10 Reasons to Implement Microsoft SharePoint
1. Easy Access to Client and Project Documentation
Instead of endlessly searching through multiple directories/sub-directories for documentation, Microsoft SharePoint enables you to view documents by client and project wherever they reside. Additional views, say by industry type, contract type or specifier, can be easily customised to meet the specific needs of your organisation.
2. Put Relevant Information at Your Fingertips
In addition to customised views of your documents, Microsoft SharePoint enables intelligent searching capability. Simply type in word(s) you are looking for and Microsoft SharePoint searches both the title of your documents as well as the full content.
3. Search Many Types of Documents
In addition to the expected Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Visio documents, Microsoft SharePoint will also search PDF files, CAD drawings, zip files and emails.
4. Control Document Versions
Multiple versions of documents can be easily managed through check-in and check-out functionality and automatic version control. You can also be automatically alerted when documents have been changed or new documents added. No longer will you lose track of the most up-to-date version of your document.
5. Collaborate More Effectively
Instead of emailing draft proposals round to colleagues for input and review, you simply post the document to a SharePoint site and use the check-in/check-out facilities to update a single document.
6. Speed Adoption using Familiar Interfaces and Tools
Microsoft SharePoint speeds up user adoption and lowers training costs by using a familiar browser interface and integrating with the Microsoft tools you already use everyday.
7. Start with a Small Pilot
Microsoft SharePoint is designed to scale to large enterprise deployments. For small businesses, departmental or pilot projects, Microsoft SharePoint runs on a single computer.
8. IT gets the Management Tools it Needs
Microsoft SharePoint enables IT to track which SharePoint sites are created and who owns them; enforce quotas for sites, users, and storage; block users from adding specific file types to sites; and automatically delete sites that are unused for long periods of time.
9. Available at no additional cost in Windows Server 2003
Within the Microsoft product suite, Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is included (at no additional cost) in Windows Server 2003.
10. Simple Upgrade Path to Windows SharePoint Portal
For very large or complex deployments of SharePoint you may need to move to Microsoft SharePoint Portal. For existing users of SharePoint Services, it.s a simple upgrade path.
