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Instructions for creating a new SharePoint site in Microsoft 365, including choosing between a Teams site and a Communication site, filling in the site details, and adding owners and members. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff who need a space to store and share content with a group.

Instructions for SharePoint permissions group owners to verify a user's or group's permissions on a specific SharePoint site using the Check Permissions tool. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff who own a SharePoint site.

Instructions for SharePoint permissions group owners to add members to and remove members from a permissions group on a SharePoint site. Covers opening the advanced permission settings, selecting a group, and sharing access with or revoking access from individuals. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff who own a SharePoint site.

Explains how a Team owner can make a folder in a Team read-only so members can view files but cannot edit, upload, or delete them. Because a Team's files are stored in a connected SharePoint site, the permission change is made in SharePoint. Applies to Bowdoin faculty and staff who own a Team.

Explains how a Team owner can limit file sharing in a Team so that only owners can create sharing links or invite others to files and folders. Because Teams files are stored in a connected SharePoint site, the change is made in the site's sharing settings. Applies to Bowdoin faculty and staff who own a Team, especially for confidential or restricted groups.

Beginner tips for storing, finding, editing, and organizing files in Microsoft Teams and SharePoint. Covers chatting and collaborating, uploading files in chats and channels, searching for files, co-authoring, recommended file settings, metadata, activity alerts, and best practices for naming, permissions, and version history. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff.

Instructions for archiving a Microsoft Team so its conversations and files become read-only, restoring an archived Team, and making specific SharePoint folders read-only when a whole Team cannot be archived. Also explains what happens to files in an archived Team and the Microsoft 365 Team expiration policy. Applies to Bowdoin Team owners and members.

An explanation of how Microsoft Teams organizes work into channels, how permissions work across teams and channels, and where files are stored in the linked SharePoint site. Covers standard, private, and shared channels, owner and member roles, the folder structure behind Teams, managing channel settings, and best practices. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff.

Instructions for syncing Microsoft Teams channel files to a computer through OneDrive so they can be managed in File Explorer on Windows or Finder on macOS, and for moving files from a local or network folder into a Teams channel. Also covers stopping a sync, fixing sync problems, and sync limits and best practices. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff.

Explains how to find a direct link to a folder or subfolder inside a Microsoft Teams channel by opening it in SharePoint and copying the browser address. These links are useful for automation, integrations, sharing, or troubleshooting. Applies to Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students using Microsoft Teams on the desktop or web.

A reference guide to the key recommendations, restrictions, and limits for storing and collaborating on files in Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive at Bowdoin. Covers Teams and channel structure, file and folder management, storage and sync limits, external sharing, retention, and Team lifecycle.

This article explains how to safely rename and move shared files in Microsoft OneDrive and Teams without breaking existing links or disrupting collaborators. It covers best practices for Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students to avoid common pitfalls when reorganizing shared content. Following these guidelines helps prevent broken links, lost access, and sync errors.

Step-by-step guide to sharing OneDrive files with specific people and using the Block Download option to prevent recipients from saving copies. Includes a full breakdown of what Block Download protects and its limitations.

How to add, apply, or change sensitivity labels for files in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneDrive, and for Teams and SharePoint sites in Microsoft 365. Covers the three Bowdoin label types, how labels affect channels and files, and troubleshooting tips.

An overview of scanning options and settings available when using a PaperCut-enabled multi-function device (MFD) on campus. Covers scan destinations (OneDrive, email, and Teams/SharePoint folders), global settings that apply to all scans, and default settings that can be adjusted at the device.