Introduction

This chapter focuses on using SharePoint to collaborate, working together to create and share documents, ideas, presentations, calendars, tasks, and so on. Central to this collaboration is the SharePoint 2010 SharePoint Team Site. Early recipes cover how to create a Team Site, add users to it, add pages, and adjust the navigation links.

The remaining recipes show how you can use a Team Site to work more effectively together. You will see how to use a Shared Calendar for important events and how to use the Discussion Board to canvass the opinions of you colleagues. Further recipes show how to share lists of Contacts, how to create and assign Tasks , and how to reuse PowerPoint 2010 slides within your team. Though the Team Site has been used for illustration, the information is these recipes can be applied to any site provided the required list or library has been added.

Throughout this chapter, the integration between SharePoint 2010 and Outlook 2010 is highlighted, illustrating how you can make effective use of SharePoint information without having to leave your familiar Office 2010 applications.