What is SharePoint? Part: 2

We were studying about the areas of SharePoint in our last session. Now, we will see the remaining areas of SharePoint.

Communities: SharePoint provides a great collaboration tools which lets you to share ideas, find people and expertise and locate confidential business information. It also let you to manage these tools from a single, powerful platform.

Benefits of Communities

• People can work together.
• A single, flexible platform makes it easy to manage these tools and design the right collaborative experience for different business needs. 
• It is easy, secure and easily manage and scalable. 
•  It works seamlessly with the rest of the Microsoft Business Productivity infrastructure, including Microsoft Office applications, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office Communications Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft Dynamics. 
•  Adheres to open standards, so people can use third-party applications and systems.

Composites: SharePoint Composites provides building blocks that you can use to assemble, connect, and configure collaborative business solutions. From simple sites to complex applications, you can rapidly respond to specific business needs with custom solutions.

Benefits:

• Rapidly Create SharePoint Solutions Without Code 
• Unlock the Value of Your Company’s Data 
• You can centralize Access databases and Excel workbooks and deploy them from SharePoint. 
• It provides controlled access to company data.
• You can deploy safe Sandbox Solutions to SharePoint without risking the health of the platform.
• You can use the time and effort you saved to focus on higher IT priorities.

Content: ​ SharePoint Content makes Enterprise Content Management (ECM) easy for everyone. Combining traditional content management, social capabilities, and powerful search, it is as natural to manage as it is to use. 

Benefits: 

• Increase Productivity and Information Value 
• Drive Compliance and Reduce Risk 
• Fewer Systems and Easier Integration

Insights: SharePoint Insights lets everyone access the business information they need to make good decisions. With powerful features like interactive dashboards and scorecards, people can use the information in databases, reports, and business applications to address specific needs. 

Benefits:

• Helps you to be a good Decision Maker. 
• Improves Your Company’s Effectiveness 
• Makes IT More Efficient

Search: SharePoint Search helps you to find the information you need to get your job done. It provides intranet search, people search and a platform to build search driven applications- all on a single, cost-effective infrastructure. 

Benefits  

• Find Content Faster 
• Help People Connect
•  Customize the Search Experience 

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What is SharePoint: Part 1