We performed a comparison between Microsoft 365 Business and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dropbox, Box, Microsoft and others in Content Collaboration Platforms."The collaboration is very good."
"Microsoft 365 Business is available as a SaaS product."
"It's available online as well as via desktop applications when deployed in the cloud."
"It's strictly in the cloud, so the company doesn't need to invest in hardware to install their Active Directory. So I find that it's a cost-effective alternative."
"It provides a single place to manage all of your tasks. It is easier to collaborate within our team or outside of them."
"Office products such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are strong points of this solution."
"The security provided by the solution is valuable."
"The initial setup process is easy and fully web-based."
"The collaboration, the ability for multiple users to work on a single document."
"The most valuable features for us are their document management list and hybrid forms. and We also use third party ad-dons to achieve workflows and other recent apps."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the fact that it doesn't require coding. You just need to configure it. You don't need to code before getting something running. It makes it very fast."
"The solution is pretty easy to use for the most part."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the Communication Site."
"The solution's most valuable features is its document management. It allows sharing with external users and integrates well with Office apps and Microsoft Flow."
"It is a decent tool for collaboration, especially if you are already using other Office products."
"This solution has provided us with a collaborative workspace to allow everyone to work together and be on the same page."
"Technical support could be a bit better. It's an aspect Microsoft could improve upon."
"It would be better if they seamlessly integrated with Macs. Because I have two laptops, and whenever I open one file in Windows laptop, and then I open the same file in my Macbook, the user interface is not consistent. Certain functions can run on Windows, but another function cannot, but it runs on the Mac."
"Updates to the SQL server with better features are needed to compete with Oracle Database."
"The cost is a bit high."
"The customization after the initial setup can take a while."
"It can be heavy and it sometimes takes time to access the application."
"They should have a consolidated app, rather than have different applications with a different app."
"For the past six months, I have been facing a synchronization issue between the calendar of Microsoft Teams and the calendar of Microsoft Outlook. In Microsoft Teams, I can't see the updated version of some meetings, but Outlook shows the updated version. There is a problem with data synchronization between the calendars of these applications. Both calendars should be synchronized."
"The user interface needs improvement because there is a lot of stuff in there. I use five to eight navigation buttons. It should be more user-friendly. Frequently used menu items should be arranged in a proper way. That would be helpful."
"The solution needs to enable better sharing capabilities between users and external users. Several users also have problems with linking their emails to their Microsoft account."
"I would like to see more Agile techniques and seamless integration with other applications."
"The areas around security, such as protection, need to be included."
"Many of our customers would like to see an OCR feature, so it would be very good to have this in a future release."
"The product could be improved by accommodating different technologies, particularly integration."
"This solution is not very stable. It is useful to arrange data but it's not the best for big data. Sometimes we have issues with our reports as a result."
"I would like to see the integration with Teams reinforced."
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Microsoft 365 Business is ranked 8th in Content Collaboration Platforms with 240 reviews while Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is ranked 11th in Content Collaboration Platforms. Microsoft 365 Business is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft 365 Business writes "Improves productivity and allows team collaboration in organizations". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server writes "Stable, integrates well with Teams, and has flexible and helpful support". Microsoft 365 Business is most compared with Google Workspace, Microsoft Intune, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Windows Autopilot and Datto Workplace, whereas Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is most compared with Amazon WorkDocs, Datto Workplace, FileCloud, Kiteworks and HCL Connections.
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