SharePoint Online Features

SharePoint Online Features

What are the features of SharePoint?

We have identified 6 main features for SharePoint. So these are:

• Portal  : the tool offers a unique web infrastructure allowing the creation of intranet, extranet and internet sites.
• Documents  : Facilitates the management of company documents and files. All documents are gathered in a single location, allowing employees to access useful information such as customer data, prices, offers, etc.
• Projects  : First, users have the opportunity to participate in a regulated and compliant content management lifecycle. SharePoint thus enables improvements in user experience, processes, and strategies.
• Search  : Users can search for content, information, business data, and people that might be useful to them on an integrated platform.
• Process and workflow  : automation of procedures and work processes.
• Integration and reporting  : users access structured/unstructured data to create intuitive reports (Excel, Access, Visio, etc.).

What are the specific features of the SharePoint Online version?

Some features are indeed specific to the  SharePoint Online version .

Sites

It should be noted that SharePoint Online has 3 types of sites:

• teams and intranet (several standard SharePoint templates);
• extranet: 50 partner access licenses are available in the license, after which additional licenses must be ordered;
• Simple internet customizable with the company logo and to choose from pre-established models.

Communities

• Personal sites with private storage space and a standardized page for defining their personal information;
• Wikis and blogs;
• Tags that allow users to mark standardized tags or comments.

Content

• Ability to edit in the browser using Office Web Apps.

Research

The search can be as well:

• contextual and phonetic with the SharePoint search engine;
• of people and their expertise, in the presence of personal sites.

Decision-making

• Access to Excel and Visio Services.

Composites

• Deploy solutions developed specifically with the sandbox mechanism, without requiring prior validation from Microsoft;
• Access Services (data obtained through the browser);
• Forms Services (business forms);
• Deployment of advanced workflows;
• Added Silverlight Web Parts.

Overview of SharePoint site possibilities

• Manage projects with the Gantt chart;
• Use site templates for collaboration or meeting management;
• Working offline;
• Use wikis and blogs;
• Create processes, forms and workflows;
• Generate advanced reports;
• Integrate data from other applications (ERP, Accounting, CRM, etc.).

In conclusion, do you need additional information? Contact a Microsoft partner;  SharePoint Online  will certainly meet your needs in terms of mobility, accessibility, and data security. And to go even further, don’t hesitate to download our guide to Microsoft Office 365.