What are the Differences Between SharePoint and Teams

A brief explanation on the differences between Teams and SharePoint, as well as how they interact with each other.

• Teams is a Microsoft application for collaboration and messaging that enables a team to better communicate.
• SharePoint is a cloud-based service that allows you to share documents and information with colleagues, students, and whoever you allow to access your SharePoint page.

How They Differ: 

• The confusion regarding Teams and SharePoint typically comes from how they are integrated. Teams has a section labeled Teams (which I will call Groups to avoid confusion), which appears as a group with file-sharing capacity and customizable member permissions. These Groups are just the way that Teams is integrated with SharePoint, whenever you access a Group in Teams, you are really interacting with the SharePoint page through Teams.
• Within a Group on Teams, if you navigate to the files section, you will see the "Open in SharePoint" option. Clicking this will open up the exact same file location in SharePoint.

 

• Below is a side-by-side view of the same file location in Teams and SharePoint.

 

• You can access nearly every SharePoint feature using the Teams Group, but you cannot access any Teams features from SharePoint. That is why, in most cases, you can refrain from interacting with SharePoint directly and stick with Teams.
• Click HERE for additional SharePoint information and HERE for additional Teams information.