Types of Sites
SharePoint comes with a set of templates that you can use create web sites right out of the box and many more are available as downloads or from third-party vendors. Before we tackle those templates, however, it helps to sort them into a few main types:
Publishing sites present corporate communications (newsletters, press releases, events, holidays, announcements, etc.) through one or more web pages. This category also includes communication managed by employees through blogs and wikis which may or may not fit in your corporate culture.
Document control manages version and change control for standard forms such as NDAs, vacation requests, etc. This category also includes repositories for executed agreements which can be scanned in as PDFs.
Workflow applications encompass any multi-step task that follows a defined process. A common workflow example is Issue Tracking, where a problem is reported, assigned to a team member, resolved, the resolution approved, and then published to a knowledge base for future reference.
Dashboards are a type of management application where related tasks and reports are centralized for easy access.
Extranet portals provide a contact point between your business, customers, and partners. You can use these to provide external access to your corporate information in a limited and secure way.
Combinations of these types are common and when we talk about an application type we’re really identifying its primary purpose, not its sole use. Table organizes the built-in SharePoint templates by the type of site.
Table 1-1. Built-in site and list templates.
Publishing sites present corporate communications (newsletters, press releases, events, holidays, announcements, etc.) through one or more web pages. This category also includes communication managed by employees through blogs and wikis which may or may not fit in your corporate culture.
Document control manages version and change control for standard forms such as NDAs, vacation requests, etc. This category also includes repositories for executed agreements which can be scanned in as PDFs.
Workflow applications encompass any multi-step task that follows a defined process. A common workflow example is Issue Tracking, where a problem is reported, assigned to a team member, resolved, the resolution approved, and then published to a knowledge base for future reference.
Dashboards are a type of management application where related tasks and reports are centralized for easy access.
Extranet portals provide a contact point between your business, customers, and partners. You can use these to provide external access to your corporate information in a limited and secure way.
Combinations of these types are common and when we talk about an application type we’re really identifying its primary purpose, not its sole use. Table organizes the built-in SharePoint templates by the type of site.
Table 1-1. Built-in site and list templates.
* These templates are only available in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS).
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