Employee Collaboration in Sharepoint

Abstract

This project aims at developing a portal for a company’s internal needs that include leave portal, a pre-sales dashboard and a document sharing list for the employees in SharePoint Online. SharePoint Online is web based Content Management System (CMS) provided by Microsoft. Microsoft introduced SharePoint in 2001 which was an instant winner. It had all the features that are needed for storage and collaboration. SharePoint later on evolved into two major versions, namely, On-premise and Cloud version. SharePoint the cloud version proved to be a feasible CMS for start-ups and small companies. As the usage of SharePoint Online has minimised the burden maintenance of servers and administration more companies started using SharePoint.

The utility of SharePoint has caught the attention of many companies lately. It has scaled up to, 75000 organisations saving 160 million users [8]. The usage of SharePoint made companies develop portals that are interactive and act as platforms for collaboration and exchange of information. The workflow automation provided by SharePoint helps in simplifying the business process management. Web technologies can be used to develop the portal in a user friendly and responsive manner.

In this project, a portal is developed that mainly has three functionalities – a leave application platform, a dashboard for Presales and a list that helps sharing of information. The leave application feature is based on the workflow automation service provided by SharePoint in which the user can request concerned manager for a leave approval. The whole process of approval is automated in the portal. The Presales dashboard option helps in viewing data related to projects that can be used to develop reports by the Presales team of a company. The data is shown in various forms suitable for easy understanding using web parts in the dashboard. A list that demonstrates file approval is included in the portal.