What is SharePoint Development?

Microsoft SharePoint is a web-based collaboration and document management platform that allows teams to share, organize, and manage information and documents in a central location.

SharePoint Development refers to the process of customizing and extending the functionality of SharePoint to meet specific business needs. This can include the development of custom web parts, applications, and integrations with other systems.

Why SharePoint Development?

Using SharePoint Development, organizations can streamline their workflow, improve collaboration, and increase productivity.

SharePoint Development can help your organisation to improve its internal business processes and workflows, which leads to better communication and collaboration among teams, which in turn increases productivity, and efficiency and drive business growth.

Examples

Please find some ideas and examples of how you can use SharePoint development to improve your business and the experience of your employees.

Line of business system data on your Intranet

How often do your employees need to open your CRM system, or ERP system to find out the status of an order or delivery? With a SharePoint web part you can display that information via Microsoft Teams and/or SharePoint to give your teams access to their flow of work.

Holiday entitlement / Who is on leave this week?

Enable your teams to see what holiday they have left, book their holiday, or who is away on holiday for the next 7 days right from their homepage on the Intranet.

Screenshot from Intranet homepage showing that the member of staff has 8 days of holiday left and there is no one away next week.

This information can even be accessed by your Frontline workers from their phones via the Microsoft Teams app.

Conclusion

The possibilities are endless, but it is important that you think about what information and tools your teams and organisation need. The ability to target your entire organisation regardless of whether they are in the office, working remotely or on the frontline makes an attractive proposition. This in addition to the solutions being flexible and extensible, allows your teams to be more productive and efficient.

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