Hard to setup, but if done right you are golden.
December 17, 2018
Hard to setup, but if done right you are golden.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with MS SharePoint / SQL
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
We have evaluated Google for Work, but since we are under contract with Microsoft, SharePoint integrates better with Microsoft services like email (Exchange), storage (OneDrive for business), Microsoft Project... It made more sense to proceed with SharePoint than getting completely separate system and on the other side you have to think about compliance because Microsoft have been in this game for much longer than any other company.