Your top SharePoint frustrations and how to overcome them
Revealed: your top SharePoint frustrations and how to overcome them to go from good to great
There’s a reason SharePoint is used by more than 200 millions users globally. There’s no denying it’s features and capabilities – which is why it’s become the go-to collaboration tool, thanks to its vast array of features and capabilities. However, despite its numerous benefits, SharePoint can be a source of frustration, and many companies struggle to get the most out of the platform. From poor user adoption to technical challenges, there are a variety of reasons why companies may face difficulties with SharePoint.
While it’s easy to acknowledge that everyone has their frustrations with SharePoint, there’s a reason its such a vastly popular tool which contributes to the operations of millions of companies every day. However, it’s increasingly clear that to unlock the best value from SharePoint, it’s best to get some help from outside sources rather than trying to shoehorn SharePoint as the solution to everything. With the right tools in place, you can build a secure and efficient hub for collaboration.
A poll taken during the webinar found that top frustrations experienced by SharePoint users are:
- Duplicated files – 53% of people said this is a challenge for them
- Limited permissions – 47% have had difficulty with this
- Difficult navigation – 44% told us they have struggled with navigation
- Difficulty collaborating externally – 41% have experienced trouble here
Lucy Prior, Sales Manager and Anji Rogers, Sales Consultant at Ideagen took a deep dive into these frustrations and discussed the best ways to overcome them.
Lucy explained that despite the growth in instant messaging apps in the workplace, email use still continues to rise – but all too often, the important information contained within emails isn’t stored of shared efficiently, which creates a risk to businesses. Lucy went on to describe how to solve this by bridging together Outlook and SharePoint, creating a more robust system for a smoother workflow and better efficiency.
Anji walked us through some of the challenges everyone has faced when trying to work on documents together with external partners, the workarounds people use to try and overcome them, and the additional issues and generally poor experience this can cause. Instead, companies should be pairing SharePoint with a tool specifically designed for external collaboration.
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Catch up on the 30 minute webinar now to find out how to leverage your tech stack to take your SharePoint from good to great, eliminating those daily frustrations in the process.