Microsoft Sharepoint Online

Microsoft SharePoint Online is all about helping teams organise, share and communicate more effectively.

Sharepoint combines centralised document storage with project tracking and content management tools that are used share knowledge and foster new ideas.

With SharePoint, you have an easy to use interface from which to share documents, manage projects, track tasks, find information and involve people.

As part of the Microsoft Office 365 suite, SharePoint Online enable you to create your own cloud based document and communications management system. Information is published throughout your organisation without the expense and hassle of installing and maintaining an in-house IT solution.

With hosted SharePoint the configuration, maintenance and upgrades to the SharePoint Server infrastructure is automatically handled by Microsoft to reduce your IT workload.

	Managing Documents Quickly find important documents by storing and sharing them in a secure, centralised location in the cloud with full collaboration features and access controls

	Organising Teams Adapt SharePoint around the needs of your team and processes with flexible workflows, layout designs and automatic alert to keep everyone connected

	Improves Communications Apply the unmatched connection features of SharePoint to manage knowledge-base resources, forums, blogs, wikis and more to keep all team members in sync.

	Connects with Microsoft applications SharePoint integrates with all your favourite MS Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other modules in the Office 365 suite as well as Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

Benefits of Hosted Sharepoint Online

Access your documents securely from anywhere through a web browser or mobile device
Ensures business continuity with your documents and files managed and regularly backed up by specialist hosting partners at secure UK data centres
Implemented quickly with minimum time and effort - no licenses to buy, software to download or servers to maintain
Create Microsoft Office documents and save them directly to SharePoint Online
Protect sensitive content with document-level permissions
Access important documents offline by using SharePoint Workspace
Control service provisioning, monitoring, and reporting to simplify management through a single console
Use templates to develop customer facing websites and internal intranet sites to share information - see an example of a public site created using Sharepoint Online
Blog site templates support article posting, reader comments and RSS feed generation
Enterprise versions of Office 365 offer local software install facility and full online / offline sync

With Sharepoint Online there's no upfront cost or capital investment to worry about, just an affordable monthly fee. Enjoy the full Sharepoint user experience without the time and expense of having to manage it yourself!