Creating a document library

A library is a secure place in SharePoint where you can upload, create, edit, and manage files for online sharing and collaboration with your team. Just like lists, each library comes with key built-in columns that automatically store default information about each file, such as who created the file and when, and who last modified it and when. You can always add your own columns to the library, just as you would for a list. Each SharePoint site ships with one or more libraries to enable you to store files within the site. Libraries can be of different types. A document library is the most used type of library. As the name suggests, it is used to store, manage, and share documents. The Site pages library is used to store and manage pages and news items. The Inbuilt list and library templates topic of the Creating a list using a built-in list template recipe in Chapter 4, Lists and Libraries in SharePoint Online, provides a list of all the inbuilt templates...