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title: Collaborate using SharePoint | Microsoft Docs
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description: Learn how to collaborate using SharePoint within a model-driven app
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ms.service: powerapps
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# Collaborate using SharePoint
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Manage common document types, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and create folders to save and manage those documents that are seamlessly stored in SharePoint from within a model-driven app.
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With Common Data Service, you can store your documents on SharePoint and manage them from within your app. The documents that you create in your app are stored on SharePoint, and are automatically synced to your desktop and mobile devices.
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> [!NOTE]
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> This feature requires that your system administrator has enabled SharePoint document management. More information: [Manage your documents using SharePoint](/power-platform/admin/manage-documents-using-sharepoint)
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Before you can use SharePoint to store documents, it must be enabled by your system administrator. More information:
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For account and contact records, a default document ___location folder is automatically created on SharePoint the first time you go to the **Files** tab. For other standard or custom entity records, go to the **Related** > **Documents** tab. The name of the document ___location is in this format: <record_name>_<record_id>.
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- [Find your administrator or support person](find-admin.md)
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By default, the ___location is set to Documents on Default Site 1.
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- [Manage your documents using SharePoint](https://docs.microsoft.com/power-platform/admin/manage-documents-using-sharepoint)
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## Add a document
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1. Open an account or contact record and select the **Files** tab. For other standard or custom entities that are enabled for document management, select the **Related** tab, and then select **Documents**.
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2. Choose from the following options.
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- To create a new document, select **New**, select the document type you want, such as Word, Excel, or OneNote, and then enter a name. Select **Save**. The blank document opens in a new tab.
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- To add an existing document, select **Upload**, select **Choose File**, browse to and select the file you want, and then select **Open**. Select **OK**.
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## Where do you access the documents from?
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The document file appears in the **Document Associated Grid** view.
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1. For record types that support document management, open the record, select the **Related** tab, and then select **Documents**.
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> ![](media/add-doc-sharepoint.png "Add document to SharePoint")
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> ![Open the Documents tab in a record ](media/onedrive_nav.png "Open the Documents tab in a record")
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2. Select **Document Location** > **Documents on Default Site 1**. When SharePoint is enabled, the ___location is set to **Documents on Default Site 1** by default.
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1. Open a record and go to the **Document Associated Grid** view. For example, open a contact record.
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> ![Open the Documents tab in a record ](media/onedrive_nav.png "Open the Documents tab in a record")
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## Create a new folder in the default SharePoint site ___location
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*Is there a way to add the Files tab to other entities, or remove it?*
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