Not many small, medium-sized businesses are ready to invest in SharePoint even now despite the increasing demand for SharePoint development services. A number of larger enterprises, on the other hand, are willing to invest in SharePoint but fail to implement it properly for the best results. 

There are many firms in the Middle East with ample experience in implementing SharePoint for SMBs. But there are only a few experts who truly know what it means to implement SharePoint the right way in a large organization. 

That said, here are a few tips straight from a leading SharePoint expert offering software development services in Dubai. 

Think twice before going for top-down implementation

Top-down implementation, contrary to popular beliefs, does not work – even for small businesses. In many companies, the top-down SharePoint implementation begins with seemingly endless business requirements documents and many failed attempts at understanding architecture diagrams and design documents. This can get even more complex if so many departments are involved. The implementation will never be complete and there generally won’t be any progress on the collaboration either.

The cloud is your best friend when it comes to SharePoint implementation

For companies planning to migrate to SharePoint Online, make sure to use the cloud to easily and efficiently plan and execute the migration. With on-premise installations, a top-down approach is considered more feasible. And for that, organizations had to invest in a variety of things including assessing storage, determining server architecture, purchasing necessary equipment, hiring professionals, and devising an efficient implementation strategy. 

They don’t have to go through all that if they use Office 365. All it takes is to determine the budget by multiplying the per-license cost with the number of employees. No additional investments required.

The architecture deserves applause

Back in the days, before creating new sites, users created lots of subsites in a site collection requiring them to understand the site architecture, site collection, and subsite structure. But now, thanks to the flat architecture of SharePoint Online, all that needs to be done is to create a site (collection) and connect it to a hub. Reorganizing all of these can be done at any point of time.

Conclusion

In an organization, if people aren’t given the right set of tools for collaboration, they’d start using the wrong ones. There is nothing wrong in allowing a small set of users to use SharePoint in the organization without management approval. SharePoint isn’t one of the most reliable Microsoft technology solutions in the world for no apparent reason. With SharePoint, users can test things out, collaborate internally, and share stuff externally without hassle.