[BBLISA] What does SharePoint break for non windows users?

[Miles Fidelman]

Paul Beltrani wrote:
> We have an IT vendor that's trying to convince our CFO to move to 
> Office365/SharePoint. I get why they're proposing it. They're a 
> Microsoft only consultant and it's the only tool in their box.  Also, 
> they stand to make some big bucks in professional services to set it 
> all up.
>
> However, they're steam-rolling over the objections of a large number 
> of more modern users who have been using Macs, Linux and Google Apps 
> for Business for years.
>
> Does anyone have recent experience with SharePoint/Office365 using a 
> client on any OS other than windows?  I would very much like to know 
> what breaks and/or causes difficulty for Mac and Linux users.   If 
> Exchange is any example, they'll claim it's cross platform (i.e. OWA) 
> but in practice you get limited functionality unless you're running 
> Windows.
>
>   -- Paul Beltrani

Can't talk to the hosted version, but regular SharePoint breaks rather 
badly on Windows - when you're running across a VPN.

Re. Exchange, I've had pretty good luck accessing the company server 
from both my personal Mac and my Android phone.

Miles Fidelman


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