Microsoft SharePoint – Redefining Business Collaboration
SharePoint is a web application platform that facilitates easy communication and work synchronization for all employees of an organization and helps them coordinate efficiently regardless of their geographical locations. It provides a secure space to store, share, access, organize, and manage information from any device.
Why SharePoint?
The objective of using Microsoft SharePoint is to provide a common collaborative platform for working and sharing information with organization members across various geographies and helping them function smoothly.
SharePoint integrates a multitude of features such as intranet portals, extranets, enterprise search, document and file management, websites, social networks, and business intelligence for proficient process & system integration and workflow automation.
How Businesses use SharePoint
is not one software program, rather a combination of numerous programs. Here's all that it offers:
Intranet
Intranet is the online company internal networking site. On this, anyone in the company can log in to find information, news, list of scheduled tasks, project reports, and even have a customized dashboard as per their department and function.
Document Sharing
Its offers a secured shared space for storing and accessing documents. Documents can be made available to all people in the organization or limited to a select group. A number of people can simultaneously work on a document and store it online, thereby eliminating the risk involved in physical storage on one hard drive.
Work Synchronization
Microsoft SharePoint makes it simpler for a group of people to collaborate and work on a single project concurrently. Everything required for a project is readily available at one place – work progress status, client history, employees' schedules, project updates etc.
Cross-organization function
Extranet allows you to set up a site to collaborate with any external organization that you have partnered with. It provides a common place for you to share any information that they may need, while at the same time they can upload any information that you require.
Website Development
A Website Content Management System (CMS), SharePoint can also be used to develop and manage public-facing websites. You can log in to create new pages for the websites, update information, add text, and graphics to the pages etc.
Business Intelligence
Since all of a business' data is at one place, its uses it to deliver reports, analysis, trends and patterns. It presents data in the form of lucid graphs and charts to help organizations take decisions and improve on workflow processes.
SharePoint Products
SharePoint owns a number of proprietary products and technologies including:
Why SharePoint?
The objective of using Microsoft SharePoint is to provide a common collaborative platform for working and sharing information with organization members across various geographies and helping them function smoothly.
SharePoint integrates a multitude of features such as intranet portals, extranets, enterprise search, document and file management, websites, social networks, and business intelligence for proficient process & system integration and workflow automation.
How Businesses use SharePoint
is not one software program, rather a combination of numerous programs. Here's all that it offers:
Intranet
Intranet is the online company internal networking site. On this, anyone in the company can log in to find information, news, list of scheduled tasks, project reports, and even have a customized dashboard as per their department and function.
Document Sharing
Its offers a secured shared space for storing and accessing documents. Documents can be made available to all people in the organization or limited to a select group. A number of people can simultaneously work on a document and store it online, thereby eliminating the risk involved in physical storage on one hard drive.
Work Synchronization
Microsoft SharePoint makes it simpler for a group of people to collaborate and work on a single project concurrently. Everything required for a project is readily available at one place – work progress status, client history, employees' schedules, project updates etc.
Cross-organization function
Extranet allows you to set up a site to collaborate with any external organization that you have partnered with. It provides a common place for you to share any information that they may need, while at the same time they can upload any information that you require.
Website Development
A Website Content Management System (CMS), SharePoint can also be used to develop and manage public-facing websites. You can log in to create new pages for the websites, update information, add text, and graphics to the pages etc.
Business Intelligence
Since all of a business' data is at one place, its uses it to deliver reports, analysis, trends and patterns. It presents data in the form of lucid graphs and charts to help organizations take decisions and improve on workflow processes.
SharePoint Products
SharePoint owns a number of proprietary products and technologies including:
- SharePoint Online: This is a cloud-based service which does not require on-premise installation. It can be used by subscribing to the Office 365 plan or else to the standalone SharePoint Online service.
- SharePoint Foundation: Used to create websites, it is absolutely free on deploying on-premises. It is the fundamental technology for all of SharePoint's sites.
- SharePoint Server: Additional to the basic features of SharePoint Foundation, this offers attributes such as business intelligence, personal sites, enterprise search, Enterprise Content Management, and Newsfeed.
- SharePoint Designer 2013: This free program is used to design custom workflows.
- OneDrive for Business folder sync: It is used to sync offline versions of team sites on the desktop.
