SharePoint Online 2013 Site Assets - Lists, Libraries and Apps - 3 of 3

In these blog posts I wanted to explain and talk about OOTB (Out Of The Box) SharePoint Site Assets as Site Collection Features, Site Features, default Lists, Libraries and Apps. This is the third and last blog post of series of three. In the first blog post I have explained the default Site Collection Features come as activated in SharePoint 2013 Online. In the second blog post I went over default Site Features activated per each site template. These features represents a modular customization files either located at the server-side or at the file system. These features can be activated or deactivated by a site collection administrator or a person who has elevated permissions such as full control or design.

In this particular blog post I will give you a list of the default Lists, Libraries, Installed Apps and available Apps for each Site Template. When I was preparing this list I used three terms to describe the status for a specific App. these are:

1. Ready: This denotes that the particular App is installed and ready to use when a new site created using the specified Site Template.
2. Available: This denotes that the particular App is ready to be added/ or created in this particular Site Template however it is not installed and not ready to use. All you have to do is to add a new App to use this particular App.
3. N/A: This denotes that the particular App is not available in this Site Template. If you need to use this particular App in the selected Site Template you need to create it from scratch or you need to chose a different Site Template.

The following image is the list of default Lists, Libraries activated and available for each Site Template. Please click the following image for larger size.

If you would like to obtain the excel file used to create this list and the lists mentioned in my other posts, please feel free to send me a note so I'll be happy to share it with you.

I hope this helps.
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SharePoint Online 2013 Site Assets - Site Features - 2 of 3

In these blog posts I wanted to explain and talk about OOTB (Out Of The Box) SharePoint Site Assets as Site Collection Features, Site Features, default Lists, Libraries and Apps. This is the second blog post of series of three. In the first blog post I have explained the default Site Collection Features come as activated in SharePoint 2013 Online.

In my next blog post I will give you a list of the default Lists, Libraries, Installed Apps and available Apps per each site template.

In this particular post I would like to go over default Site Features activated per each site template. These features represents a modular customization files either located at the server-side or at the file system. These features can be activated or deactivated by a site collection administrator or a person who has elevated permissions such as full control or design.

The following image is the list of default Site Features activated and available for each Site Template. Please click the following image for larger size.

At this point I also would like to give you a list of all Site Collection Features, their description and their related features or services. You can also find this table at Microsoft's web site: http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/sharepoint-server-help/activate-features-for-sites-HA102772224.aspx?CTT=1

Site Feature	Description
Access app	Adds the Access web application
Automatic Mobile Browser Redirection	Automatically redirects the requests from supported mobile browsers to default mobile pages. Refer to configuration files for supported mobile browsers. Non-collaborative sites relying on branded Publishing pages typically do not make use of this feature.
BICenter Data Connections Feature
Class My Site Host Content	Adds class and group content to the My Site Host site collection
Class Web Types	Adds required content types to the SharePoint class web.
Community Site Feature	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	Make the data stored in this SharePoint site collection available to application via the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) interfaces using SOAP and AtomPub.
Content Organizer	Create metadata based rules that move content submitted to this site to the correct library or folder.
Discover Project Sites
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. You can also create and save report settings to generate reports according to your personal preferences.
Duet Enterprise Site Branding	Enables the Duet Enterprise logo 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 items about how to get started with your SharePoint site.
Getting Started with Project Web App	Creates an instance of the Promoted Links list with items about how to get started with your Project Web App site.
Group Work Lists	Provides Calendars with added 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 to improve navigation and filtering of the contained items.
Minimal Download Strategy	A technique that enables faster and more fluid web navigation experience, in pages and site templates that support it, by downloading and rendering only those portions of a page that are changing.
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	Features enabling the PerformancePoint Services list and document library templates.
Project Functionality	This feature adds project management functionality to a site. It 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 lists required within a Project Site for integration with Microsoft Project Server including Project Documents, Project Issues, Project Risks, and Project Deliverables.
Push Notifications	Enables platform functionality that will allow mobile devices to subscribe to notifications for events that happen on this SharePoint site.
SAP Workflow Web Parts	Enables the usage of SAP Workflow Web Parts.
SharePoint Server Enterprise Site features	Features such as Visio Services, Access Services, and Excel Services Application, included in the SharePoint Server Enterprise License.
SharePoint Server Publishing	Create a Web page library as well as supporting libraries to create and publish pages based on page layouts.
SharePoint Server Standard Site Features	Features such as user profiles and search, included in the SharePoint Server Standard License.
Search Config Data Content Types	Install content types designed to manage search configuration.
Search Config Data Site Columns	Install columns designed to manage information about search configurations.
Search Config List Instance Features	Provisions a list to enable the import and export of Search Configurations.
Search Config Template Feature
Site Feed	Enables the use of site feeds.
Site Mailbox	The Site Mailbox app helps you keep email and documents close together by connecting to your site to an Exchange mailbox. You can then view your email on SharePoint, and view site documents in Outlook.
Site Notebook	Creates a Microsoft OneNote notebook in the Shared Documents library and places a link to it on the Quick Launch.
Team Collaboration Lists	Provides team collaboration capabilities for a site by making standard lists, such as document libraries and issues, available.
Team Mailbox	Set up a shared mailbox for your team and access it from this site as well as from Outlook.
Wiki Page Home Page	This site feature will create a wiki page and set 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 workflows to read from and to write to all items from the site.

If you would like to obtain the excel file used to create this list and the lists mentioned in my other posts, please feel free to send me a note so I'll be happy to share it with you.

SharePoint Online 2013 Site Assets - Site Collection Features - 1 of 3

Once you start working with SharePoint, you start creating sites, enabling features and adding some site contents based on the templates. By default each site template comes with a pre-defined set of site features as well as site contents as lists and libraries.

If you don't want what is in the default Site Template, you probably are going to try a few different Site Template based on the description provided by Microsoft SharePoint team. After giving a try to couple of them then you'll probably give up and create either a "Team Site" to customize or start with a "Blank Site" and add whichever content you'd like.

However knowing which site templates comes with what components, I believe will make your lives easier because even "Blank Site" template has some limitations and for most of the cases a "Team Site" template is not a preferred way to start.

I took the liberty and created an inventory, as you will find for the all default OOTB (Out Of The Box) site templates and their associated "Site Collection Features", "Site Features" and default Lists and Libraries along with available "Apps" to each one of them.

I have compiled them in three blog posts. These are:

1. Site Collection Features
2. Site Features
3. Lists, Libraries and Apps

In this blog post - first one of the series of three, I would like to show you the Site Collection Features come activated for each  Site Template. Please click the following image for larger size.

At this point I also would like to give you a list of all Site Collection Features, their description and their related features or services. You can also find this table at Microsoft's web site: http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/office365-sharepoint-online-enterprise-help/enable-or-disable-site-collection-features-HA102772720.aspx

Feature Name	Description	Related feature or service
Aggregated Business Calendar	Displays multiple business calendars in an overlay alongside Exchange and SharePoint calendars.	None
Content Type Syndication Hub	Specifies an existing site as the Enterprise Metadata Hub and adds functionality to the site that is implemented through the Enterprise Metadata Shared Services Application.	None
Cross-Farm Site Permissions	Allows internal SharePoint applications to access websites across farms.	None
Custom Site Collection Help	Creates a Help library that can be used to store custom help for a site collection.	None
Disposition Approval Workflow	Manages document expiration and retention by allowing users to decide whether to retain or delete expired documents.	Workflow feature
Document ID Service	Assigns unique, readable document IDs to documents in the site collection which can be used to retrieve items independent of their current location and helps manage and track information.	Enables the Document ID Web Part
Document Sets	Provides the content types required for creating and using Document Sets which can be used to manage multiple documents as a single entity. Each Document Set has its own version history, workflow, and shared metadata while each content item retains its own specific version history, workflow, and metadata.	None
Duet End User Help Collection	Enables the Duet End User Help Collection.	None
Duet Enterprise Reports Content Types	Defines the fields and content types that will be used by Duet Enterprise Reports.	None
In Place Records Management	Enables the definition and declaration of records in-place. Instead of managing records in an archive, you can use in-place records management to manage records in the same document repository as active documents. When you declare that a document is a record, it remains in the same location, but it is managed as a record. You can decide what actions cause an active document to become a record, restrict who can perform records-related operations, restrict what actions users can perform on records, and specify a retention policy for active documents.	None
Library and Folder Based Retention	Allows list administrators to override content type retention schedules and set schedules on lists, libraries, and folders	None
Limited-access user permission lockdown mode	When enabled, permissions for users with “limited access” permissions, such as Anonymous Users, are reduced, preventing access to Application pages including item properties or list views. Additionally, if a document, folder, or library has unique permissions, those users will not be able to:
	Use the drag and drop feature to upload documents
	Browse to the affected folder
	Use the Shared with feature
	Open documents in the Office client
	Some callout features on documents and folders will not render as expected.
Open Documents in Client Applications by Default	Configures links to documents so they open in client applications instead of in the browser by default.	None
Project Server Approval Content Type	Used by the Project Server Approval workflow.	Microsoft Project Server 2013
Project Web App Ribbon	Enables the ribbon controls for Project Web App pages.	Microsoft Project Server 2013
		Project Application Service
Project Web App Settings	Project Web App Project Management (PMO) settings.	Microsoft Project Server 2013
		Project Application Service
Publishing Approval Workflow	Routes a page for approval. Approvers can approve or reject the page, reassign the approval task, or request changes to the page. This workflow can be edited in SharePoint Designer.	None
Reporting	Creates reports about information collected in SharePoint Online.	None
Reports and Data Search Support	Provides content types, site columns, and library templates required to support Reports and Data Search in the Enterprise Search Center.	None
Sample Proposal	Adds the sample workflow for Project Server.	Microsoft Project Server 2013
		Project Application Service
Search Engine Sitemap	Automatically generating a search engine sitemap containing all valid URLs in a SharePoint website on a recurring basis which can be used to improve search engine optimization.	Anonymous access must be enabled
Search Server Web Parts and Templates	Enables the following Search Server Web Parts:	See Web Part List
	Advanced Search Box
	Dual Chinese Search
	People Refinement Panel
	People Search Box
	People Search Core Results
	Related Queries
	Refinement Panel
	Search Action Links
	Search Best Bets
	Search Statistics
	Federated Results
	Top Federated Results
SharePoint 2007 Workflows	Enables an aggregated set of out-of-box workflow features provide by SharePoint 2007.	None
SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection features	Enables the following services:	Applies only to the SharePoint Server Enterprise License
	InfoPath Forms Services
	Visio Services
	Access Services
	Excel Services
SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure	Enables a set of Web Content Management functionality such as Team Sites and Public-facing websites. This includes centralized libraries, content types, master pages, and page layouts. Enables page scheduling and other publishing functionality for a site collection.	None
SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection features	Enables the following services:	Applies only to the SharePoint Server Standard License
	User Profile Service
	Search Service
Site Policy	Allows site collection administrators to define retention schedules that apply to a site and all of its content.	None
Three-state workflow	Enables the workflow that is used to track items in a list.	None
Video and Rich Media	Provides libraries, content types, and Web Parts for storing, managing, and viewing rich media assets like images, sound clips, and videos.	None
Workflows	Enables an aggregated set of out-of-box workflow features.	None

In the second blog post of the series of three you will find the default Site Features activated by each Site Template.
 

SharePoint 2010 Out Of The Box Themes

Everytime when I am creating a SharePoint site I usually start with an Out Of The Box theme. When I am chosing a theme I always go in and out of the themes one at the time and I can't see all the themes in one screen and compare, pick, and chose.

The process of chosing the right "look and feel" feels a bit frustrating and time consuming. I always though that, there must be a page which displays all the themes. I took the time to put all the themes in one page.

Here they are:
 

Azure

Berry

Bittersweet

Cay

Classic 

Construct

Convention

Felt 

Graham

Grapello

Laminate 

Mission 

Modern Rose

Municipal 

Pinnate 

Ricasso 

Summer

Vantage

Viewpoint 

Yoshi