Works well for document integrity and version control
February 05, 2018
Works well for document integrity and version control
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with MS SharePoint
SharePoint is used across the whole organization, though each department uses it a little differently. It is a document repository for most departments; my department also uses it to track peer-review processing for quarterly case study releases. I log in to the site practically daily and monitor progress, frequently using the workflow feature to assign tasks to my colleagues.
- The workflow process is fantastic - built-in functionality to assign tasks to your colleagues. You can even set up multi-level tasks, so that once one task is completed, the next kicks in.
- Email alerts work well, so you don't have to log in to SP to see status unless you want to.
- Version history is robust.
- The search feature could use some expansion. I really wish we could limit searches to certain "libraries" or "sites" within the overall SP database.
- We could not do our quarterly release project without SharePoint. Its version control and ease of use are critical.
- The main downside for me is that it is optimized for IE -- it doesn't play nearly as well with Chrome or other browsers.
SharePoint was already in place when I came into my current role. We've reevaluated a couple of times and it works well given our current team, each person's technical "knowledge" (such as it is), and processes.