Are you Getting the Most out of your SharePoint System?

31st July 2013

Are you Getting the Most out of your SharePoint System The answer to this is almost always, no or more accurately, I don't know? The use of SharePoint within organisations is extensive and so is the scale of understanding.

One of Biz-ICT'S most commonly requested services is to deliver informal SharePoint overview sessions where they discuss what SharePoint can offer to individual organisations. Biz-ICT specialise in extending SharePoint utilising the full out-of-the-box features with custom development to deliver specific process solutions for organisations and with over 100 projects behind them they are well versed in discussing the possibilities and backing this up with practical examples. Mark Walsh, Managing Director, said -Once you start to extend your thought process beyond using the out-of-the-box features of SharePoint in isolation, then this is where the true value can be gained. There are a whole raft of services behind SharePoint that can be used to deliver end-to-end process applications and this can then start to add real value. The services referred to include forms services (electronic forms processing), excel services (link data real-time into excel for analysis), Workflow Services (invoking database updates and alerts as part of a business process) and Performance Point Services (creating dashboards, mapping and traffic lighting). Biz-ICT has engaged clients and been challenged to use such tools in delivering solutions to address issues like the following: How can we use SharePoint from a smart phone and / or a tablet? Is it possible to complete business forms onsite? Can we use SharePoint for CRM? What project / job / operations management features does SharePoint have? We want to Integrate SharePoint with our Accounts Systems (Sage / Opera etc.), but don't know how? It would be great if we could manage all our events within SharePoint and provide access via an Extranet for Partners and the Web Site for Prospects! Managing Holidays, Absenteeism and Disciplinary is becoming an issue! If we could manage our Induction / eLearning System / CPD systems and output a skills matrix it would make resource management so much easier! What is the best way to use SharePoint to store our Policies and Procedures SharePoint being a Document Management System? If you are using SharePoint or considering it for your organisation the best advise Biz-ICT can offer is to get yourself on a workshop with other users exchange experiences and learn from each other. Then source a partner who can help you deliver. There's so much information on the web regarding SharePoint and unless you know exactly what you want and how to utilise it, it can be a very confusing place!