Microsoft SharePoint

El producto nació hace ya bastantes años como repositorio online para documentos básicamente. El núcleo tecnológico viró hacia funcionalidad basada en Javascript sobretodo cuando apareció la versión de SharePoint en la nube (SharePoint online).

A pesar de esto, el enfoque inicial continúa teniendo sentido en el 2020. Quizás más si cabe.

Ahora mismo, por ejemplo, es la aplicación que está detrás de OneDrive o de Microsoft Teams para gestionar todos los archivos guardados desde estas aplicaciones.

Puntos a favor

Se trata de un gestor documental que además debido a las posibilidades de personalización (a diferentes niveles) puede cubrir variadísimas necesidades para cualquier empresa.

Pueden obtenerse soluciones, no solo relacionadas con el almacenamiento de documentos, sin escribir una línea de código si se comprende la filosofía del producto respecto a sitios, listas, metadatos, etc.

Puntos en contra

Debido a que resulta fácil desarrollar pequeñas aplicaciones a medida de inmediato, existen usuarios que no se preocupan a la hora de seguir las buenas prácticas relacionadas con el producto. Lo que da lugar a que el resultado sea difícil de mantener si llega a implantarse en un entorno empresarial productivo.

My overall experience with the software has been really amazing till now. Intially, it took some time for me to understand the interface since it is a bit complex but once I got a hack of it, I can now say that this software is really helping me work seamlessly and saving a lot of my time during my day to day files sharing with my clients.

Puntos a favor

Microsoft SharePoint is one of the top file sharing platforms right now. The primary reason why this software is my personal favourite is that it has the capacity to share very heavy files ( I have tried till 400MB) with our clients. This exclusive feature is not supported by most of the other platform as there is always a size cap till which one can share a file with the client. Also, the file upload time is very less onto share file as compared to other applications available in the market.Last but not the least, the best feature that I like about this software is that it can add n number of people in a specific project within sharepoint.

Puntos en contra

There are very less cons about this software product. However, if we still want to mention, I would like to mention that the when we click on the sharepoint , it takes quite a lot of time for the home page to load/ be visible. this is time is very large as compared to other file sharing products that are available in the market since their URL's come up very fastly on to the home screen. Last but not the least, I would also like to mention that the Sharepoint's interface is a bit confusing, it takes some days to understand how things are working on this software which is not the case with other softwares.

Sharepoint has allowed me to be more efficient in different ways, with many of its functionalities, I generally hope that one of them will allow me to make a process more collaborative, controlled and at the same time automated.
Currently the entire organization has access to use the software, in the same way the introduction and migration to Sharepoint from local servers has been gradual, mostly due to people's resistance to something new and unknown. In my department specifically, has been a greater acceptance, integration and discovery by constant learning by some team members who are not exploiting all the advantages of the software yet.

Puntos a favor

Permission management: This is super relevant and wonderful for controlling what your audience can see and do, for example, when you need someone to constantly see changes to a "living document" but not have the ability to intervene in the process.

Contact groups: I find it super good since not necessarily the site administrators are the only ones who can manage the group, you can make any member of the group can manage the rest of the members without this being involved in other site settings . Also when granting permissions, distributing documents, announcements, tasks, it is very easy to do it by group of contacts than one by one.

Version history: We know that we are exposed to errors and accidents, so having the previous versions of a document, being able to see who has modified and having the possibility of restoring any of those versions can save the day. I always feel that I am protected and that is why I always promote working in the cloud.

Puntos en contra

Please provide some detailed examples of areas where MS SharePoint has room for improvement. These could be features that are hard to use, missing functionality, or just things that you'd like to see done differently.

Modern view / classic view: I really appreciate the minimalist change that has been made with many of the menus in the latest versions of sharepoint, but most of the time it complicates me and generates many more clicks (much more time) wanting to do one This action can be done by changing to the classic view from the ribbon, for example, managing permissions for a site, being able to manage sharepoint groups.

A little more advanced configurations, without becoming complex that depend a lot on the IT department.

Descriptions of some options or settings can become confusing, complicated and you simply are not able to know if it is what you are looking for or not, the language to the user is sometimes understood only through trial and error.

SharePoint has been such an amazing tool in helping my recruitment team get and stay organized. All of our important documentation is in one place for future reference and use, and it has certainly made things easier from a functional perspective.

Puntos a favor

It's hard to say enough good things about SharePoint. Microsoft has long been a top-tier leader for their suite of products and the functionalities within those, and this is no exception. It's so incredibly easy to use, it updates in real time, and allows users to share/edit/save documents in one place. It can be as vast or as simple as is required, and customization is also incredibly easy.

Puntos en contra

There aren't many negative aspects of this software, aside from the fact that it largely mirrors Google Drive and all of its functionalities. I would expect some differentiating features instead of a carbon copy, but if it isn't broke then I suppose it doesn't need fixing.

I have personally had mix results. We ultimately made the decision because of the blended Office 365 costs, reducing our FSS-specific contract with a 3rd party vendor, who happened to be a leader in the space and had a far richer UX.

Puntos a favor

I like the integration with the microsoft cloud and the ability to share and concurrently edit from shared, sharepoint websites we use to share with internal and external stakeholders.

Puntos en contra

It seems like security is a big concern and user experience is not up to par with other FSS solutions like Box/Dropbox.