This blog helps beginners to understand the basic differences between Sharepoint List & SharePoint Library.
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SharePoint List
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SharePoint Library
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SharePoint List can have attachments.
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SharePoint Library cannot have attachments because Files are directly in Library.
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SharePoint List has a major version only. i.e., Publish Version.
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SharePoint Library has both Minor i.e., Draft Version, and Major i.e., Publish version.
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In SharePoint List, do not have a check-in & check-out feature.
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In SharePoint Library, have check-in & check-out feature.
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In SharePoint List, List attachments are not in the index. This has a lot of implications. While searching, you can not use the refiner to narrow down the docs type.
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In SharePoint Library, Library documents are indexed. So, we can search fast.
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SharePoint List can not have open in explorer.
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SharePoint Library can open with explorer is available.
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In SharePoint List, no document preview is available.
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In SharePoint Library, the document feature is available.
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In SharePoint List, no unique document IDs.
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In SharePoint Library, have unique document IDs.
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It contains data in a row & column format.
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It contains items that have a document.
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