-by Eugene
RECOMMENDATIONThis application is similar to SharePoint Workspace 2010 on Windows, and works as a middleman between the SharePoint site and the other Office applications on your Mac. Using Microsoft Document Connection, you can.
5out of 7
Quite likelyCOST EFFICENCY5out of 7
GoodOVERALL IMPRESSIONvery good
EASE OF USE4out of 5
very goodCUSTOMER SUPPORT4out of 5
very goodWhat are the best aspects of this product?
Sharepoint is faster than other traditional servers. We have an easy access to all documentations. We are allowed to preview the files and documents without opening them in an editable format. Great thing is that I can access the data from anywhere, and I know that everything is securely stored and accessible.
What aspects are problematic or could work better?
I don’t know why but I am limited in using the SharePoint from my Mac. I cannot access the data like from a regular server, so I need to log in vie Microsoft 365 online and go through TeamSites. It’s time-wasting, because I need to edit a lot of files and then re-uploading the files online.
What specific problems in your company were solved bythis product?
We are two different offices and SharePoint makes our work much easier. We have all the documentations and archives from old servers, we transferred everything into new cloud folders, we save same files in a reliable manner. Works great for everyone in our offices.
Are you a current user of this product?
Yes
What is your role with this product?
- I use it myself
How long have you been using this product?
Less than 1 year
What is your company size?
11-50 Employees
What is your industry?
Marketing and Advertising
How many people in your company actively use thisproduct?
most employees
How long is your contract with the vendor?
1 year
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The SharePoint on-premises service is being replaced by SharePoint Online, available since July 2016. For more, see ARCHIVED: About the SharePoint retirement.
- If you are a SharePoint site owner whose site has been disabled, you can visit SharePoint Standard Farm Migration to request an extension/re-enable. SharePoint will be permanently disabled no later than June 2, 2017; most sites should have migrated to SharePoint Online by March 31, 2017. Sites scheduled to be disabled on March 31 were disabled on April 3, 2017.
- ARCHIVED: SharePoint My Sites were permanently retired on April 3, 2017.
- Web browser support
Web browser support
Safari
Safari is the only browser that Microsoft officially supports for use with SharePoint on OS X clients, and offers the best experience. For limitations on Microsoft's support of SharePoint with Safari, see Planbrowser support (SharePoint Server 2010). The Silverlight plug-in is required for advanced user interface controls.
Normally, Kerberos or NTLMv2 authentication is required to access SharePoint at IU. Safari supports both Kerberos and NTLMv2 with no additional configuration required. If Kerberos is available, it will be used; if it is not, NTLMv2 will be used.
Some additional features may not be supported with non-Windows browsers. For instance, Internet Explorer for Windows is the only browser that supports ActiveX, so any ActiveX control will generally not work with OS X browsers.
Other browsers
Chrome and Firefox for OS X are not officially supported by Microsoft for use with SharePoint. However, you can access SharePoint using one of these browsers if you take some additional steps.
Normally, Kerberos or NTLMv2 authentication is required to access SharePoint at IU. Chrome and Firefox for OS X currently support only Kerberos authentication, but by default, this setting is not enabled. To use Chrome or Firefox with SharePoint:
- Authentication using Kerberos
- Obtain a Kerberos ticket-granting ticket (TGT) by doing one of the following:
- Log into ADS with your Network ID username and passphrase to bind your Mac to IU's Active Directory Service. Once you have logged in, you'll automatically have a Kerberos TGT.
- Launch Ticket Viewer. For details, see Authenticate against IU's Kerberos realm in macOS
IU's Kerberos servers are only accessible to computers that are on the IU network. To use Kerberos authentication from off campus, you must first establish a VPN connection. - Configure your browser.
- Chrome: Be sure Chrome is not running, and then open the Terminal app and enter: Chrome will now automatically authenticate to SharePoint (as long as you have a Kerberos TGT).
- Firefox
- Open Firefox, and enter
about:config
in the address bar. - Dismiss the warning that appears, and double-click network.negotiate-auth.trusted-uris.
- Enter the following:
Firefox will now automatically authenticate to SharePoint (as long as you have a Kerberos TGT). - Open Firefox, and enter
- Chrome: Be sure Chrome is not running, and then open the Terminal app and enter:
- Obtain a Kerberos ticket-granting ticket (TGT) by doing one of the following:
- Access SharePoint using IUanyWare
- Log into IUanyWare.
- Click the Web & Mail icon, and then click the IUSharePoint icon.
- Enter the URL of your desired SharePoint site.
For more about using IUanyWare, see:
WebDAV support
If you have Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) or later, you can use the Finder's
Go > Connect to Server
command to connect to SharePoint. In previous versions, you will only have read access to your site; write access is not available.For the following main WebDAV URLs, replace
sitename
with the name of your departmental or group site. For personal (My Site) sites, replace username
with your IU Network ID username.- Group site: https://www.sharepoint.iu.edu/sites/sitename
- My Site: https://my.sharepoint.iu.edu/personal/username
Consider these limitations enforced by SharePoint:
- You cannot store files larger than 1 GB.
- Filenames cannot begin or end with a period. Also, the following characters cannot be used in filenames: For more, see Microsoft Support's Information about thecharacters that you cannot use in site names, folder names, and filenames in SharePoint.
Microsoft Document Connection
The Documentation Connection application is not included in Microsoft Office 2016.
You can use Microsoft Document Connection (included in Office2011) to access files on a SharePoint site. This application is similar to SharePoint Workspace 2010 on Windows, and works as a middleman between the SharePoint site and the other Office applications on your Mac.
Using Microsoft Document Connection, you can:
- Read files
- Edit files
- Upload files
- Check files in and out
However, you cannot:
- Create folders
- Drag and drop folders from your local system to a SharePoint site
- Delete files
- Edit file metadata
- Edit live; you must click Refresh to see your changes
When adding a new SharePoint site to Microsoft Document Connection, use the WebDAV URLs listed above for departmental (i.e., group) and personal (My Site) sites.
Microsoft Office 2016
It is possible to open and save documents directly to SharePoint from Office 2016 for Mac OS X. In Word, Excel, or PowerPoint:
- In a Save window, click the Online Locations button, then click the +. In an Open window, click the + button.
- Click SharePoint
- Next to 'URL:' for the following URLs, replace
sitename
with the name of your departmental or group site. For personal (My Site) sites, replaceusername
with your IU Network ID username.- Group site: https://www.sharepoint.iu.edu/sites/sitename
- My Site: https://my.sharepoint.iu.edu/personal/username
- Click Next.
- Enter your IU username and passphrase when prompted for a 'User name:' and 'Password', then click Sign In.
- Your SharePoint site will be available under the SharePoint section of your open or save window.
For more, see Get help with SharePoint Online.