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December 28, 2018
Great Collaboration Tool
SharePoint is used in our organization to facilitate collaboration on the production of technical reports that will be made available to the public. It is a very effective tool for our technical report preparation and allows various teams to seamlessly contribute by marking up the documents from any platform. Office Online Server is used in conjunction with SharePoint naming the overall package a winner.
- The collaboration of Technical Reports.
- Has a good search feature.
- Ease of posting content.
- Updates can be tricky to apply.
- Implementation is difficult.
- It is hard to find good SharePoint consultants at reasonable rates.
December 17, 2018
Hard to setup, but if done right you are golden.
SharePoint is used for our intranet; it contains two different "areas", public and private intranet. It is a place for everyone to have a central location to get information or content they are looking for, forms, documents, etc. On the other hand we have a "private" intranet where each department has its own area for department use only. This is done so when there is a new hire or department change, you don't have to provide individual access to separate services and areas. Everything is centrally located and the biggest plus is when it comes to document library versioning.
- Perfect for intranet to inform everyone in the company what is happening
- Easy for storing documents, procedures, documentation, etc.
- Most of the time for end users it is "Self-Service" which means very minimal IT involvement.
- It is hard to setup and nightmare
- It requires a of infrastructure, thus it could be costly because of requirement and licensing required for everything to run smoothly
- If it is not setup and organized properly from the beginning it could be maintenance nightmare
- It is hard to have "test" environment to do patches or similar
December 11, 2018
SharePoint Review
Our university uses SharePoint as our intranet portal. Each department created content for their areas and keeps it up to date. A governance committee works with IT to make larger changes to the main page and other areas as needed. SharePoint allows a fully collaborative environment so that IT is not the sole source of support. A large portion of our content is stored in this platform as well as being a launchpad for other web applications.
- Collaboration. Our entire university is involved in making SharePoint a success.
- Integration. As we are primarily a Microsoft shop, integration with Office and other Microsoft products is key for us.
- Performance/Design. Microsoft has designed their systems to scale for any environment.
- Learning Curve. SharePoint has a steep curve to figure out what it is and is not and what is required to get everything working together for complete functionality.
- Sprawl. The number of servers required can be daunting.
- SharePoint is only a basis for eventual use. Even functional items like consistent backups, workflows, and forms really require other products to perform.
November 29, 2018
MS Sharepoint/SQL review
Microsoft SharePoint/SQL is currently being used by our organization by almost all the departments as it proves to be a very standard platform. It helps in maintaining data on the portal with security and ease of use.It is a very handy and a powerful tool that can be used by almost anyone in the organization even though they dont know how to operate it. It helps maintain data and documents easily without us hiring someone to create portals and use advanced programming to achieve the same.
- Ease of use - It is very easy to use and can be used by almost anyone with any hierarchy. This helps us save money and not hire programmers.
- It can be integrated with other applications to create more robust and difficult reports.
- It can be role based and secure. This helps restrict all users from making changes.
- It has mobile support. It has a responsive design that can be automatically incorporated with mobile devices.
- Integration with other tools is not very easy. We were trying to extract reports from QC and post them on SP and found it difficult to accomplish.
- The design is not very sleek - the design can be potentially improved so that it is intuitive.
- Sometimes sharing and editing files by multiple users can create issues and not save all changes.
November 20, 2018
MS SharePoint / SQL ... Too much of a good thing?
MS SharePoint was the cornerstone of the business' collaboration. It was used and browsed daily by hundreds of employees, searching anything from new employees, to employee of the month, from days-off calendar to weekly-meetings. This thing was used and used well. Our business had such a demand that we had a dedicated SharePoint Engineer to develop workflows for processing documents and spreadsheets, etc...
- Workflows
- As a team collaboration tool
- As a documentation datastore
- A repository of knowledge, like a wiki page
- It can get extremely complex, outside the knowledge of a system admin
- Will eventually take a dedicated backend engineer
- Can sometimes need too much work
November 12, 2018
MS SharePoint / SQL product review
We use MS SharePoint / SQL in our IT department. It’s a good collaborative and project management tool. It also allows us collect, share and generate meaningful reports in our company. MS SharePoint / SQL being cloud hosted it allows access from anywhere, internally and externally. It's also easily customizable and easy to use. If you are talking about third-party integration it still scores some good points.
- File version. This helps users stay informed of file version they are using and what changes have been done.
- SharePoint is a great document management solution. Allows you publish and share information within an organization.
- Collaborative capabilities. This maximizes the organization’s productivity.
- The price is high. It could be a good thing if they ever consider bringing its cost slightly down.
- Integration. Sometime integrating other applications and customization can be difficult especially after every update
November 01, 2018
MS SharePoint is the way to go for Documentation Management!
Within our organization, we initially started using Microsoft SharePoint to store our documentation but quite quickly, you will discover that it’s a very powerful collaboration tool that makes sharing (and tracking) documents a breeze, and it's also a very useful tool to manage projects. This product also easily integrates with third-party applications. Very simple user interface with lots of other capabilities.
- Documentation Storage
- Collaboration tool
- Simple user interface
- Simple tool to allow end users the ability to create dashboards for reporting purposes
September 17, 2018
Solution for Data That Does Not Fit
It is being used right now to store data that does not fit in our ERP. In doing so we are using SQL to mine this data and create useful reports. We also use a battery of other Microsoft software to help leverage the gathering and use of this data. The ability to create custom lists and store information that otherwise does not fit in our ERP is very useful.
- Versioning, the way it tracks changes and when they were made and what was changed is amazing
- Customization of data. The easy way it relates to users to help customize the storing of data
- Integration of user data and meta data
- It isn't granular enough for IT experts
- The data often times does "play well" with SQL
- It seems outside vendors do this better then what Microsoft has in place i.e. Layer2
We use SharePoint mainly for company announcement and file storage. Every department uses it. Files are easy to access and each department is clearly laid out.
- File sharing, clear and easy to manage.
- Easy to set up each department site
- Collaboration of work, people can access and work simultaneously
- Not very agile comparing to dedicated agile space like Trello
- Difficult to customize every aspect. High cost of development.
This product is being used to provide our company with an internal intranet for the different sub-offices that comprise the company as a whole. It is used for a wide variety of tasks such as calendars, and task assignment. It provides a central location for our offices to manage their day to day activities.
- Task Management
- Departmental Calendars
- E-mail Notification
- Interface is confusing
- Not obvious how to set up and use some features
- Help documentation does not always provide solutions
July 17, 2018
Review of MS SharePoint for Cloud Based Company
We use it to collaborate and share data with different depts. and with our user experience consultants. Everyone has a shared dept that we can go in and get the information we need. We like that it is cloud-based and can be accessed anywhere. We work remote half of the time so this helps us complete our tasks and jobs.
- Collaborate
- Access by Cloud
- Sometimes can be cumbersome to sign in
- Had had an issue during an update where we couldn't access SharePoint and had to involve our IT dept to help set up shared drive folders on my computer
We are using MS SharePoint as our Intranet, as well as for Extranet and Internet pages. This is being used across the whole organization for all users. It helps the business problem of communication and providing one spot to go for users to retrieve the information they need.
- Easy Intranet creation
- A simple way of collecting documents
- Revisions of documents
- Customizing Sharepoint can be a bit of a struggle
- I feel that some of the options aren't very intuitive
- Wish there were more "wizards" to help users guide them through what they want to be done instead of relying on me, or me creating documentation
June 11, 2018
SharePoint Review
We recently upgraded to MS O365 E3 Solution. This strategic decision was based on the fact that there are many cloud-based applications and features that come with this solution and SharePoint was one of them. We're currently using SharePoint in the IT department. It is being used for Project Management. Its a great tool for sharing content and collaborating.
- SharePoint is a great document management solution.
- Allows collaboration, which it maximizes productivity since all information needed is centralized.
- Portal has some robust capabilities that allows you to share, publish and interact with others inside your organization.
- Overall I'm very pleased with the solution. We're still learning the ins and outs. Perhaps additional training material on "How To" use some of the features would be helpful from Microsoft.
- I would like to see a dashboard that shows metrics perhaps on some of the data that gets shared or uploaded.
May 08, 2018
My personal experience with SharePoint
We use SharePoint with SQL for our intranet. It is used for pulling important data that pertains to clients and employees. It lessens the number of programs and websites we have to use in order to retrieve information. SharePoint for on-premise provides us with a lot of customization, so we can put together our database and have our users use it on a daily basis.
- Customization of the website
- Able to pull large amounts of data that we wouldn't want to get someplace else.
- Provides us with an option already packaged without Office 365 subscriptions.
- Cloud-based SharePoint should offer more customization for its users.
- The permissions and user interface of SharePoint can get confusing when trying to manage simple tasks.
April 27, 2018
Straightforward Microsoft
It is being used by multiple application groups and on infrastructure level. We use SQL as our main windows database engine, and Share Point for collaboration moving to o365 and Sharepoint cloud.
- SharePoint collaboration and dashboards, visual reporting and easy repository
- SQL database and maintenance and easy Reporting services.
- SQL backup wizard for backup and restore could be improved to be more like more modern backup tools, better file management.
- Easier maintenance planning and job management.
- Easier UI for being able to create new Sharepoint sites for sharing.
April 26, 2018
MS SharePoint - Easy to use, create and Share
We are using MS SharePoint across our entire organization. We have implemented it to include our tuck-in companies along with divisions and regions. SharePoint has allowed us to centralize and standardize on a single intranet platform that can be customized to show company or region-specific information. SharePoint team sites allow our users to share and collaborate on projects internally and externally.
- Team sites is a great way to keep your users up to date with documents. Users can subscribe to document libraries allowing them to receive notifications when documents are added or changed.
- File versioning is something that cannot be done with a standard file server. SharePoint allows the users to see what versions of files they have and what changes may have been made.
- Workflow is a great feature that can be used to automate the process of signatures and internal back office procedures that can otherwise get stuck on someones desk for days or weeks.
- Customizing beyond the out of box experience can be difficult. There are many bolt on products that can be used with SharePoint but when its time to upgrade SharePoint this can be difficult because any custom coding or bolt on products will need to be verified.
- Having a more robust integration with custom built applications is needed. In house developed applications using the Microsoft .NET frame work can be difficult to integrate with SharePoint and utilize the features of SharePoint.
- Cost. SharePoint can be an expensive product to add into your organization. With all the benefits SharePoint can provide it would be nice to see Microsoft bring the price down.
I have used SharePoint/SQL for years. In my previous role I was a consultant and implemented this for customers. Currently, our company uses SharePoint/SQL across the enterprise to help simplify and automate multiple business problems. We use it to provide HR resources to employees, as a full blown PMO solution for our PM group, and for enterprise wide collaboration and reporting.
- Great platform for document management, versioning and sharing data/reports. The ability to keep history of edits and all previous versions of the file is very valuable.
- The solution easily allows you to solve unique business problems. The ability to create custom reports, dashboards, lists or workflows without writing code (most of the time) adds a lot of value.
- Provisioning and permissions are simple and flexible. They can be as global or as granular as you needed. It is very easy to give and remove permissions and there are lots of solutions for automating them.
- This is a great product but sometimes I find that there are 10 ways to do the same exact function or action. SharePoint has lots of ways to do the same ting, from a different screen or menu. This can be challenging when it comes to end user training.
- Staying on track with the current version can be a challenge. Microsoft is also notorious for constant patches, updates and hotfixes. A new major version is released every few years and it can be a pain to migrate to the new version if you have customized heavily.
- Creating intuitive global navigation and menus can sometimes be difficult and require a specific skillset of web designer or similar. SharePoint does great for individual sites/solutions, but it can be confusing sometimes to provide global navigation that makes sense for an end user.
March 01, 2018
Maturing solutions for team work
We use MS Sharepoint as a a team collaboration tool, one of the main tools for document sharing within the teams by proposal preparation in international teams, by sharing information and project deliverables with the customers. Also the scheduling and planning functions are very helpful. MS Sharepoint is not the only collaboration and not the best, nevertheless we use it quite frequently, and it is geeting better over time.
- Very good content management tool
- Support for team collaboration
- It is easy to search for information on the whole sharepoint space
- Good responsiveness
- Workflow support seems complicated to configure
- Sometimes the system does not allow to edit files in the local MS Office application for no obvious reason
- Minor issues: Calender displays limited information, by longer entries, it is necessary to click event by event to find the details. A switch for short / full view would be helpful.
- Handling the files requires sometimes to go one by one, group functions are not available (moving, deleting, compressing and downloading the whole directory or selected files)
February 15, 2018
MS SharePoint great for Medium to Large Businesses
MS SharePoint/SQL is being used as the back end for our MS Dynamics CRM solution, Great Plains, and document repository. We use it across our entire organization. It solved the problems of having the ability to log into these services with a single logon. It also solves the problem of not having a central repository for our organization's documents. Its integration with Great Plains allows our entire organization to submit expense reports. It manages the workflow of each expense report. MS SQL is the backend for our CRM solution. Support and community forms helped us the most for making this decision.
- Allowing each department to create their own areas to manage.
- Allowing us to tag documents and organize them much better than folders on a NAS.
- MS SQL allows the seamless access to data by multiple different front ends.
- MS Sharepoint/SQL could improve on not requiring so many hardware resources.
- MS Sharepoint/SQL could improve on the ease of setup.
- MS Sharepoint/SQL could improve on the number of servers that are required for their document repository solutions.
February 09, 2018
MS SharePoint / SQL Showplace!
MS SharePoint / SQL at this time is being used in various departments across the company. Its most useful role is occurring in shipping and receiving. It has also helped in normalizing data across various databases in a rational manner. It has proven to be more stable and flexible than tools used in the past. The reporting services really stand out for the work being done.
- Content storage is excellent with a full range of data types being supported and able to organize such as individual documents like files in document libraries as well as lists and web parts
- I believe these are strengths because the functionality is already built in and we can concentrate on the more complex needs we have rather than building from the ground up
- I am happy that we can deploy PowerPivot for SharePoint and Reporting Services in the same SharePoint farm
- Until I have my total automation packages in place it is difficult to handle things when a service or services stops.
- Intermittent connectivity has occurred but that has been mainly due to differing versions of software but it still seems more difficult than it should to identify the source than it should be with our automated tools
- Retrieving documents reliably was a difficulty for a while until it was determined, again, that differing versions contributed to the problem
February 01, 2018
SharePoint through an end-user's perspective - easy as 1-2-3!
We use SharePoint as an information store in the IT Service Desk. It allows us to manage various documents into sections and categories and manage our day to day work with various information that we need to be aware of on a daily basis along with any upcoming work. It also allows us to make the documents searchable and be able to update the documents with versioning. Checking items in and out when required.
- Provides a good platform for document versioning. The check-in and check-out functions work particularly well.
- Allows a clear view of documents uploaded on the system. Good clear layout achievable with little effort.
- Allows you to manage people in groups. Easy to manage permissions especially in large organizations.
- The search functionality can be better.
- Limited themes available.
- The back end can be quite complicated to manage.
SharePoint is used across the organization as well as with external entities. SharePoint specifically addresses core business needs/problems such as: collaboration, rich search features, online display and edit of office documents, analysis, project tracking, external sharing of data, permission-based access of data/content, shared department/sub-department calendars, reporting, workflow orchestration, organization communication, video/rich media content distribution, version tracking on documents, two-stage recycling bin vs accidental delete within a file share, simultaneous file/ content editing and online presence display within team sites.
- Continuing along the lines of answer 1: collaboration, rich search features, online display and edit of office documents, analysis, project tracking, external sharing of data, permission-based access of data/content, shared department/sub-department calendars, reporting, workflow orchestration, organization communication, video/rich media content distribution, version tracking on documents, two-stage recycling bin vs accidental delete within a file share, simultaneous file/ content editing and online presence display within team sites.
- Specifically, SharePoint’s core advantage to an organization is the immediate speed a user can start using without training and structured process. This intuitive ease of use makes the adoption of the platform much more effective at the basic use level of SharePoint. SharePoint obviously integrates extremely well with Office products which are pervasive within any size of company.
- Webparts from solutions, sandbox solutions and/or apps definitely add to the ability of the platform to extend out core list/library elements to custom code development.
- One key area which SharePoint lacks would be within the areas of: ease of modification for interface / UI modifications for branding, site specific /library specific usage data reporting and inline content commenting and real-time collaboration (the Yammer promise).
January 19, 2018
MS SharePoint review (just the basics)
We are using SharePoint as a document repository to replace shared folders. This makes our documents easily accessible from anywhere without needing to use easily saturated VPN connections.
- Document Storage
- Ease of access and collaboration
- Security
- Complex. Steep learning curve to get the most out of SharePoint.
- Steep hardware requirements. Office 365 SharePoint is likely the easier option for smaller orgs.
January 17, 2018
Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft SharePoint is used across the entire organization. It provides a convenient and quick way for employees across different departments in the organization to stay updated with the latest happenings in the company. It also allows employees to access and share documents that are used for various programs within the company.
- Provide an internal company website for staying up to date with the latest news
- Provides an easy place to upload and access shared documents
- Provides a convenient place for management and HR to post program critical updates
- Uploaded documents are occasionally difficult to access for employees
December 19, 2017
SharePoint - Sharing on Point!
We have been using SharePoint since forever now. It has been extremely simple to use and gets the job done well. We use it across the whole organization to share documents used by IT to the HR and everyone between. As from what I've heard it is not too difficult to manage, and they have hit a few road bumps but nothing too bad.
- Stable.
- Easy to use.
- Flexible in terms of integrations.
- Over the years as their improvements have come along the maintenance teams have seen a few hiccups.
- As an end user, have seen sync issues in the past.
- I personally have had troubles uploading/editing files.