Why choose SharePoint® Online?

Many companies today face significant information management and sharing challenges. For example, workers today need to be able to perform these tasks:

• Share a common workspace with team members, to store documents and collaborate on projects.
• Publish, store, and view data—often from disparate sources.
• Quickly find information that is relevant to them, their job function, and their business area.
• Manage the flow of documents and tasks through a workflow system.
• Increase data security by controlling access, inside the corporate network as well as remotely.

SharePoint Online helps organisations meet these challenges by providing a flexible Web-based solution with tools and services to help employees manage information and collaborate with others.

In addition, SharePoint Online reduces the burden of routine IT management and frees your IT resources to work on strategic initiatives that move your business forward. You have access to the latest technologies without having to worry about updates or upgrades.

The tools and services provided by SharePoint Online enable individuals and teams to:

• Upload documents to online libraries, share the documents with others, and manage how documents are used.
• Display project calendars to track milestones and resource availability.
• Show announcements and alerts.
• Publish blogs and RSS feeds, or provide a list of links to other blogs, forums, and resources.
• Maintain a list of contact names and information.
• Create navigation for your SharePoint Online sites that best meets your organisation’s needs.
• Provide links to other important Web sites.
• Create specialised Web sites—Document Workspaces and Meeting Workspaces—to help manage particular projects or work items.