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bondagerestraints — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:37:52 -0000

Totally. And what's even better is that you don’t have to be a web programmer to manage your SharePoint site.

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arthritis — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:03:05 -0000

I think Sharepoint is a really wonderful tool. It's much more cheaper and value for money comparing to some enterprise intranet systems like Lotus Notes that cost a bomb.

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spiderveins — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:52:25 -0000

Sharepoint is a much cool & effective tool comparing to what SAP, IBM & Oracle had for this market.

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changeforge — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:00:45 -0000

I would tend to agree with your assessment that it is "just not that easy." I just completed another post on this where I said the installation was fairly simple, and then the real learning began. The concept was foreign to me, but as I have grown in my use of the solution and spoken with others on their applications, it is a rather interesting platform.

... and yes there is still a LOT of work that can be done to improve it... but it is most certainly an excellent stake in the sand for Microsoft.

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FredMackie — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:50:10 -0000

This is one of the best descriptions of what SharePoint is and does that I've seen. I don't entirely agree with the "network Play-Doh" simile - it's just not that easy. As for "where to start," there are number of resources on Microsoft such as http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/sharepoi... that are useful. I personally think SharePoint is more friend than foe, although the usability of the interface still could use a lot of work.

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changeforge — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:30:05 -0000

Intentions and delivery are 2 separate things :-)

I would say it might work, but in it's current iteration it does not play well as each document must be imported. However, for smaller projects and team collaborations, SharePoint is most certainly the way to go and should be considered the platform for use as opposed to managing file and folder structures.

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Siddiqua — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:20:03 -0000

Microsoft SharePoint 2007 is really provisioning of an ease for those employees who wanna access office resources like their office drives, printer, scanner etc by sitting at home.. But does SharePoint intended to replace a full file server..??

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rifchia — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:54:33 -0000

We are already using Sharepoint server and seriously to realise the full potential of MS solution will cost a bomb.

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changeforge — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:20:20 -0000

Meta Secret, I would tend to agree overall. With MS, it is usually an all or nothing scenario. I was attempting to explain a workflow between an ASPX page that fed a SharePoint site web part, which drove a workflow with varioud e-mail notifications to someone, and they kept asking why we couldn't unhook it from Active Directory and Exchange and just run it as a stand alone application. My answer was MS just doesn't make products that way. To realize the full potential of an MS solution, you need all parts (which are not cheap) moving.

What is undeniable though, is the level of out of the box integration between products that most people are already using. SharePoint WSS is a perfect add on to many businesses b/c they already own the server OS, the Exchange server, and the user CALs. From there a few thousand dollars gets you a very powerful workflow custom designed to your needs.

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themetasecret — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:08:43 -0000

I'm not a fan of Microsoft either. I feel that my company is kind of locked in to use all their products once we start going. We're using open office, Sugar CRM and Google Calendar for many of the sales operations.

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motorsportexperience — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:39:14 -0000

It all depends on which angle you're coming from. If you see it from a corporate customer's point of view of needing to buy Microsoft CRM together with Share Point and Exchange before you see things tick, I would rather opt for vendor independent software applications that are modular. Looks like Microsoft is moving towards the Abyss. I have a feeling they'll start cutting staffs for the first time in their history sometime soon.