How Small Businesses Benefit From SharePoint
How Small Businesses Benefit From SharePoint

Cloud storage turned out to be a valuable asset to businesses regardless of business size and scale. The cloud technology also turned out to be transformative for software companies in Dubai as well. With the cloud, enterprises can boost both their productivity and IT capabilities while keeping ahead of competitors. 

Of the many platforms available today, Microsoft’s SharePoint provides the most practical solutions to leverage cloud innovatively, and streamline the workflow in the process. This is particularly useful for small businesses. 

That said, here are the many ways small businesses can benefit from one of best contributions of Microsoft. 

  • Ease of use: For an enterprise, getting their staff acquainted with a new software can be quite challenging. Fortunately, Microsoft designed SharePoint with this in mind. The popular collaboration platform is easy to use for everyone and is designed to integrate with Microsoft Office. Like with almost every other cloud storage services, the SharePoint account can also be accessed from any device. This feature can be particularly useful for companies involved with offshore services, and is also one of the major reasons why SharePoint development services are still high in demand. 
  • Better project management: One of the factors that contribute to a business’ success is its capability to coordinate and organize projects. SharePoint facilitates this by generating Gantt charts or utilizing calendars that can be imported to Microsoft Outlook, and even via their easily manageable task list. This makes keeping track of projects easier for the business.
  • Secure storage: Internal business communications are generally facilitated by the email service. However, smaller businesses may eventually find it difficult to manage their emails after a point. Employing a staff to read and respond to important emails may not always be practical for such businesses as there would likely be confidential information sharing via emails. With SharePoint, they will be able to create a portal where internal emails can be securely stored. 
  • Information distribution: Like most businesses, your business be sharing a significant amount of information on a daily basis within its ecosystem. Whether it’s instructions to employees or protocol updates, your business would have to ensure that the information reaches all concerned employees. Rather than personally instructing employees to save the information they need on their storage drives, a business can leverage SharePoint instead to store shareable information in a secure, central repository which can be accessed by authorized employees. 
  • Collaboration: This is probably the biggest selling point of SharePoint. The platform is designed to facilitate seamless collaboration enabling users to share ideas with ease, update shared documents, schedule meetings etc. 

Conclusion

The popular Microsoft technology platform enjoys a dedicated following in UAE, and is recommended as the ideal collaboration platform by almost every reputed organization providing IT services in Dubai. SharePoint’s features can be a gamechanger for small, growing businesses and bigger enterprises alike.