Following a Document/File/Site in SharePoint

Question

How do I "follow" a document, file or site in SharePoint?

Answer

SharePoint allows users to follow a document to see update and share notifications in their newsfeed. Users can also follow a site to keep it accessible in a list of followed sites and to see site feed activity in their own newsfeed.

Follow Documents

View this SharePoint documentation for instructions on following documents. 

Follow a Site

  1. Navigate to a SharePoint site that you want to follow.
  2. Select Follow in the top right of the page.
  3. If the site has a newsfeed, to stay up to date with site news, look for updates from the site feed in your own newsfeed.

Find a Site You Are Following

  1. Sites SharePoint in the header. 
  2. Your followed sites appear under Following in the left navigation menu. 

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