SharePoint Server 2013 Help

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Popular SharePoint Server 2013 topics

Get started with SharePoint

Troubleshooting issues in SharePoint

Not getting the search results you're looking for in SharePoint?

SharePoint 2013 Training

Edit permissions for a list or library

Manage large lists and libraries in SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016

Create a folder in a document library

Get started or troubleshoot SharePoint and OneDrive

Get started

• Get started with SharePoint

• OneDrive training

• SharePoint training

Troubleshoot problems

• Troubleshooting issues in SharePoint

• Fix problems opening documents in SharePoint libraries

• Types of files that cannot be added to a list or library

• View diagnostic logs in SharePoint 2013

• Fix OneDrive for Business sync problems

What's new and what's discontinued

• What's new in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013

• Discontinued features and modified functionality in Microsoft SharePoint 2013

Create or manage SharePoint sites

Plan and create sites or subsites

• Introduction to sites, workspaces, and pages

• Using templates to create different kinds of SharePoint sites

• Create a new subsite in a different language

Create, delete, or customize team sites

• Best practices for creating and managing team sites

• Use a template to create a team site

• Delete a team site

• Customize your team site

• Customize the navigation on your team site

Manage site collections

• Enable or disable site collection features

• Manage the Recycle Bin of a SharePoint site

• Upgrade a site collection

• Configure audit settings for a site collection

• Manage site collections and global settings in the SharePoint admin center

Manage sites and subsites

• Introduction to multilingual features

• Change regional settings for a site

• Choose the languages you want to make available for a site's user interface

• Create a new subsite in a different language

• Delete a site, team site, or subsite in Office 365

Monitor and maintain sites

• Configure audit settings for a site collection

• View audit log reports

• Overview of monitoring in SharePoint 2013

Plan and create a project site

• Get started with a project site

• Create a project site

Enable mobile users

• Create device channels in SharePoint 2013

• Configure a SharePoint site for mobile devices

• Use a mobile device to work with SharePoint Online sites

Accessibility

• Accessibility features in SharePoint products

• Keyboard shortcuts for SharePoint products

Lists, libraries, surveys, and content

Creating and using lists and libraries

• Training: Introduction to document libraries

• Introduction to libraries

• Introduction to lists

• Training: Start using a list

• Training: Create and set up a list

• Create a list in SharePoint

• Delete a list in SharePoint

• Add, move, minimize, or delete a Web Part from a page

Create files and folders in a list or library

• Upload, create, or delete files in a library

• Create a folder in a document library

• Delete a file, folder, or link from a SharePoint document library

• Create a folder in a list

• Delete a folder in a list

• Add, edit, or delete list items

• Types of files that cannot be added to a list or library

Add, edit, and use columns

• Training: Create and set up a list / Add a column to a list or library

• Create a column in a list or library

• Create and update an external data column in a list or library

Add, edit, and use views

• Video: Create a personal view of a list or library

• Training: Create and set up a list / Create and edit public views of a list or library

• Create, change, or delete a view of a list or library

• Use the List View Web Part

Versioning, check-in and check-out

• Enable and configure versioning for a list or library

• How does versioning work in a list or library?

• View, restore, or delete a previous version of a file or item

• Set up a library to require check-out of files

• Check out, check in, or discard changes to files in a library

• Upload files to a library

Add images, audio, or video to a page or Asset Library

• Set up an Asset Library to store image, audio, or video files

• Add video or audio to a page

• Upload video, audio, or pictures to an Asset Library

Create and use content types

• Introduction to content types and content type publishing

• Create or customize a content type

• Turn on support for multiple content types in a list or library

• Publish a content type from a content publishing hub

• Add publishing columns to content types, lists, or libraries

Work with external data

• Introduction to external data

• Create an external list

• Differences between native and external lists

• Create and update an external data column in a list or library

• Use the Business Data Web Parts

• Use an external list with Visio

• Use external data with Access

• Connect an external list to Outlook

Create and edit surveys

• Create a survey

• Add branching logic to a survey

• Change an existing survey

Sync files and folders in document libraries

• Restrictions and limitations when you sync SharePoint libraries to your computer through OneDrive for Business

• Update the OneDrive for Business sync app

• Set up your computer to sync SharePoint files or OneDrive for Business files when you're not using Office 365

Search for data and documents

Search your data

• Search tips

• Configure a Content Search Web Part in SharePoint

eDiscovery for your content

• Video: Learn about eDiscovery in Office 365

• Plan and manage eDiscovery cases

• Place content sources on hold and add content to an eDiscovery case

• Create and run eDiscovery queries

• Searching and using keywords in eDiscovery

• Export eDiscovery content and create reports

Use managed metadata and terms for easier searching

• Introduction to managed metadata

• Set up a new term set

• Create and manage terms in a term set

• Set up metadata navigation for a list or library

• Create a managed metadata column

Set permissions, share files and co-author documents

Plan, create, and edit permissions

• Understanding permission levels in SharePoint

• Plan your permissions strategy

• What is permissions inheritance?

• Understanding SharePoint groups

• Default SharePoint groups in SharePoint Server

• How to create and edit Permission Levels

• Edit permissions for a list, library, or individual item

• Set up and manage access requests

Share files, documents, and ideas

• Share ideas, sites, and content

• Share documents or folders in OneDrive for Business

• Schedule events and milestones with a calendar

• Share sites or documents with people outside your organization

Use co-authoring for better collaboration

• Document collaboration and co-authoring

• Share your document in Word 2016 for Windows

• Share a document using SharePoint or OneDrive

Communities, blogs, wikis, feeds, and alerts

Communicate with blogs and wikis

• Create and edit a wiki

• Training: Create and manage a blog to share information

Join or create a community

• Create a community

• Moderate a community

• Join a community

• Create a community portal

• Join a discussion

Create Alerts and feeds to track your content

• Create an alert or subscribe to an RSS feed

• Manage, view, or delete SharePoint alerts

Manage and automate processes with workflows

Automate processes with workflows

• About the workflows included with SharePoint

• All about Approval workflows

• All about Collect Feedback workflows

• All about Collect Signatures workflows

• Complete a workflow task

• Use a Three-state workflow

• Work with a publishing approval workflow

• Require approval of items in a site list or library

Manage approval workflow and publishing sites

• Work with a publishing approval workflow

• About publishing-enabled site templates

• Enable publishing features

Organize records, documents, and catalogs

Organizing lists and libraries

• Manage lists and libraries with many items

• Add a ratings feature to your library

• Send an email or copy the link of a library file or list item

• Organize documents and sites in Office 365

Use Document Sets and IDs

• Introduction to Document Sets

• Activate and configure Document IDs in a site collection

Store and manage records

• Choose how to store and manage records

• Configuring in place records management

• Implement Records Management

• Create a Records Center

Activate and use cross-site publishing to enable library or lists as catalogs

• Activate the Cross-Site Publishing feature in SharePoint

• Overview of cross-site publishing in SharePoint Server 2013

Use Excel Services and Power Pivot

Excel Services

• Business intelligence capabilities in Excel Services

• Create reports, scorecards, and dashboards by using Excel Services

• Use the Business Data Web Parts

Advanced data modeling with Power Pivot

• Get started with Power Pivot for Excel 2013

• Power View and Power Pivot videos

• Upgrade Power Pivot Data Models to Excel 2013 or Excel 2016

• How Power Query and Power Pivot work together

Add, buy, and manage apps

• Buy an app from the SharePoint Store

• Add an app to a site

• Remove an app from a site

• Add an App Part to a page

• Manage app licenses

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Updated April 20, 2017 thanks to customer feedback.

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