5 Hidden attributes of Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint is today a well established system used world wide for collaborating the efforts of various channels in the company. It has remarkably improved the productivity of various enterprises simultaneously cutting the wastage of cost, time and human productivity. Yet, certain enterprises still remain not fully aware about the hidden capabilities of the system. Here’s discussing the 5 hidden benefits of Microsoft SharePoint, which may have skipped your notice. 

1. SharePoint is available for free – this little tidbit of information will appear to be the music to ears to various companies, small and medium sized business who do not have a big budget left for making large scale IT changes in their work and administration. With the help of SharePoint one can easily create intranet dimension in the office and allow the employees to share documents etc easily.

2. SharePoint makes it very easy for you to control the data – this is a very poignant attribute, which any user would look forward to. SharePoint makes it very easy for your to have control on the files and documents shared. Thus, you can customize the settings and grant special privileges to a few of the employees. Also, with its built in control feature, SharePoint does not allow any member to over write or distort the work of the other employee working on the same project. Thus, the efforts of two different units or employees of the same office can be easily streamlined. Also, the controlled collaboration can be expanded to your clients and customers, by making online portals via SharePoint. This grants you to share the information both inside your company and to the external environment.

3. It is really simple to use – despite all the elusive technical talks, the software is fairly simple to use. It is very well integrated with Word, Power Point and Outlook, and any employee who is familiar with either one these, can start using SharePoint straight, with minimum training.

4. It supports the critical functions of your business – the system is basically designed with the chief aim of enhancing the productivity and streamlining various existing systems, cutting short the risks and time utilization and risks. The system brings close various significant business lines such as Finance, HR, ERP and etc.

5. Visualizing and conceptualizing the data becomes a lot easier – SharePoint makes it very easy to view the data. With the help of this very system, the dead and raw reports come alive in a way which is not possible with spread sheets etc, and hence it allows the management to make sound and well envisioned decisions. SharePoint delivers significant business intelligence based on an exhaustive reservoir of data. Just share it with Microsoft’s SQL server and you would have morbid looking reports come alive spectacularly. It will help your management to understand, view and conceptualize the data, reports etc in a much more refined way.

This simple system will make it very cinch for the enterprise to view and organize its data, stream line the potential and work of various employees and create an interactive and lively environment. Whether you are a novice beginner or an experienced professional, you must explore the hidden gems of Microsoft SharePoint and allow your company to benefit from the same. 

Author Bio:

This post has been contributed by Nathan Strauss, a professional blogger and Sr. consultant at Daffodil Software Ltd. Apart from guiding clients about Microsoft Sharepoint development, he loves to watch tennis and baseball. You can catch him at his Google plus account over here.