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Collaboration platforms

• Is Microsoft PowerApps an InfoPath alternative?

  As users search for an InfoPath alternative, the seemingly obvious answer would be Microsoft PowerApps. However, Microsoft never intended for PowerApps to be the InfoPath successor. Continue Reading

• How traditional file-sharing services have evolved

  With a focus on improving digital experiences for its users, Box has added two new modern collaboration tools, Skills and Graph, to its roster to help shake up file sharing. Continue Reading

• Preparation makes perfect during migration to Office 365

  Moving to Office 365 isn't just a question of hardware and licensing costs. Experts say you should consider productivity and the costs of infrastructure support, as well. Continue Reading

• What does dropping SharePoint Online Public Website portend?

  Microsoft deprecated the SharePoint Online Public Website feature. For users that want public-facing websites, the change could mean higher costs. Continue Reading

• What derails enterprise collaboration software initiatives?

  Enterprise collaboration software can boost efficiency, but only if employees embrace the technology. Deployment planning that targets practical issues can help. Continue Reading

• SharePoint on-premises vs. SharePoint Online: What tradeoffs remain?

  An expert explains how SharePoint Online is gradually becoming more of a standalone product and how companies can take advantage of its growing functionality.Continue Reading

• How SharePoint tempers runaway social media growth

  Enterprise social media growth can rage out of control, consuming too many resources and slowing down operations rather than speeding things up. How can SharePoint help?Continue Reading

• Modernizing business collaboration software from the inside out

  While business collaboration software often focuses on internal challenges, enterprises must also find ways to bring global, mobile and external collaboration into the fold and create unified processes.Continue Reading

• Social media in the enterprise moves beyond monitoring

  Monitoring is a critical part of social media in the enterprise, but now companies face the challenge of analyzing, engaging and acting rather than just listening.Continue Reading

• Getting the most out of business collaboration software: Rules to live by

  Companies that have made the leap and use collaboration software offer up some rules to live by in creating effective communities.Continue Reading

• When cloud-based ECM doesn't cut it

  Cloud-based ECM might be in the headlines, but concerns and fears still abound in many companies and industries.Continue Reading

• Creating public-facing websites in SharePoint Online

  SharePoint now enables users to build lower-cost public-facing websites with SharePoint Online. Can this capability drive adoption of Office 365?Continue Reading

• Social, collaboration platforms hit ECM market like a ton of bricks

  Traditional enterprise content management systems have been hit like a ton of bricks by trends such as social media and collaboration software.Continue Reading

• Yammer vs. Jive: You can't always get what you want

  SharePoint includes the Yammer social media platform. But how does it compare with Jive? The Yammer-vs.-Jive debate rages on.Continue Reading

• Is mobile SharePoint ready for prime time?

  Despite a lackluster track record for mobile SharePoint, is SharePoint 2013 now ready for mobile prime time?Continue Reading