Creating a SharePoint Site

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Exploring Site Features

Each site comes with a set of features that you can enable (activate) or disable (deactivate) based on your needs. Some features come activated when you create a site while other features are deactivated. You can activate or deactivate site features for a site by using the Manage site features link in Site Settings. However, some features require other ones to be activated using the Site collection features link. Here is a list of site features available in SharePoint. Site features vary depending on your SharePoint edition.

Site Features

Site features	Description
Access App	Adds the Access web application
Announcement Tiles	Enables the use of tiles for announcements and adds the web part to the site
BICenter Data Connections Features	Adds connections to BICenter data
Class My Site Host Content	Adds class and group content to SharePoint My Site Host site collection
Class Web Types	Adds required content types to the SharePoint class web
Community Site Features	Adds community functionality such as discussion categories, content and people reputation, and the members list. It also provisions community site pages which contain these lists and features.
Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) Producer	Makes the data stored in this SharePoint collection available to application via the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) interfaces using SOAP and AtomPub.
Content Organizer	Creates metadata based rules that move content submitted to this site to the correct library or folder
Duet Enterprise - SAP Workflow	Enables the site to host SAP workflow task types
Duet Enterprise Reporting	Retrieves data from the SAP System and generates reports
Duet Enterprise Site Branding	Enables the Duet Enterprise logo to appear as the site logo
External System Events	Enables Alerts and Event Receivers on the External List and External Content Types
Following Content	Enables users to follow documents or sites
Getting Started	Creates an instance of the Promoted Links list with item about how to get started with your SharePoint site
Getting Started with Project Web App	Creates an instance of the Promoted Links list with item about how to get started with your Project Web App site
Group Work List	Provides Calendars with functionality for team and resource scheduling
Hold	Used to track external actions like litigations, investigations, or audits that require you to suspend the disposition of documents
Metadata Navigation and Filtering	Provides each list in the site with a settings page for configuring that list to use metadata tree view hierarchies and filter controls
Minimal Download Strategy	Enables a faster and more fluid web navigation for pages and sites
Mobile Browser View	Enables a mobile view for document libraries and other lists in a Team site for smartphone browsers
Offline Synchronization for External Lists	Enables offline synchronization for external lists with Outlook and SharePoint Workspace
PerformancePoint Services Site Features	Enables PerformancePoint Services list and document library templates
Project Functionality	Adds project management functionality to a site, which includes tasks, a calendar, and web parts on the home page of the site
Project Proposal Workflow	Provides a review workflow for managing project proposals
Project Web App Connectivity	Provides the lists required within a Project Site for integration with Project Web App including issues, risks, and deliverables
Project Sites Collaboration Lists	Provides the list for integration with Microsoft Project Server
Push Notifications	Enables functionality for mobile devices to get event notifications
SAP Workflow Web Parts	Enables the usage of SAP Workflow Web Parts
Search Config Data Content Types	Installs content types designed to manage search configuration
Search Config Data Site Columns	Installs columns designed to manage information about search configurations
Search Config List Instance Feature	Provides a list to enable the import and export of search configurations
Search Config Template Feature	Provides a template for the Search Config List to enable the import and export of search configurations
SharePoint Server Enterprise Site features	Enables features such as Visio Services, Access Services, Excel Services Application
SharePoint Server Publishing	Provides a Web page library to create and publish Web pages
SharePoint Server Standard Site features	Enables features such as user profiles and search
Site Feed	Enables the use of site feeds
Site Mailbox	Enables the Site Mailbox app to connect your site to an Exchange mailbox.
Site Notebook	Creates a Microsoft OneNote notebook in the Shared Documents library and places a link to it on the Quick Launch bar
Team Collaboration Lists	Provides team collaboration with lists, document libraries, and issues
Wiki Page Home Page	Creates a wiki page and sets it as your site home page
Workflow Task Content Type	Adds the SharePoint 2013 Task content type to the site
Workflows can use app permissions	Enables workflow to read from and to write to all items from the site

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