AMAZON S3 versus Sharepoint Online – Godzilla versus Hulk ( Part II)

SharePoint Online brings a tremendous environment of collaboration to your users. When you are working with partners or employees of your own company located in several subsidiaries in your country, this is the best in class approach.

But what is a file storage service?

A file storage service is a type of online service that allows users to store and access their files over the internet with security and appropriate authorization. Users can upload, download, share, and synchronise their files across different devices and platforms.

Drivers to configure and deploy SharePoint are:

  • Provide easy and convenient access to files from anywhere and anytime.
  • Enable collaboration and sharing of files with others.
  • Reduce the need for maintaining physical storage devices and infrastructure.
  • Offer scalability and flexibility to adjust the storage capacity and performance according to the user’s needs.
  • Improve user´s mobility and remote work.

So when should i use Sharepoint?

SharePoint is a really powerful solution for collaboration, document process automation, content search, etc.

Sharepoint focus on the following scenarios:

  • Collaboration solutions with other employees and partners using folders in a structured hierarchy with appropriate permissions.
  • Intranet to provide current company information such as events, regulations, standardise forms, etc.
  • Search data such as expertise within the company, projects, people profiles, documents, etc.
  • Automate processes integrated with IA (together with MS Syntex)
  • Manage document workflows between departments and document life cycle.
  • Synchronise collaborative data on your laptop to work at your own pace if needed
  • Business Intelligent platform

To sum up, SharePoint can offer lots of advantages to your collaboration scenarios.

Enjoy the journey to the cloud with me…see you soon.

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