.

S HARE P OINT T EAM S ITES SharePoint team sites are a type of SharePoint site created using the Team Site template. Team sites are intended to facilitate communication and information sharing between team members. A team site can have subsites to accommodate different departments or working groups within a team. A team site has basic elements, such as a title and navigation tools, and will have a mix of SharePoint apps to accommodate team functions and responsibilities such as document sharing, social network interaction, calendars, and so forth. A team site may exist at the top- level of a SharePoint site, or may be a subsite of a top-level site.

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