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Re: publishing large numbers of docs to SharePoint Wiki pages
Subject:Re: publishing large numbers of docs to SharePoint Wiki pages From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:Julie Stickler <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Tue, 3 Feb 2015 09:20:10 -0800
That matches my experience. All the features beyond the basic file
library for MS Office-format docs are proof-of-concept demos rather
than usable features.
The only winning move is not to play.
On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Julie Stickler <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> At my previous gig we were just starting to implement SharePoint, and I was
> heavily involved in the process. You need to find out which version of
> SharePoint your office bought. When I was trying to learn my way around
> SharePoint I'd bought a couple of books, and it seemed like all the cool
> features were (of course) in the most expensive version of the software.
> And (you guessed it) we'd bought the cheapest version, which didn't
> actually do half of what we thought it could do.
>
> My thoughts, from what little experience I had with it, are that Microsoft
> designed SharePoint as a way to encourage people to purchase their
> professional services. Almost everything we wanted to do with it seemed to
> require upgrades, customization, or paid consulting services.
>
> I hope you have better luck than I did.
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