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

[wayne blair]

Oh yes, Skype for Business on Linux, even their "web" interface does not
work for me.  Their web inteface keeps trying to install windows
executables into my Linux/Chrome browser.  I got tired of fighting with it
and boot up a Windows VM when I have to use Skype for Business.

Microsoft gets uncomfortable with me when I say that I can't use Skype for
Businesws on Linux, please talk with me on a google hangout.


On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Aaron Macks <upelluri at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can't speak to Sharepoint, but from the base o365, these are the Mac
> issues I have seen:
> * Exchange/outlook - Works fine with Apple Mail.app, iCal and Address
> Book.  There are some slight oddities about looking up resources in
> iCal, but that may be specific to our AD tree
> * Skype for Business (formerly Lync) - Horrible.  The client is trash,
> both unstable and unpleasant to use.  There seem to be some serious
> flaws in the underlying protocol, we often get "oops message was not
> delivered" several hours after message seemed to have been sent
> * OneDrive for Business - this is NOT their usual dropbox-clone, but
> essentially a pre-configured sharepoint site.  Not at all useful for
> moving files around since there's no non-windows client support
>
> Aaron
>
> On 8/31/15 1:21 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
>
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