# Microsoft SharePoint for Small Business

## Microsoft SharePoint Benefits You

✔ No physical server at your office  
✔ No monthly maintenance fees  
✔ Have the ability to add team members  
✔ Staff can work from home or the office  
✔ Works with Apple Mac and Microsoft Windows  
✔ Access files on your mobile and tablet

## Making servers better with cloud solutions

Servers are necessary to businesses, however you don't physically need one in your building.

☁️ Forget about patches and maintenance as your cloud server is automatically updated  
☁️ Easily manage budgets with a fixed-cost cloud server  
☁️ Give employees secure access to business-critical apps from anywhere  
☁️ Move away from single point of failure scenarios

## Case Study for Small Businesses and SMEs

Daniel and Chris co-own an air conditioning business and wanted to streamline the business systems. The existing email system caused problems sending and receiving emails on a daily basis. In addition, there was worries about the safety of the company files. The only way to work on files between the team was to email files.

Microsoft SharePoint has allowed Daniel, Chris and the team to access email without worrying if the email would be stuck on the computers. The new filing system they have means that no files are emailed to one another. **The team can work on the same document at the same time on both their Windows and Mac computers**.

Staff work between offices and this new system allows everyone to access files on the move. When Daniel is out of the office with a proposal on his mobile (saved a few minutes earlier by colleagues in the office), he is able to maximise the expertise from team members whilst being professional to his future customers. There are no worries about any lost documents. When a team member is off on holiday or taking time off for illness, Daniel can see the files a team member was working on and reply back to customers from his desk. These improvements in productivity saves time looking for information when staff are out and it's all company data is shared within the team.

"Since we have been using Birak IT we have received IT solutions that have saved us both time and money. Service is fast, professional and friendly with an easy to use dashboard for raising problems and queries which are updated promptly. Birak IT is professional, experienced and we have no hesitation in recommending their services."

Daniel at Woodhouse Environmental Services

## Share files instead of Email

Are you sending large documents to team members or outside of the business? Instead of attaching files on email (which also fills up email space) you can send a link to the file and then it's a case of clicking 1 link to access the same information. This works for SharePoint and OneDrive. It also means you have 1 version of a file instead of working out which file has the correct information.

## We help small business save money...

...and increase productivity. If you cannot afford to spend thousands of £££s on IT kit, space for files, backup, software and maintenance then please read our case study. **Our team can set you up** with an affordable solution without the added maintenance costs each month.

### Speed up your work with Microsoft 365

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