SharePoint 2010 Users Guide: Learning Microsoft's Business Collaboration Platform

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List Concepts

SharePoint's basic means of storing information is accomplished using lists. Much of the data that you create or consume within SharePoint sites is contained in a list of similar information. Each of the lists in SharePoint can have its own unique set of attributes that describe an item in the list. SharePoint Foundation 2010 comes with many standard list templates and the capability to create your own custom lists based on the structure that best describes the information you are trying to capture.

Using a list allows you to store information in a structure that can be tailored to the needs of the users who will ...