SharePoint Reviews

Valuable features in this product are:

• Easy customization with MS .NET and related tools
• Stability
• Performance in a medium size environment (100-200 users)
• Full support by MS

We implemented custom approval workflows (for approving Opex items) using Windows Workflow Foundation which simplified and helped in speeding up the process of approving HW and SW licenses.

Performance: The web page was sometimes not as fast as we'd like to see.

Application of custom CSS/visual styles was cumbersome and usually required a complete re-write of out-of-the box SharePoint site pages.

I have used this product for three years.

Stability was usually good.

I have not encountered any scalability issues.

It's standard MS-quality support. We got the help level we expected as an MS Gold partner.

Previously, we used custom ASP.NET application. We wanted to use SharePoint because it is easy to deploy in a new environment and has out-of-the box functionalities like AD authentication, file versioning, wiki pages, .NET extensible, etc.

The installation of SharePoint server was easy and had no issues.

I cannot make any specific recommendations.

SharePoint didn't have a direct competition at the time of our evaluation, mainly due to its deep integration with .NET Framework technologies like Windows Workflow Foundation. Thus, it was our only choice to try.

Consider what level of SharePoint Web customization you are looking for. If you would be okay with some basic color changes, adding your logo and other small visual changes, it would be easy for you to build what you want. However, if you are looking to build a custom look and feel website and consider using SharePoint, you will end up building a completely new product using some SharePoint components that may lead into technology/customization limitations.

We use it for collaboration and document management in the process of developing proposal responses.

SharePoint has made it easier to collaborate across the company during the process of developing proposals.

• The collaboration is incredibly helpful. 
• The ability to have version control and co-editing is vital to our workflows.

SharePoint sometimes cannot handle the amount of co-editing that we do. Of course, this could be the user, not the tool.

It is a whole package solution:

• Document management
• Workflows
• Requests
• Sites
• Permissions
• Integration.

It keeps our company organized and everything is in one place. It integrates well with the whole Microsoft production. It is flexible, but still structured.

There is not just one valuable feature; it is all of them working together: 

• Document libraries
• Lists
• Workflows
• Sites
• Integration.

The product could be improved in a lot of way. It is so frustrating to get things to work as advertised.  

The support is the worst. It is bad when Microsoft support does not even know what to do and you have to tell them. Also, they take too long to solve a problem.

Digitizing the document flow, storage, exchange and backups along with integration of Epicor. Also, it provided a direct interface with third-parties.

• Moved from papers to digital. 
• Removed the need of paper storage and people flow into the office.

Document flows, storage, and numbering take off the actions for checking and assigning the numbering and running around with approvals and pre-approvals. 

• Improve the user-friendliness.
• Make it more intuitive.
• Make it more like a flow/BPM view style.
• More hints and make it more user-customizable.

Some solutions have been implemented in the company that I work for. Most of them are based on workflows and team collaboration.

It has made us faster and more efficient. Users just like working in this environment, as an MS Office desktop.

• Team collaboration
• Unique permissions
• MS Office web access 
• Quantity and variety of partners with solution development ability on the platform.

Allow more functionalities for the on-premise version. Do not force the move of content to a non-private cloud.

In our scenario, Team Portal was a really useful feature.

We used to keep all of our documentation on SharePoint. SharePoint's version control worked really well with our large range of documents.

Configuration and troubleshooting need improvement, especially regarding TFS integration.

I’ve used this for more than eight years as an integration with the Microsoft Team Foundation Server.

We had stability issues regarding the TFS integration.

We didn’t have any scalability issues.

In Brazil and India, I thought technical support was really poor. In my case, my tickets were transferred to international support. They weren’t able to help me.

We did not have a previous solution.

It was very easy to install, like most Microsoft products. I love Microsoft's way of keeping their setups very similar.

I don't have enough experience with SharePoint's pricing and licensing to give my opinion.

We didn’t look at alternatives. Integration with TFS was crucial to our teams.

I think they can look for free options in the case of small teams of five to ten members. Otherwise, this is an amazing option. I am very satisfied.

The most valuable features are the high number of ready-made snippets, easy basic process automation functionality, security model, and good integration with other Microsoft products.

Knowledge management has improved a lot.

Analytics and reporting is an area with room for improvement.

It should provide more complex-process automation out of the box.

We've been using it in production since early 2015 for both document management and as Project Server 2013.

We have spent some time reconfiguring the farm in order to overcome performance degradation.

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

We haven't issued any tickets to Microsoft support because we have dedicated SharePoint admins.

We have used no other tool prior to SharePoint.

Installation and configuration were somewhat complex.

You can always start off with the free SharePoint Foundation version in order to evaluate the platform.

Before choosing this product, we did not evaluate any other options.

Look at the spec list and try to find out if (almost) all of the features you request are covered by SharePoint.

Collaboration & DMS are the most valuable features of the product, to me.

It is also easy to use and provides valuable integration options.

We are a service provider of SharePoint and SCOM to our clients. And we can see the change, how efficiently they are able to carry out their regular productivity works through SP, while the IT team is able to have control and adapt quickly with SCOM.

There are multiple areas with room for improvement:

1. Scanning engine driver
2. Mobile integration (just launched by MS, yet to be seen)
3. Stability

We recommend this product with the following two main points:

1. Cost of investment is quite low, while the ROI is quite high.
2. Plan a proper approach, and look for a capable team for implementation