Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Advanced Settings Examined from a Library Design Standpoint

The Advanced Settings link on the Document Library Settings page reveals additional tools of interest to the architect or administrator. In fact, these settings are so fundamental to the overall functionality of the document library that time should be spent reviewing these options and the pros and cons to the organization during the design and testing phases.

For example, the decision of whether to Allow Management of Content Types can have wide-reaching impact on the complexity of the environment and amount of training required for users and administrators of the libraries. The ability to edit the template used by the document library may lead the architects to choose to create document ...