SharePoint: A divergent tool

With a high demand of tools to easily develop and design web applications, choosing the best solution is not an easy task. While there are a wide range of tools and frameworks available to develop applications, using a solution that lets developers use it for multiple tasks is a benefit. SharePoint is one such tool. It is not just a web application framework, but a platform for several kinds of programs. It is a back-end system used by organizations to keep the employees’ PCs and mobile devices connected; thereby letting them communicate and synchronize. It lets employees to work in coordination.

SharePoint web development is a leading web application platform in the Microsoft Office server suite. It includes basic collaboration features like workflows, calendars, libraries, etc. This solution can be used by organizations as well as individuals to create websites. Apart from creating websites, it can be used as a secure place to share, store, access and organize information. This can be easily done from any device by using a web browser. This framework simplifies the task of sharing information. The first version of SharePoint was developed in 2001 and it has continuously evolved and upgraded with time. SharePoint has evolved as a tool that lets solutions that are out of the box. It provides multiple services making it stand out of rest of the web application frameworks.

As a website Content Management System (CMS), SharePoint allows users to sign in and make changes to the web pages by updating information, adding texts or graphics, and creating new pages. Though the basic use of this framework is to create websites, this solution is used in performing multiple tasks in organizations. SharePoint keeps all the employees in an organization on the same page. The solution is used as intranet in organizations to allow access to everyone in the company to know about the ongoing projects and other activities of the company. SharePoint can also be used as extranet to set up a project outside businesses. One can provide the outsiders with access to all the information they may need from the company using this feature. It serves as a solution to store documents. The documents stored on SharePoint can be accessed by the employees in the company according to the accessibility of the documents set by the administrator.  One can sign in to SharePoint from any mobile device or PC and can constantly keep a track on information on client histories, project statuses, locations and schedules of coworkers, and other information related to projects. This solution makes it easy for the user to search through all the files and database of the company, thereby allowing easy access to data.

With continuous upgradation and addition of features and services in SharePoint, it works as a great tool in organizations to carry out various tasks making it an easy tool to manage tasks. All these features make the SharePoint Web Development tool a divergent and effective one.