{"id":92641,"date":"2021-05-05T15:19:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=92641"},"modified":"2021-05-05T15:19:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:19:30","slug":"storage-options-for-workgroups-available-in-sharepoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/storage-options-for-workgroups-available-in-sharepoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Storage options for workgroups available in SharePoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a workgroup that needs to store documents, SharePoint offers some solutions. Creating a SharePoint site is a quick and easy way to make a document storage solution.<\/p>\n<p>To create a SharePoint site, you have two options:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/create-a-team-from-scratch-174adf5f-846b-4780-b765-de1a0a737e2b\">Create a Microsoft team<\/a>: Creating a team gives you and your workgroup a real-time collaboration space where you can create, save, share and work simultaneously on documents, posts and other group-oriented initiatives. Within each individual Team site, your workgroup gains access to things such as channels, chat, posts and files sections to make working together a seamless experience. To learn how to open your SharePoint site via Microsoft Teams, see this <a href=\"https:\/\/kb.uwm.edu\/63673\">Knowledge Base article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.uwm.edu\/76637\">Create a SharePoint site<\/a>: Creating a team site in SharePoint gives you and your workgroup a place to create, save, share and work simultaneously on documents, lists and other group-oriented initiatives. A SharePoint team site is the perfect option for a workgroup that does not require the full functionality of a Microsoft team but still desires dedicated file storage and sharing solution.<\/p>\n<p>These two types of sites are suitable for storing low\/moderate-risk data. Please see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uw-policies\/uw-system-administrative-policies\/information-security-data-classification-and-protection\/information-security-data-classification\/\">UW System Administrative Procedure 1031.A<\/a> to identify what category your data falls under. Faculty, staff and students who need to store high-risk\u00a0data\u00a0in the SharePoint environment should complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/o365\/requests\/high-risk-sharepoint-site-request\/\">High Risk\u00a0SharePoint Site Request form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More resources on SharePoint and teams sites can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kb.uwm.edu\/search.php?q=sharepoint\">UWM KnowledgeBase<\/a>, and training materials are available on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/techtraining\/online-training\/\">UWM Tech Training site<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning\/topics\/sharepoint?u=77313426\">LinkedIn Learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about this or need assistance, please contact the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/technology\/help\/\">UWM Help Desk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to create a SharePoint site for your work group&#8217;s storage needs. 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