Summary

Alerts are a key feature of SharePoint because they push information pertaining to changes in a list or library or to a specific document to users who request to be updated. Although this takes some time on the part of the user as each alert needs to be created by the user, it allows the user to fine-tune the type and frequency of the alerts. Document versioning is another powerful featureit not only keeps older versions of documents, but it tracks who made the changes and allows users to add comments if the documents were properly checked out before editing. Document versioning is especially handy because it takes place behind the scenes, so a user accessing the document library sees the latest version of the document in the library, but can access the older versions if needed.