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On Aug 31, 2015 7:24 PM, "Paul Beltrani" <<a href="mailto:spamgrinder@gmail.com">spamgrinder@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Thanks for the reply. The point about issues with a VPN is interesting. As someone else posted, SharePoint is more than just a web server. I expect there's a range of features using ports and protocols people may tend to filter by default.</p>
<p dir="ltr">An interesting point as related to SharePoint on-premise but that shouldn't affect O365 since it is publicly accessible (with login depending on the setup).<br><br></p>
<p dir="ltr">I don't think Sharepoint on 365 should be very much affected by OS as it seems to play well cross platform in my experience. If you have custom things added though your results may vary.<br>
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> - Paul Beltrani<br>
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> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 1:21 AM, Miles Fidelman <<a href="mailto:mfidelman@meetinghouse.net">mfidelman@meetinghouse.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Paul Beltrani wrote:<br>
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>>> 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.<br>
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>>> 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.<br>
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>>> 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.<br>
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>>> -- Paul Beltrani<br>
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>> Can't talk to the hosted version, but regular SharePoint breaks rather badly on Windows - when you're running across a VPN.<br>
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>> Re. Exchange, I've had pretty good luck accessing the company server from both my personal Mac and my Android phone.<br>
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>> Miles Fidelman<br>
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