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Mastering Office 365 Administration

By : Thomas Carpe, Nikkia Carter, Alara Rogers
Book Image

Mastering Office 365 Administration

By: Thomas Carpe, Nikkia Carter, Alara Rogers

Overview of this book

In today's world, every organization aims to migrate to the cloud in order to become more efficient by making full use of the latest technologies. Office 365 is your one-stop solution to making your organization reliable, scalable, and fast. This book will start with an overview of Office 365 components, and help you learn how to use the administration portal, and perform basic administration. It then goes on to cover common management tasks, such as managing users, admin roles, groups, securing Office 365, and enforcing compliance. In the next set of chapters, you will learn about topics including managing Skype for Business Online, Yammer, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams. In the final section of the book, you will learn how to carry out reporting and monitor Office 365 service health. By the end of this book, you will be able to implement enterprise-level services with Office 365 based on your organization's needs.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
10
Administering Yammer
Index

General overview of SharePoint


SharePoint is a Microsoft product based on web technology that enables organizations to create sites, portals, and intranets. On this platform, you can use the out-of-the-box (OOTB) parts and modify those parts as well as apps available through the SharePoint Store; you have the ability to make custom parts using code.

There are quite a few options available OOTB. There are lists and libraries such as:

  • Lists:
    • Tasks
    • Contacts
    • Custom list
    • Links
    • Announcements
    • Calendar
    • Issue tracking
    • Survey
    • Promoted links
    • Discussion board
  • Libraries:
    • Document library
    • Picture library
    • Form library
    • Wiki page library
    • Asset library 

These lists and libraries come with columns and views out of the box. For example, a tasks list comes with a column for the task name, priority, assigned person, status, description, and so on. You can modify the columns and/or make your own columns. You can pick from columns, such as those shown in the following screenshot:

Like columns, lists and libraries come with certain...