Maintaining and organizing files and information is essential to any company's success. SharePoint integrates seamlessly into existing workflows.
- SharePoint Online makes it easy to share documents with collaborators inside and outside the organization.
- SharePoint Server can be managed onsite or with a Microsoft 365 Enterprise subscription, offering additional capabilities such as modernized site pages, web parts, authoring, lists and libraries, and search.
- SharePoint Designer allows users to build workflow-enabled solutions and edit external content for an effective external data solution based on Business Connectivity Services.
Data management does not have to be a headache for organizations, and SharePoint offers enhanced security that ensures the safety of company information. For example, SharePoint requires approval on documents before they are made visible, reviews documents for changes, and sends a notification when documents are uploaded or edited.
SharePoint also saves valuable time and effort by automating processes. The program allows workflows to automate actions, such as recording information and moving or emailing documents, by using conditional (if/then) logic. Users may configure SharePoint to require information about data such as custom tags, modified time, author, and more. Team members get a better understanding of the document's contents and purpose to quickly and easily know whether it pertains to their job functions.
SharePoint also allows users to create custom basic and advanced databases integrated into workflows and business practices. It gives users access to standards and others obtained from the library or user community, including extra libraries to store and share documents, calendar plug-ins, and workflow apps such as Nintex.
Recently, SharePoint was updated with enhanced features in response to user feedback, demonstrating Microsoft's commitment to its users. These features include:
- Support for file sizes up to 15 GB
- Allowance of special characters such as “#” and “%” in file names
- Increase of URL limits to 400
- A PDF viewer
- A recycle bin, which allows users to restore files that may have been inadvertently deleted