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Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint

What is SharePoint?

SharePoint provides a collaborative framework for managing departmental data:

  • Sites: The overarching "home" for your team or project.

  • Document Libraries: Secure locations to store, version, and co-author files.

  • Permissions: Customizable access levels to control who can view, edit, or manage content.

Need help getting started? Our SharePoint Resource Site offers specialized tools and documentation for both users and site administrators.

Request a SharePoint Site

Quick Access to SharePoint

  • SharePoint Start Dashboard

    • Log in with your full SUNY Geneseo email and password if requested.

  • Go to Microsoft Office and sign in to your work or school account.

    • In the upper left corner of the window, select the app launcher image-20240226-173516.png > All apps > SharePoint.

    • Tip: If you don't see the SharePoint app under All Apps, use the Search box near the top of the window to search for SharePoint.

  • myGeneseo at https://my.geneseo.edu using your SUNY Geneseo username and password. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Your SharePoint start page is where you can find and access SharePoint sites and portals you have access to within your organization. Think of the start page as your personal dashboard.

Go HERE for more information about your SharePoint start page.

Click or tap the Gear icon > Site contents (top right) from the site.
Subsites, Document libraries, and Lists (Calendars, Contact Lists, Wikis) are listed on the SharePoint Site contents page for easy navigation.

From your SharePoint start page, type contentclass:STS_Site into the Search in SharePoint field.

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You can then bookmark it to your browser or add it to the Featured Link section of your SharePoint start page.

 

You can follow a SharePoint in Microsoft 365 site and a link to that site will be added to the Following section of the SharePoint start page. Sites are listed in the order in which they were followed, with the most recently followed site showing up first on the list.

To follow a site

To learn how to search in SharePoint go to our Searching for Content resource page. Here you will find the different ways to search.

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