SharePoint Online: A great tool for Small and Medium Enterprise
SharePoint Online is a Microsoft cloud service included as part of Office 365 or separately as SharePoint Online. It provides a comprehensive framework for integrating internal communications, content management, document management and enterprise search working seamlessly with Microsoft Office products.
SharePoint Online is tremendous value for business with 2-10 employees as it addresses the price point issue, it offers enterprise level software on per user per month subscription. It includes several features perfect for small or medium size businesses as it can grow with your business and does not require an upfront investment in infrastructure or licenses.
Reasons why SharePoint Online is great for Small and Medium Enterprise
1. SharePoint Online requires minimal startup costs. SharePoint Online does not sit on your own servers, does not require an enterprise license, and does not require Client Access Licenses (CALs). The cost structure is simple and does not include the hardware needed. Also, if your company is a nonprofit, you might get a significant discount from your local SharePoint and Office 365 partner.
2. Ease of Deployment – there is a significant amount of development needed up-front for your SharePoint implementation but anyone with basic HTML experience will be able to create and maintain pages. It is easy to customize the entire site with colors and fonts. There is no need to install and configure SharePoint like you would need to on your own server, it comes pre-configured with a single site collection ready to go, out-of-the-box.
3. SharePoint is best to be used as database – it allow organizations to create spaces online to upload and share important documents. SharePoint Online enables your employees to access their documents from anywhere using any mobile device. It’s particularly useful when your employees need to work remotely or from home.
4. Easy integration with existing system, the possibilities are almost endless with SharePoint online. It removes the need to email documents around or keep multiple versions of the same file – the old versions of a document are always available.
5. SharePoint Online in Office 365 now includes the ability to operate a simple public facing website. This allows you to build a very simple website using SharePoint. It’s particularly of great value to small businesses currently without a web presence. With SharePoint Online, your employees can create mini-sites and use them to share documents securely over the internet.
6. SharePoint Online (and Office 365) makes it easier to collaborate with suppliers and customers, which increase the ease of communication between businesses. This result in more business and return on investment.
7. SharePoint Online makes a low cost and simple option for creating and managing your company’s intranet. The tools for managing content are simple to use and familiar to all Microsoft Office users. Your tech savvy users can make use of more sophisticated features like content query web parts, calendar apps, news and announcements.
8. The licensing model of Office 365 and SharePoint Online, allows SMBs to just pay a fixed price per month for the number of users that are working on their SharePoint Online environment. If the business grows then they can just purchase more user licenses against a fixed price per month. So at the end, the price is very low for the use of an enterprise platform. The bottom line is that Office 365 lets Small and Medium Businesses have access to an Enterprise Platform at SMB Pricing.
Large or small, every business has a different way of working. WebVine can tailor a SharePoint solution to meet the modern needs of your business, your demographic and your industry. Contact WebVine today on 1800 022 990 for a free SharePoint consultation.