What is a SharePoint site for?
A SharePoint site is a Web site that provides a central storage and collaboration space for documents, information, and ideas. A SharePoint site is a tool for collaboration, just like a telephone is a tool for communication, or a meeting is a tool for decision making. A SharePoint site helps groups of people (whether work teams or social groups) share information and work together. For example, a SharePoint site can help you: • Coordinate projects, calendars, and schedules. • Discuss ideas and review documents or proposals. • Share information and keep in touch with other people. SharePoint sites are dynamic and interactive — members of the site can contribute their own ideas and content as well as comment on or contribute to other people’s. They don’t have to use a complicated Web publishing process before they can post a document or make an announcement.
