In this article you will learn about Record Center in SharePoint 2016 .
SharePoint 2016 provides a site template called the Record Center just like its predecessors to manage records. It serves as a central repositotry where an organization can store and manage its confidential documents. Record Center is more like a predefined site template which provides a variety of record management functions like auditing, versioning, eDiscovery, routing of records, metadata management etc. Figure: Record Center Overview Major features of Record Center
How can we create a Record Center We can create the record center from the central administration by selecting the Record Center Site template while creating the site collection. Once the template is selected specify the site collection administrator and click on Create . This will create the Record Center Site as shown above. It will also give us two additional document libraries: Drop Off Library and Record Library Click on Manage Records Center and it will navigate to the management section. From here we can configure the Record Center by creating content types, creating record libraries and defining routing rules using content organizer. In the upcoming article we will discuss how to implement record expiration, routing and other management tasks.
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