Hi everyone,
We are in the process of reviewing tools to assist with management of oour SharePoint environments.We are looking at a tool that can assist with the day-to-day management of the farm, sites, and content. What we also need is reporting on user access, implement setting accross sites/libraries (e.g. versioning etc.).
We have a relatively small farm, and let’s assume finances is not an issue. We also need good support, since we do not have the appetite or the resources to struggle with a 3rd party app when things goes pear-shaped.
We’ve had demo’s by both these parties, but I’d like to hear from “the people on the ground” 🙂
Sales people tell you all the nice tales, which is right, but I need an objective (well, as far as possible) view from the community. Your assistance and comments would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
So Francios,
I work at World Wide Technology and we are in the middle of doing a POC with both products right now.
I can tell you my short answer: DocAve
Axceler is a great product too, but it’s a niche product, it’s not an entire Enterprise Management Solution, where DocAve is.
Want to refresh content from Prod to Test to Dev? Only Doc Ave Does it all.Â
Want to move content around, backup the destination before the action; Only DocAve Does.
You have Managed Meta Data to transfer around? Only DocAve moves MMD.
You want to do Granular Backup Restore? And use RBS? Â Only DocAve Does
The area where I’m still yet to test / score is User Permission Administration.
I can also tell you this, DocAve just installed, without any issue and it’s not installed into sharepoint.
Axceler had many many issues installing, I had to have their top support agent help us, and even then I had to figure out exactly how to resolve.
What I could do is post our scorecard when we’re done to this thread if it would help. I know our requirements won’t be everyone elses, but it would give you some idea.Â
P.S. Also – their Replicator product is a differentiator for us at WWT.Â
