Since its launch in 2001, Microsoft SharePoint has grown to become a leading enterprise platform for intranets and content management. However, customers are increasingly using it to enable a much broader range of capabilities.  Lets explore just what those capabilities are…

1. TO IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS
HOW TO LEVERAGE
SHAREPOINT

3. Microsoft SharePoint:
Simple. Intelligent.
Untethered.“ “

4. Since its launch in 2001, Microsoft SharePoint has grown to
become a leading enterprise platform for intranets and
content management. However, customers are increasingly
using it to enable a much broader range of capabilities.
Lets explore just what those capabilities are…

5. { }1Intranet/Communication
Portal

7. • SharePoint can be configured and customized so that you can share
company announcements, share documents and company
information, and integrate news and social media feeds.
• Many of the relevant features are built-in: newsfeeds, content
management, groups and team sites, analytical tools to see adoption
rates, and more.
• Custom branding will allow your company to continue a
comprehensive style across external and internal communication
channels, letting employees internalize the organizational culture.
• Gamification to make exploring, working, and communicating with
colleagues fun!
Intranet/Communication Portal

8. { }2 Consolidating Reports

10. • SharePoint has powerful reporting and dashboarding services
built into the platform, and can pull the data from a number of
different business systems.
• SharePoint can act as a central Business Intelligence hub for
your business users.
• For Office 365 Users, consider Power BI as another amazing
tool to visualize your data.
Consolidating Reports

11. { }3 Collaboration

13. • In large businesses, numerous, sometimes geographically-
scattered teams are required to work together to deliver a
product or service. SharePoint can give them a space both to
work within their teams, and to share that information with other
teams.
• Microsoft Office web applications allow employees to work
together concurrently with real-time updates to their work.
• Keep documents organized in a central location so there is one
copy, up-to-date, with a version history/audit trail.
Collaboration

14. { }4 Business Process
Automation

16. • SharePoint’s document management capabilities combine with the
workflow engine, making a great platform to build process
automation solutions.
• Real life Example: M.R.S. used SharePoint Online to automate
the processes that go into receiving and approving accounts
payable documents. No more “paper with legs” running through
the office!
• We also built a quality management solution that allows
salespeople to submit a quality complaint ticket right from the
client site and have the required workflow processes start
immediately.
Business Process Automation

17. { }5 Employee Learning

19. • An internal learning management systems (LMS) can help with
the onboarding and off-boarding process and getting employees
trained and knowledgeable as quickly as possible.
• Accompanying documents, like benefits information and
policies/procedures can be included to make it a one-stop
destination for HR tools and information.
• Real life Example: M.R.S. has used SharePoint for LMS
(contact us today to find out more).
Employee Learning

20. { }6 Making the Enterprise
Mobile

22. • Custom visual wrappers can be used with SharePoint to offer a
mobile-designed, responsive UI for your SharePoint site.
• Using SharePoint on mobile devices allows companies to
mobilize their workforce without setting up a comprehensive
device management solution or having to custom develop
mobile apps for each operating system.
• A quick, affordable, and simple way to provide key information to
your employees no matter where they are or which device they
have on them.
Making the Enterprise Mobile

23. { }7 Search

25. • Microsoft focused on improved search in SharePoint 2013 and again in the
2016 edition to help employees find the information they need, which helps
companies drive adoption.
• SharePoint has a powerful built-in search appliance that not only searches
through your SharePoint environment, but any other business system
connected to it.
• SharePoint can be of particular value in cases where important business
information resides in older systems that are functional and reliable but may
not have as robust of a search capability.
• Search can be used to seamlessly integrate other business systems with a
SharePoint front-end, giving your older systems (or just different systems) a
consistent, company-branded UI that users are already familiar with.
Search

26. { }8 Document & Records
Management

28. • SharePoint is most often used for document management. Versioning
history, audit trails, and comprehensive metadata make SharePoint a robust
document management system.
• Search functionality enables employees to find the documents/records they
need, as well as all connected/accompanying documents.
• For similar reasons, SharePoint is also often used for records management.
In some cases where a dedicated records management system may be too
advanced or expensive for an enterprise, SharePoint offers the required
tools to perform advanced records management.
• Companies can configure SharePoint to match their records management
practices fairly easily and affordably when compared with other major
records management systems.
Document & Records Management

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