Microsoft SharePoint
About Microsoft SharePoint
SharePoint is a web application platform that offers a set of tools to provide intranet portals, document and file management, collaboration and social networks. As an enterprise information portal, SharePoint allows users to create a centralized, password protected space for document sharing.
Organizations use SharePoint to create websites. It can be used to store, organize, share & access information from almost any device; all that's needed is a web browser. Previously an internal content management product, Microsoft SharePoint now features web content management capabilities for the management of external website content. Designed to enhance user-productivity, SharePoint supports features such as notifications and approvals, plus lists and libraries.
Deep integration with Office allows users to start co-authoring a document on one device and finish co-authoring it on another. Users can then can select from a variety of tools to annotate, highlight, and comment on it. Find any file quickly with powerful search and discovery tools, and then get intelligent insights about it, such as how many people viewed or shared it.
SharePoint powers sharing and collaboration on the intranet. Users can broadcast their message and drive communications or share resources and news with their teams and organization, as well as build sites and portals that engage people, connecting them to expertise, content, actionable insights and collective knowledge. Drive organizational efficiency by sharing applications that streamline processes, and build communities of interest or practice.
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- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great collaboration tool
Reviewed on 2022-08-25
We have done quite well with the tool.
Little by little we have been using more and more functions.
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We have done quite well with the tool.
Little by little we have been using more and more functions.
It has helped a lot with the backups and the rotation of personnel that are in the organization.
Pros
We managed to unify in a single platform the management of business documents.
It also gives us a good amount of space, 1TB in total, independent of storage per user.
Cons
Collaboration with third parties still seems a bit complicated to me, we have had some problems with the access of external collaborators and we have to be aware of the permissions.
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Google WorkspaceReasons for Choosing Microsoft SharePoint
It was a combination of factors, including the amount of storage and the combined costs. For example, it was more convenient for us to migrate to Microsoft since it included Office 365 licenses and mail with greater capabilities.Reasons for Switching to Microsoft SharePoint
As I mentioned before, it all comes down to capacity and cost. It is important to management to be able to get more for less, at least when we combine all the capabilities of both products together.- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
SharePoint Sucks!!!
Reviewed on 2024-04-30
The overall experience is that it sucks!
The overall experience is that it sucks!
Pros
SharePoint has the ability to work well or not work well at all. At least you know when it's not working it's more than likely Microsoft. Also They suck@!
Cons
Well to start Sharepoint sucks! It would help if it wasn't part of Microsoft, it would probably suck less.
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vSphereReasons for Choosing Microsoft SharePoint
To be off prem and in the cloud so they can be cloud based.Switched From
Windows 11Reasons for Switching to Microsoft SharePoint
We decided to go to SharePoint to be off Prem and in the cloud.- Industry: Oil & Energy
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
A necessary product that in well integrated with all Microsoft products.
Reviewed on 2024-09-13
A necessary product that in well integrated with all Microsoft products.
A necessary product that in well integrated with all Microsoft products.
Pros
Live collaborative editing, good preview options, good cataloguing and storage. Good integration capabilities. As a Microsoft standard product, it is in many important cases integrated by default, which makes collaborative sharing and archiving easy.
Cons
Occasional glitches in user access management are frustrating.
- Industry: Media Production
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10
Misses The Mark
Reviewed on 2018-12-09
We had hoped that Sharepoint would offer the cloud-to-local sync functionality and performance of...
We had hoped that Sharepoint would offer the cloud-to-local sync functionality and performance of Dropbox, but with integration with Office and Excel. In reality, its bugs and inconsistent syncing make it a highly frustrating and a miserable experience for our staff. Dropbox offers some Office and Excel integration and in our testing its simpler and works more consistently. We will be switching to Dropbox Enterprise within the next few months. This is sad, because Sharepoint comes "free" with our Office and Excel licenses, so it just ends up being something we paid for in the bundle price that will sit on the shelf.
Pros
SharePoint integrates with Office and Excel, which are tools we use regularly. It serves as a cloud-based central file store, and you can open files from it via the web browser or use its sync utility to sync the files locally similar to Dropbox. When it works as intended, it's a passable experience.
Cons
There are daily failures by Sharepoint that add up to a miserable user experience. The biggest issue is the sync utility. On a daily basis there are problems with local changes syncing back to the cloud, or cloud changes syncing locally. We work on Macs, which I suppose is understandable that our platform wouldn't be as well-supported, but we do pay the same money that Windows users do. The integration with Finder is passabe, but the icons for "synced" or "up-to-date" are not always accurate. Also, the utility that shows you what is syncing is not always accurate. I can save a file locally and watch that utility and I see no sign that my change is syncing to the cloud. On a weekly basis, we have a user open a file from the web browser only to discover that some other user had saved a version of the file that never synced. Also, the web browser file views frequently load folders with empty file lists, you have to refresh to see the files, which is just problems with basic usability.
- Industry: Insurance Software
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great Product for Data Storage and Sharing
Reviewed on 2024-07-09
Overall it’s a good experience and I usually recommend it.
Overall it’s a good experience and I usually recommend it.
Pros
I like you can have a lot of control over external sharing and guess access. You can assign groups permissions to manage access so much easier. It works with OneDrive which is a nice integration.
Cons
You can sync folders to File Explorer in Windows operating systems, but it doesn’t always work that well. Online use is usually the best, especially when more than one user is editing the same document at once. We have experienced an issue where we have to completely gut a guest user out of SharePoint and Azure/Entra, then invite them again and grant the access again just because they randomly get denied access to the data that they were already granted access to. Last I checked, this was still not fixed.
Microsoft SharePoint FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Microsoft SharePoint.Q. What type of pricing plans does Microsoft SharePoint offer?
Microsoft SharePoint offers the following pricing plans:
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Not Available
SharePoint Online plan 1: $5.00/user/month SharePoint Online plan 2: $10.00/user/month
Q. Who are the typical users of Microsoft SharePoint?
Microsoft SharePoint has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Microsoft SharePoint support?
Microsoft SharePoint supports the following languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian
Q. Does Microsoft SharePoint support mobile devices?
Microsoft SharePoint supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Microsoft SharePoint integrate with?
Microsoft SharePoint integrates with the following applications:
Confluence, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Viva Engage, OneDrive, OneSpan Sign
Q. What level of support does Microsoft SharePoint offer?
Microsoft SharePoint offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base Software, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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