Information Governance  |  Sharepoint and Office 365

8 Things You Need to Know about SharePoint Governance

By: John Mancini June 17th, 2009

It shouldn’t be a big surprise that Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) is incredibly popular and powerful as a basic content repository. Microsoft claimed $1 billion in revenue from sales of the software in 2007. A recent survey by AIIM indicates that SharePoint is rapidly becoming pervasive within the enterprise. Of those responding to the survey, 83% said they either currently use or likely will be using Microsoft SharePoint. There are also many reports of SharePoint deployment projects being derailed or having less than desired results. Some of these are related to a lack of features necessary for an organization, such as more robust records management or a more controlled repository, but many are because of the lack of SharePoint governance.