Asset Library in SharePoint 2010

Today, in this article let’s play around with one of the interesting and most useful concepts in SharePoint 2010.

Introduction

 

Today, in this article let's play around with one of the interesting and most useful concepts in SharePoint 2010.

Question: What is an Asset Library?

 

In simple terms "It enables sharing and managing audio, video and image files across the site".

 

I think we are now good to go and implement this wonderful concept.

 

Step 1: Open SharePoint 2010 Central Administration and navigate to a specific site:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 2: Navigate to "Site Actions" ->   "More Options...":

 

 

 

Step 3: Select "Asset Library" from the listed categories. Give a name to the library:

 

 

 

 

Step 4: The Asset Library is created; the site now looks like this:

 

 

 

Step 5: Click on "Upload an image." and locate in local directory:

 

 

 

Step 6: The "Upload Document" dialogue box appears:

 

 

 

Step 7: Giving name to the selected item:

 

 

 

Step 8: Viewing the uploaded item:

 

 

 

Step 9: Uploading audio asset:

 

 

 

 

 

Step 10: Giving a name to the selected item:

 

 

 

Step 11: Playing the uploaded item:

 

 

 

I hope this article is useful for you.