MS SharePoint Review
May 19, 2014
MS SharePoint Review
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
2010
Overall Satisfaction with MS SharePoint
SharePoint is used across our organization as the company's internal intranet. It is primarily used for communication and disseminating information, due to the large spread of our organization across 32 states. It is also used for collecting information via surveys, document libraries, etc.
- SharePoint lists/surveys are extremely helpful for tracking purposes
- Document libraries are useful, particularly in situations where organizations do not have a shared drive that all employees can access
- Permissions in SharePoint make it very easy to restrict access to content as needed
- SharePoint workflows perform well for the most part, but can be a bit temperamental
- SharePoint does not offer full functionality in any other browser besides Internet Explorer
- Vastly improved efficiency regarding the annual performance evaluation process (moved from manual completion and tracking of Word documents to web-based InfoPath forms via SharePoint)
- Helped enable a feed from our HRIS to Active Directory to automatically update basic employee information (work location, job title, etc.)
Using MS SharePoint
1400 - Everyone in our company uses SharePoint in one capacity or another. The heaviest users are IT and HR. HR in particular uses SharePoint for tracking purposes (surveys, lists, forms) and to provide employees with self-service tools to find the information they need.
3 - Our organization has a small number of SharePoint "experts" although there are others who provide very basic support as well. In order to support the full functionality of SharePoint, you would need to be familiar with SharePoint itself, SharePoint Designer, and InfoPath. Knowledge of (or at least familiarity with) HTML and basic coding are also useful. To clarify - these are really the end-user skills that would be needed once your SharePoint environment has been established. I am not familiar with what is required to build and deploy a SharePoint environment from scratch.
- Central location to which all employees have access from day one with our organization
- Ease of tracking (lists, surveys)
- Permissions are very easy to administer and manage even for end users
- Just last year, we started using InfoPath (via SharePoint) for our annual performance evaluation process/forms
- HR uses SharePoint surveys to track completion of acknowledgement of our annual employee guidebook updates
- We are in the process of migrating our clients to a new data/reporting platform that is built in SharePoint
- Further reduction of the use of paper forms
Using MS SharePoint
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | None |
- Lists
- Surveys
- Webparts
- Workflows
- Text on pages is sometimes difficult to format