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The Learning Library
The best SharePoint and OneDrive learning materials on the web, gathered in one place so you don't have to hunt. Each entry tells you what it covers and roughly how long it takes, so you can pick what fits — a two-minute video over coffee or a full course on a quiet afternoon.
Level One
Getting started
Video · Microsoft Helps · ~2 minutes
How to use SharePoint (official Microsoft overview)
Microsoft's own quick tour of SharePoint: what it's for, what the start page shows you, and how to find your team's sites and files. The ideal very first watch — short enough for a coffee break, and everything on screen matches what you'll see at Carolina Meadows.
Microsoft Support · Video training hub
SharePoint video training
Microsoft's official self-paced video course, broken into bite-size chapters: getting started, sharing and syncing, collaborating in libraries, and more. Work through it in order or jump straight to the chapter you need. Free, official, and always current.
Microsoft Support · Video · ~2 minutes
Introduction to document libraries
The single concept at the heart of the migration — the document library — explained in two minutes with Microsoft's official visuals. If “library” still sounds abstract, this makes it concrete.
Level Two
Files & File Explorer
Everything about the file-server side of SharePoint — the part most of us use most.
Video · Kevin Stratvert · ~30 minutes
How to Use Microsoft OneDrive: Complete Tutorial for Beginners
A patient, thorough walkthrough of OneDrive — the home of your personal files. Covers opening and saving, the status icons in File Explorer, keeping files offline, restoring earlier versions, and sharing. Nearly all of it applies to synced SharePoint libraries too, so this doubles as a File Explorer masterclass.
Video · Level Up with Louis · ~8 minutes
How To Sync Or Unsync SharePoint To File Explorer
Shows exactly how SharePoint libraries appear inside File Explorer and how the connection works. On Carolina Meadows computers IT has already done the setup for you — watch this to understand what's happening behind the scenes, or if you ever need to reconnect a library on a new machine.
Microsoft Support · Article
Work with synced files in File Explorer
The official reference for daily File Explorer use with cloud files: opening, moving, status icons, and freeing up space. Practical, illustrated, and short.
Microsoft Support · Article
What do the OneDrive icons mean?
The illustrated glossary of every status icon — clouds, green checks, syncing arrows, red Xs, and padlocks. Two minutes here removes 90% of the mystery from the new File Explorer.
Microsoft Support · Article
Video: Adding documents to a library
A short official video on getting files into a SharePoint library from the web interface — uploading, dragging and dropping, and creating new documents in place.
Level Three
Working smarter
Sharing, version history, and co-authoring — the features that make SharePoint more than a file server.
Video · Kevin Stratvert · ~1 hour, chaptered
Microsoft SharePoint Tutorial for Beginners (Step-by-Step Guide)
The most complete free SharePoint course on the web, from a former Microsoft product manager. Sites, document libraries, permissions, sharing, and how SharePoint connects with Teams and OneDrive. Chaptered, so you can jump straight to the topic you need — the document library chapters are gold for our migration.
Microsoft Support · Article
Share SharePoint files or folders
How to send a link instead of an attachment: choosing who a link works for, view-only versus edit access, and how to see or stop what you've shared. The habit that ends duplicate-file chaos.
Microsoft Support · Article
View the version history of an item or file
How to open a document's timeline — every version, who saved it, and when. Pairs with the restore guide below for a complete safety net.
Microsoft Support · Article
Restore a previous version of an item or file in SharePoint
The two-minute rescue: roll any document back to an earlier version yourself, no IT ticket required. Read it once now; thank yourself later.
Microsoft Support · Article
Document collaboration and co-authoring
What actually happens when two people edit one file at once — colored cursors, live changes, and why nobody gets locked out anymore.
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