Chapter 6

Going Beyond Websites: SharePoint Scenarios

In This Chapter

arrow Exploring some of the features SharePoint offers beyond websites

arrow Understanding the Search feature

arrow Finding out about some of the services available in SharePoint Online

I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away, was only ten years away. And what I thought was ten years away . . . it was already here. I just wasn’t aware of it yet.

— Bruce Sterling

Finding out what people think about SharePoint is always interesting. Ten different people will often give ten different answers. One thing most people have as a common understanding is that SharePoint focuses on websites. SharePoint definitely handles websites with ease, but there is a whole lot more under the covers.

In this chapter, we explain some of the features SharePoint has beyond websites. In particular, you discover how adept SharePoint is at managing digital content and unlocking the wealth of information contained in that content through the Search feature. Search is the ability to find the digital content you are looking for when you are looking for it. In addition, you find out about the services available ...

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