SharePoint Tutorial for Beginners

Most of the articles I write on my blog focus on the specific, technical issues and how-tos of SharePoint and its many capabilities. However, I often get frequent requests from my loyal followers who are new to SharePoint and are looking for some basic guidance, guidelines, and best practices when it comes to starting to use SharePoint. So what I thought I would do today is provide some basic but super important best practices on how to properly get started with SharePoint Online.

• Step 1: Understand the high-level capabilities of SharePoint
• Step 2: Understand the difference between SharePoint and OneDrive
• Step 3: Familiarize yourself with the concept of sites and document libraries
• Step 4: Familiarize yourself with the concept of sites and pages
• Step 5: Understand how SharePoint security works
• Step 6: Get familiar with the concept of Microsoft 365 Group
• Step 7: Understand the interaction between SharePoint and Teams
• Step 8: Get familiar with external sharing features
• Step 9: Get familiar with the concept of metadata
• Step 10: Don’t skip training

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