Comment on Wordpress: Everything about it

• BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think a lot of that is a lack of knowledge around it’s capabilities, it’s not as flexible as other systems, but at the same time it’s absolutely amazing at doing certain things really fast and easily. I have thousands of people using systems I’ve built in SharePoint and more than half of them don’t even know it’s SharePoint. They just pop in, use it, and get out.

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  • ptz@dubvee.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In all fairness, it may be. In the cases that have been dropped on my plate, it was absolutely not the correct tool for the job. It was just “what we have”.

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    • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s frequently the best tool for the job BECAUSE they already have it. If you need another tool, with another login, with more licensing costs, and more training time, and more support, it’s often a worse option even if it has more features.

      If they’re trying to spin up an intranet and share some files within the organization, it’s absolutely amazing. If they want a simple database containing active work items for a small team to process, it can do that too. If they want a central place to see who’s currently on vacation… SharePoint’s got you covered.

      If you’re trying to use it as a ERP system, it ain’t going to work. If they want a full fledged CRM, also a bad idea.

      SharePoint can meet at least 80% of the requirements for most office business processes involving files, pages, or single database tables, and it can do it for 20% of the cost/effort of dedicated software. If you want all the bells and whistles, that ain’t going to cut it though.

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