Windows Administration Resource Kit: Productivity Solutions for IT Professionals

4-3: Implement Managed Content Types

Solution overview

Type of solution	Procedures
Features and tools	SharePoint site and library content types
Solution summary	Create and configure site and library content types.
Benefits	Centralized definition of columns (metadata), settings, and workflows to fully describe a type of content for use in one or more libraries or lists in one or more sites.

Introduction

Content types are one of the most powerful features of SharePoint. A content type is a definition for an item or document. It contains all the properties (columns), settings, and workflows that the content type should have wherever it is used. You define it once, as a site content type, and then you can use it in any list or library within that site. Changes ...