Add a new OneNote notebook to a SharePoint site

If your SharePoint site doesn’t currently have a notebook (most likely stored by default in “Site Assets”), you can add a new one in any of the following ways:

In a document library

This is the best option for end-users or site owners adding a new notebook at any time.

1. Click the “New” button
2. Select OneNote Notebook
3. Name Notebook
4. Click OK

Via Site Feature

This is a good option for administrators creating a new site for a team.

Note: Adds Notebook to Site Assets or default library, but not a particular document library. Also adds a link to Quick Launch.

1. Site Settings –> Site Features
2. Site Notebook –> Activate
3. Notebook is automatically named after the site’s title (e.g. Site Title Notebook)

Moving a pre-existing notebook to SharePoint from a local location

See detailed instructions here.

1. Select “file” in the upper left
2. “Share to web or network location”
3. Navigate to SharePoint library by URL within the move dialog
4. Rename (if applicable) and click “Move”

By dragging and dropping from a local location or using the “Upload” button in a document library

While not an ideal method, it may sometimes be your only option.

Note: This makes a copy of the Notebook you’re adding – this will not be connected once added and you’ll have two copies of the Notebook (the copy and your original still in its local location).

1. Drag Notebook from local location
2. Drop into a document or asset library in SharePoint

Or

1. Click “Upload”
2. Navigate to and select the existing Notebook on your computer

If using this option, I recommend deleting/closing the Notebook from your local location, opening the copy from SharePoint and syncing that one so you don’t inadvertently make changes to the old copy.