This document discusses whether SharePoint is still a good option given the evolution of Office 365 and other cloud services. It argues that SharePoint is best used as a platform to build on for intranets, extranets, and content management rather than as a one-size-fits-all solution. Office 365 experiences like Groups, OneDrive, and Planner can provide easier, more mobile-ready alternatives for end users while still integrating with SharePoint. The key is choosing whether to use SharePoint on-premises or in the cloud via Office 365 and connecting other experiences to enhance it for the right scenarios.

1. IS SHAREPOINT
STILL RIGHT FOR YOU?
#SPFESTCHICAGO
@BNIAULIN

2. Benjamin
Niaulin
@bniaulin
http://en.share-gate.com/blog

3. …the LOVE STORY

4. WE’VE DONE A
LOT OF COOL
THINGS WITH
SHAREPOINT
THINKING BACK…

5. INTERNET
SITES

6. INTRANET
SITES

7. “7-ish out of 10 award winning intranets
are using SharePoint”
-Susan Hanley
http://www.itunity.com/article/winning-intranets-prefer-sharepoint-837

8. TEAM
SITES

9. AND SOME REALLY WENT ALL IN

10. AND IT HAS A
VERY PROMISING
FUTURE

11. “RENEWED FOCUS ON
SHAREPOINT”

12. BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN
TO USE IT

13. GOOD AT
NOT SO
GOOD AT
PLATFORM TO BUILD ON
INTRANET, EXTRANET, ETC…
OFFICE INTEGRATION
ECM (CONTENT MANAGEMENT)
WCM ( WEB CONTENT MANAGEMENT)
NOT “READY TO GO” FOR USERS
NOT REALLY MOBILE
DIFFICULT USABILITY / NOT SIMPLE
REQUIRES PLANNING/GOVERNANCE/TRAINING
OFFLINE WORK EXPERIENCE

14. UNFORTUNATELY SOME HAVE
BEEN USING IT LIKE A HAMMER
looking for any nail they could find

15. “I KNOW! WE HAVE
SHAREPOINT LICENSES, WE
SHOULD USE THEM FOR
<INSERT ANY PROBLEM I HAVE HERE>”

16. AND WHILE WE’RE
FIGURING THAT
OUT….

17. SP 2007 SP 2010 SP 2013 SP 2016
SP 2007 SP 2010
IT
USER

18. THEIR NEEDS HAVE CHANGED AND THEY ARE
NO LONGER AFRAID TO GO GET IT THEMSELVES
Mobile
Self-Service
Easy
open
Unrestricted
NO Waiting

19. DEALING WITH IT IS TOO LONG
AND COMPLICATED
Doesn’t meet user
expectations

20. TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHAT MY
KEYNOTE WAS ABOUT TO A
FRIEND

21. This is called
ROGUE IT
27% of workers who went rogue
reported immediate and dire
consequences, including sharing
valuable information with a
competitor, to lawsuits that resulted in
financial penalties.
(United Sample, 2013)
41% of US mobile business users
have used unsanctioned services such
as Dropbox or Google Docs to share or
sync files, despite 87% saying they are
aware that their company has a
document sharing policy that prohibits
this practice.
(United Sample, 2013).

22. The security team of a large nonprofit anonymously called up Dropbox to
investigate recent hackings and rumors of rogue IT use. The team was alarmed
to discover that Dropbox had a list of 1600 user names and email addresses of
rogue IT users in its company.
https://harmon.ie/blog/winners-harmonie-rogue-it-horror-story-contest-announced

23. EVEN I AM GUILTY…
Suggested using
WeTransfer instead of the
secure FTP because it
wasn’t working well with
my MacBook and IT
responded a day at a time.

24. WE AGREE,
SHAREPOINT IS A
PLATFORM.
BUT IT DOESN'T
MAKE US BUILDERS

25. SOMETIMES WE JUST WANT SOMETHING
EASY, MOBILE & READY TO GO

26. THAT’S WHY OFFICE 365 IS HERE

27. AND It’s not an
On-Premises
the Cloud
battle
vs

28. STEP 1:
CHOOSE WHERE YOUR
SHAREPOINT IS GOING TO BE
ON-PREMISES or CLOUD (via O365)

29. STEP 2:
CONNECT “EXPERIENCES” TO
ENHANCE YOUR SHAREPOINT
WHEREVER IT IS
LIKE ADD-ONS TO YOUR SHAREPOINT

30. OFFICE 365
EXPERIENCES
consume
what you want,
when you want,
where you want
- right away

31. HERE TO HELP US BY GIVING USERS A
CHOICE, AN ALTERNATIVE

32. Groups
Delve
OneDrive for Business
Sway Yammer
INFOPEDIA
PLANNER VIDEO PORTAL
BLOGS
POWER BI

37. “Stories”
Responsive
Easy
Ready to Go

38. Groups
for O365
bringing it all together for a
“group of people” or team

40. COOL BUT WHAT
DOES IT MEAN FOR
SHAREPOINT?
WHERE DOES IT FIT
IN ALL THIS?

41. WE LET IT GO BACK TO WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE
A PLATFORM TO BUILD WITH
YES, SHAREPOINT IS STILL RIGHT FOR YOU
for the right reasons

42. THANK
YOU!
@BNIAULIN
#SPFESTCHICAGO