SharePoint 2013

Probably the best feature of SharePoint is the ability to search / crawl through various content sources and provide reliable information to our users. The search capability in SharePoint 2013 provides the capability to index content stored in SharePoint, such as webpages, list items, and document content. In addition, SharePoint Server search can index content held in other repositories, such as file shares, other websites, Exchange Server, and external databases. In this way, SharePoint Search can provide users with an easy way to find specific content from large data stores, provide metadata-based refinement capabilities, and provide search administrators with the ability to promote certain content where appropriate.

SharePoint web content management (WCM) is a very useful feature which allows you to customize your users experience based on the way they access the site. WCM extends some of the ECM functionality into web content capabilities, such as version control, content approval and publishing, content deployment, cross-site publishing, managed navigation, and device-specific targeting.

Business Intelligence in SharePoint 2013 provides organizations with the ability to analyze business data in many different ways. BI features include the ability to display updated chart information, key performance indicators (KPIs), dashboards, and data-driven Visio diagrams directly on a page. Tools such as PowerPivot can give users the ability to process data from billions of rows, and SQL reporting services integration provides the ability to create libraries of reports to match management requirements.