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Juan M Baena
Oct 31, 2018Iron Contributor
Following a Document
Good Day With the classic SharePoint UI in Team Sites we still had the ability in selecting a document in a Document Library and picking the option to Follow a Document. It looks as you Follow a...
Juan M Baena
Nov 01, 2018Iron Contributor
Thats is a very good point Alert VS Follow. For Documents, users want the Follow capability so they can bookmark those files they want to track. Users access applicable document libraries to pick and choose the files the want to "Follow". This is not the same as what Delve provides which focuses on your own work, or take a look at suggested documents or start clicking on colleagues to see if they have documents you want to follow/save for later/bookmark.
I would assume also that when it comes to Follow, we cannot follow a site or a whole list/library even if we leveraging the classic UI right? Thank you!
I would assume also that when it comes to Follow, we cannot follow a site or a whole list/library even if we leveraging the classic UI right? Thank you!
Nov 01, 2018
Agree, the idea with Delve is the search box for items you aren't or others rent actively working on that don't show up on the immediate popular docs board, you can search for any documents quickly that you have access too and add to your favorites, so I kind of looked at that as a way to follow documents.
Microsoft is working on a solution, we are just kind of in that transition phase where some things are missing that some folks rely on and need!
Microsoft is working on a solution, we are just kind of in that transition phase where some things are missing that some folks rely on and need!