Advanced Microsoft® Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out

Creating and Using Shared Workspaces with Windows SharePoint Services

After you sign in to WSS, you can go in several directions.

1. Jump into a document library to grab the content you need

2. Add content to an existing library

3. Navigate to a project workspace to check task lists, schedules, and agenda items

4. Create or edit your own site or workspace

Note

Keep in mind that WSS provides administrators a great deal of flexibility to assign and limit rights. So, you might have rights to add and edit pages or even create new workspaces on one site, but just read-only access to documents on another.

Understanding the Workspace

A WSS shared workspace (such as the example shown in Figure 3-1) can consist of any combination of document libraries, lists (such as calendars, ...