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Organizations use Microsoft SharePoint to create websites. You can use it as a secure place to store, organize, share, and access information from any device. All you need is a web browser, such as Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Chrome, or Firefox. Want to learn more?
Who uses SharePoint? Since SharePoint offers a number of different functionalities, it’s used by a wide range of businesses and organizations of all sizes. According to Microsoft, more than 250,000 organizations use SharePoint, including over 85% of Fortune 500 companies who use SharePoint Online as part of Office 365.
Why do so many people hate SharePoint so much?
The amount of time and expense that’s required to get SharePoint to do what you need it to defies the point of buying it in the first place. IT has traditionally liked it and users have tolerated it at best. But we’re now seeing more and more people stand up and say: “I hate SharePoint”. When I talk to CIOs, it turns out that even they dislike it.
The truth is a lot of businesses use SharePoint as an easy way for their employees to share information and create their own work websites. I’m sure some people embrace and love SharePoint because they can easily make their own web creations.
If you’re a developer that’s building a SharePoint site for the first time let me just say I’m truly sorry. It only gets worse from here. You can expect to use out dated, often defunct code to fix/ hack your site to make it display normally.
Why does SharePoint not talk to each other?
Because SharePoint installations just don’t talk to each other. So if you remember Ning, a platform for creating separate social networks, that’s pretty much how SharePoint operates. Huddle is more like Facebook. Yammer won’t suddenly turn SharePoint into a user-friendly piece of software.