Reviewing the Default Sharepoint Intranet

When Sharepoint Services has been installed, it will set up a default site for you to use straight away. The site consists of a series of areas - called Lists - for document storage, calendar, to-do lists and more. Lists are the basic building block of Sharepoint Services so we'll be looking at them in detail later.
Let's explore the areas and get to know the site.
Click on the small graphic below to show the default intranet site.

Click on the small graphic below to show the default intranet site.

Notice the site is very well presented - it's a fully fledged intranet - right out of the box.
Let's look at some of the features. We'll start from a high level review and drill down.

The helicopter view of the Site

Over on the left side, there's a "Quick Launch" Section. This is a shortcut panel to all the lists that Sharepoint Services Builds. For the default site these are

• An Announcement Page
• An Events Diary
• A Document management area
• A Contacts list
• A Task list
• A Discussion group
• A List for Web Links

In the next section we'll have a look at the Announcement Page as a sample of the power of the Sharepoint Services solution.