INTEGRATION WITH OFFICE 365 TOOLS

SharePoint easily integrates with other Microsoft products such as Outlook, MSTeams and OneDrive. It creates a seamless digital experience with SharePoint Services and saves hours of productive time. Here are just a few examples of how:

By syncing Outlook and SharePoint, employees can access their attachments and documents that live in SharePoint without a need to leave Outlook

With OneDrive and SharePoint integration, users can work on documents locally while all changes will sync automatically to SharePoint online in nearly realtime. It doesn't matter if you left a work file on a home computer – your files are in sync and accessible from anywhere

While working in MS Teams, you can add the SharePoint site tab directly into your MS Teams. This integration will help you access project documents and track activities while never have to leave MS Teams

In this way, SharePoint connects individual tools, taking information out of silos. That comes with lower development costs because you don't need to build this integration from scratch. In turn, employees get more ways in which they can improve their business process and work.

SCALABLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE

SharePoint is highly scalable and can be used in organizations with 150 employees, up to 20,000 employees, and beyond.

Unlike many alternative intranet products, you can enhance SharePoint with your own required functionality needed for the business. It's supported and common practice.

Different web parts, apps, and workflows can be added to the platform. Many don't require any development and can be built by advanced users. As a company grows, SharePoint can provide a flexible solution that evolves with a new business environment.

The key is to ensure that your SharePoint site architecture is scalable and can change as a company evolves.

NO CODING REQUIRED

Software that's complex can cause employees to resist its adoption. And, no one wants to invest in new technology, only to see it abandoned by the users.

Business users prefer a platform that is easy-to-use from the get-go and doesn't require coding skills just to get it set up. Recent updates to SharePoint make it a perfect solution for non-technical users.

As an owner of a business area, you don't need to be a developer to create a functional SharePoint site from scratch or update an existing page. With the SharePoint lookbook, power users can take advantage of readily available templates and launch their sites in minutes.

PERSONALIZATION AND CONTENT TARGETING

With audience targeting, SharePoint can deliver a personalized experience for each user. Employees can receive relevant content tailored to their location, function or department, and level of seniority. This targeting does not alter permissions, so the rest of the content is still available with search or direct links.

SECURITY CONTROLS

Every year Microsoft invests 1 billion dollars in cloud security. It's no wonder government entities prefer SharePoint Online over the other cloud-based intranet platforms! Our Government Community Cloud (GCC) customers enjoy virtually the same set of features as commercial customers.

What makes SharePoint stand out is, in part, its advanced capability to manage user permissions and how they relate to functionality. Companies can control user access to different sites, lists and libraries. They can regulate who can view, edit, or delete documents or perform many other SharePoint actions. Permissions can be set for a single user or multiple users in the same Office 365 group.

SHAREPOINT IS CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVING

Until recently (3-5 years ago), many users reported dreading the thought of having to work with SharePoint, especially on-prem. It was slow, clunky, and difficult to work with. Some users are still critical of their existing SharePoint installation, but things have changed.

In recent years, the platform transformed immensely. With SharePoint Modern experience, the platform is more user-friendly, faster, mobile-responsive, and aligns with what users are used to on the web. Users no longer need to struggle with slow page load and unreasonable limits. SharePoint is now better integrated with other Office 365 services such as Teams and MS Flow, making it an integral part of the digital workplace.

SHAREPOINT IS THE LEADING INTRANET TECHNOLOGY
With now 19 years on the market, SharePoint keeps its position as the most used collaboration solution. About 80% of Fortune 500 companies use SharePoint for intranet, internal communications, and collaboration. And with the progress that the platform has been making, it's not likely to go away anytime soon.

Microsoft has changed the way it listens to customer feedback.

Ten years ago, if you had a great idea for a feature or improvement, you had to be an insider or an MVP to get Microsoft's attention and even then, you'd never know what happens to your suggestion. Now things have changed. You can see thousands of individual feature suggestions, and you can rally for the things that you care about. Microsoft is transparent with its roadmap and when improvements will become available.

With this investment in the platform, it will keep improving, staying relevant to changing business needs.