SharePoint has been the growing rage among the latest breed of software developers and IT executives owing to the enormity of purposes which this software tend to offer. In other words, SharePoint has emerged as the sole platform for a variety of applications. To be precise, SharePoint has not been any standalone application package which can simply be installed and is worked upon from then on, but a powerful and internet enabled back-end system support from the mighty Microsoft which is all set to enable employees to bundle their PCs and mobile devices together in a bid to synchronize their efforts for a higher degree of productivity.
In other words, the basic objective is to empower a company to manage resounding coordination among its employees who can be scattered over different regions and to enable the element of agility thereby. The following are some of the most notable ways where SharePoint has been acclaimed for:
Intranet:
All the employees of a company or the member of some group can simply get to know about the news, get familiar with the announcements, can schedule their tasks and can have a steady access to range of information. Besides, even the dashboards are customizable for the specific departments and to suit their underlying roles and then levels of access can be formulated as per employee’s designation. The basic objective is to enable everyone in the company from top to bottom to get to know about the important news and information in jiff from the moment it is circulated. Further, with SharePoint in place, a company can also administer tools for the purpose of aligning social networking platforms of the workers and hence the company’s intranet basically serves like a virtual meeting place cum seminar room which can be attended to, by everyone in the company, if they are tied this way.
Documents:
By the virtue of SharePoint, a business is enabled to share its documents efficiently amongst its employees and the important documents do not thus remain confined onto the hard drive of a person. Everyone in the company enjoys a seamless access to shared documents in a company and a peon or a spot boy would not have to visit different rooms and departments of a company in order to notify and inform them, but with such an effective technology in place, all of the departments and its serving members can be made familiar with the documents as well as with what is taking place inside the company.
Extranet:
Converse to intranet, SharePoint can also be enabled to act like a meeting room with the outside world or businesses, no matter if that business happens to be a part of your supply chain or simply if your company aims to seek some project from that  business. Your company can simply render all the useful information to that company in the most prolific manner on the back of such a powerful tool as SharePoint.
Powerful Business Portals:
Likewise, we can also design and build resounding websites with proper documentation, CMS, graphics and users can secure a relishing experience with it. The control panel of SharePoint happens to be pretty user friendly and anyone with limited computer literacy can handle it with ease.
Collaboration:
Finally, with SharePoint in place, it becomes a cakewalk for others in the office to stay connected with what is taking place in the company and to synchronize their works accordingly as well as efficiently. Besides, coordination on projects is also being ensured with exceptional proficiency with the help of SharePoint and users can log in to their SharePoint account from anywhere around the world and can simply contribute to the office work in a proficient manner
