Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Chapter 32: Understanding Windows SharePoint Services .......................................................

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FIGURE 32.1

A typical SharePoint top-level page

Navigation menus Search controls

Work area

SharePoint data is stored and displayed as lists, which are conceptually equivalent to database

tables. SharePoint lists store and display all manner of data, including messages, documents, files,

images, and threaded conversations. SharePoint lists are displayed as pages, with navigation aids

along the top and left side of the list (see Figure 32.2).

A SharePoint site is a logical grouping of pages and subsites. Each SharePoint site consists of a

number of pages, each of which implements some type of SharePoint list or other object. In Figure

32.2, a phone number list occupies the page’s work area. Just above the list is a navigation “bread-

crumb trail,” a common Web page navigation aid.

As with any other Web site, a SharePoint user has no direct interaction with the SharePoint Server

that delivers the page content to her computer. The SharePoint site, or an individual page within

the site, is accessible through a URL that the user types into her Web browser’s address box.