SharePoint Usage

Today I am Providing some basic and useful information about SharePoint -

What is SharePoint?

SharePoint is web based portal that uses IIS web sites to share different type of data and information securely. This is a very easy tool that can be used by any size of organizations may be small, Medium or large. SharePoint is available onprime (local Machine) or online. SharePoint can be installed on a Windows Server Machine and can be accessed from anywhere in the network. Even without knowing the physical location of the files. SharePoint keeps its data on SQL server. Basically SharePoint is data and information Sharing Software.

As per Microsoft –

SharePoint is a collaboration environment that organizations of all sizes can use to increase the efficiency of business processes.​

​SharePoint sites provide secure environments that administrators can configure to provide personalized access to documents and other information. Search features enable users to find content efficiently regardless of the physical location of data.​

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303422.aspx

Usage of SharePoint –

SharePoint is very useful in different scenario. Here I am defining some of them.

Documents – User can store documents in SharePoint and share it with other users and limits then from performing the operations on the documents. SharePoint Usages Permissions that can be given of item levels that is different items can have different permissions. And the allowed users can perform task on the SharePoint.

Calendars – User can store calendars events and create your schedule and store in SharePoint and share it with other users and limits then from performing the operations on the events. SharePoint Usages Permissions that can be given of item levels that is different items can have different permissions. And the allowed users can perform task on the SharePoint.

Surveys – SharePoint can be used to do surveys in your local environments and online environments as well.

Task and Projects – You can manage your tasks and projects in SharePoint and assign them to related persons as well.

Collaboration – SharePoint’s Newfeed, user profile, collaboration features enable user to share their thoughts, like and comments on the each other posts, Share their Knowledge.

SharePoint is capable to send email alerts, automation tasks, data sharing in a secure environment.