Using Microsoft SharePoint 2013 - A Comprehensive Guide

Navigate SharePoint sites to locate content and people, access your my site via URL or hyperlink, personalize your site, update your profile, follow others, and view tasks and status updates.

Explore how SharePoint URLs encode site structure from protocol and domain to folders and subsites, and learn how the security trimmed interface and read-only permissions determine what you can see.

Explore how SharePoint 2013 personal sites, or my sites, let you store documents and profile information, customize newsfeeds, and follow colleagues, with access depending on edition and permissions.

Master navigating SharePoint by accessing the URL or hyperlink, distinguishing private from public sites, and recognizing core elements like the name menu, settings, search, and the quicklaunch bar.

Navigate SharePoint 2013 with the ribbon interface and hyperlink-driven navigation. Use the quick launch bar and site contents to access calendars, lists, and libraries.

Discover how to use the built-in SharePoint search to find people and content across sites, using keywords, metadata, and file content, with tips for narrowing results and understanding indexing delays.

Update and optimize your SharePoint profile by editing basics, contact details, and skills, setting language, time zone, and visibility, and saving changes for discoverability across the organization.

Follow people, documents, and sites in SharePoint to stay updated through your news feed on my site, and learn how to follow multiple people with ease.

Learn to view and post non-automated status updates in SharePoint 2013 via the news feed on your my site, upload pictures, and follow colleagues to see their statuses.

Learn how SharePoint 2013 aggregates tasks from Outlook, Project, and other lists into your my tasks page. Personalize views and configure settings to track assignments efficiently.

Master how SharePoint uses lists and libraries, including columns and views, to store, sort, filter, and recover data, with features like quick edit, timeline view for tasks, and alerts.

Compare lists and libraries, noting that lists are data with columns while libraries require an associated file, and monitor changes with RSS feeds, alerts, and a 30-day recycle bin.

Explore how SharePoint 2013 uses lists to organize data for collaboration across organizations. Create, view, and edit items via forms, ribbons, and the open menu, with security trimmed interface.

Learn how to subscribe to RSS feeds and create targeted alerts in SharePoint 2013, directing updates to email or text and tailoring what triggers notifications.

Learn how sorting and filtering in SharePoint 2013 transform data into information via ad hoc column dropdowns, with ascending/descending orders and easy filter removal.

Explore how SharePoint views transform data into information by structuring lists with calendars, Gantt charts, and mobile-friendly defaults, while managing public, personal, and default views.

Have your site administrator enable the timeline view in SharePoint 2013 to visualize date-based tasks on a continuum, with selective additions via the task tab.

Discover how quick edit view in SharePoint 2013 replaces the datasheet, enabling bulk edits and easy copy-paste, with Access integration for data synchronization.

Export SharePoint lists to Excel with a few clicks, preserving a data connection for analysis, pivoting, and charting, and learn how Excel and Access can enhance data workflows.

Discover how SharePoint's recycle bin stores deleted items and restores them to their original lists or libraries, and learn the 30-day retention window and admin recovery.

Explore SharePoint 2013 special list types—discussions, wikis, surveys, and blogs—and learn wiki syntax with double brackets for fast linking and on-the-fly page creation.

Explore how SharePoint 2013 supports blogs, wikis, logs, and surveys, including posting, organizing content with categories, managing comments, and collecting structured feedback.

Learn how to participate in SharePoint 2013 discussions. Create topics with clear subjects, post replies, follow threads, and monitor conversations using Outlook integration.

Learn to contribute to wikis in SharePoint 2013 by editing pages, using wiki syntax, inserting links and multimedia, and collaborating with teams through clear, publish-ready content.

Explore how to submit SharePoint 2013 surveys, view results through overview, all responses, and graphical summaries, and manage permissions, fields, and survey settings.

Learn to create and manage blogs in SharePoint, including posts, comments, and categories, using built-in tools or Word integration, and publish to a blog site.

Discover how SharePoint libraries differ from lists, upload and manage files with metadata and properties, and explore document, picture, slide, form, and asset libraries.

Explain how SharePoint libraries use versioning, check in/out, and content approval to preserve history, manage access, and publish major and minor versions.

Learn to manage SharePoint libraries, including document, picture, slide, and asset libraries, using metadata, columns, and attachments, then upload files via three methods and edit properties.

Explore how a picture library in SharePoint 2013 centralizes corporate images with thumbnails and image-specific properties. Upload, view, download, and integrate with SkyDrive via Office apps for branding consistency.

Learn how to use slide libraries in SharePoint to upload, publish, and reuse individual slides, keep presentations consistent, and track changes across teams.

Reuse slides from a slide library in SharePoint 2013 PowerPoint, choose paste link for dynamic updates when slides change, and copy slides to new or existing presentations.

Create a new Word document in a SharePoint 2013 library, save it to the library via Word web apps or the desktop app, and fill in document properties.

Explore how SharePoint 2013 media handling works via asset libraries, including uploading videos, editing properties, customizing thumbnails, handling renditions, and configuring embed and download links.

Learn how SharePoint 2013 and Microsoft Office integrate by linking libraries to Office, enabling backstage saving, and accessing SharePoint sites folders for easier document work and Outlook alerts.

Link SharePoint libraries and lists to Office and Outlook to view and edit calendars from within Outlook, creating a seamless, integrated workflow across SharePoint and Office tools.

Learn how to manage documents in SharePoint 2013 using check in and check out, versioning with major and minor drafts, and content approval to control visibility and edits.

Explore how to manage documents in SharePoint libraries using check in/out, versioning, and content approval, including viewing history, restoring versions, and handling permissions.

Take SharePoint content offline by syncing libraries to SkyDrive Pro, enabling private or shared access within your organization, and manage sharing with emails, permissions, and sign-in options.

Learn how SkyDrive Pro integrates with SharePoint 2013 to synchronize libraries, enabling offline and online access via Windows Explorer, with permissions, sharing, and centralized storage.

Learn SharePoint security basics, including permissions, three levels of access, and group-based inheritance using Active Directory groups to protect business information.

Apply and manage 33 permissions organized into list, site, and personal categories, create permission levels, and control and break inheritance down to items, with admins or site collection admins.

Review and manage permissions in SharePoint by checking permissions, applying permission levels, and sharing content from site settings, including understanding default levels like full control, design, and contribute.

Explore how SharePoint 2013 integrates social networking and social computing tools, including tags, ratings, profiles, and notifications, to boost collaboration, information organization, and workplace insights.

Explore SharePoint 2013's integrated social networking features, posts, notes, tags, likes, and a centralized news feed, plus community sites and badges that encourage participation.

Explore how SharePoint 2013 leverages ratings, likes, tagging, notes, and following to surface valuable content, organize with metadata, and consolidate activity in the news feed.

Discover how SharePoint 2013's social networking features help you connect with colleagues through profiles, mentions, and following, and learn about skills, groups, and organizational connections via person cards.

Explore how SharePoint 2013 supports collaboration, content management, and information retrieval through sites, libraries, and integrated search, with emphasis on permissions, document management, and my site.