Author: Dustin Friesenhahn

Storing files in Windows SharePoint Services document libraries provides many advantages over storing files in simple network file shares. These advantages include:

• Applying custom properties to documents so you can store more information about their content. This allows you to more effectively store, organize, and retrieve large groups of documents.
• Using shared or personal views to sort and filter documents that are of interest.
• Discussing documents online by using Web Discussions.
• Using content approval so site managers can approve or reject which documents get added to a document library.

To learn about these features, refer to Windows SharePoint Services online Help. This document provides guidelines for moving files from existing network file shares and into document libraries.