The number of things SharePoint can do to strengthen an organization’s communication, efficiency and security are astounding. You can also take advantage of document library for storing accessing and sharing documents securely, branding, sequential workflows, BI and reporting tools.

Here are the best occasions where a SharePoint solution comes in handy:

• A SharePoint solution is fast to develop and cost-effective. Because of ready-to-use modules, the development process is fast.
• SharePoint is great for collaboration and communication. Built-in modules like discussion boards, document library, and social features are par for the course with SharePoint. Outlook integration and automatic alerts connect the office. It is easily one of the best collaboration platforms on the market.
• Business Intelligence can be enhanced with a SharePoint solution. BI reporting is quick and easy with automatic graphs, XSLT web parts, and survey lists. Filter features can be customized to quickly filter relevant information. The readily available dashboards and UI make navigation simple too.
• SharePoint makes documents more secure. The document library for storing, accessing and sharing documents makes document management naturally more secure. User access and privileges are easily controlled.
• SharePoint offers process automation with workflows. SharePoint has in-built elements to design approval workflows, auto-task creation, alerts & notifications etc. Mostly workflows create a chain of sequential actions. But what if your approval process is event-driven, not to worry, SharePoint even offers event-driven workflows to set up conditions that fall beyond the default workflow setting. You may set event-receivers and place appropriate actions when the event-receiver receives intimation.
• SharePoint offers granular user permissions and restrictions to control access of information to be granted to a user. This also ensures security as you are revealing information only to the people you choose.
• Using web parts in SharePoint provides great convenience. Add lists, libraries, and functionalities to the web part and use it anywhere within the site. Talking of usability, SharePoint also provides master pages that allow you to design a single page template which can be used as a base for creating multiple pages.
• Creating mobile-ready website is also easy with SharePoint. There are ample of design features available to you to make your site ready for any resolution.
• Search is a key feature of SharePoint. SharePoint offers robust search that finds information faster within lists, libraries, content and even documents.
• Predefined workspaces, blogs, wikis, multi-lingual support and user management are also some of the important features to name a few.

SharePoint is a platform offering ample of in-built features to provide you with the ability and flexibility to build a befitting solution. If you feel confined with SharePoint’s in-built capabilities, you can always have the flexibility to customize SharePoint to arrive at the solution you want.

SharePoint is way beyond just document storage. It is best suited for collaboration, content management, user management, public-facing websites, intranet solutions, business intelligence and – the list goes on.

With every new release SharePoint brings in lot of features for enhanced solution and improved user experience. We will be coming up with some astounding SharePoint 2013 features shortly.

What are some of examples of times you used SharePoint to meet a solution? Has there ever been a time when a SharePoint solution required too much customization to meet the requirements? Share your experiences in the comments below.

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