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  • SalesServiceGuy
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    SharePoint vs Teams

    What is the advantage of scanning paper documents directly from a copier into a MS365 Teams folder as opposed to a SharePoint folder?

    Are they not really the same thing. Both are designed for collaboration.

    I think SharePoint uses a Site approach to focus all discussions on a certain topic where Teams is more of a running chat.

    I have only used Teams for free voice calls and group audio visual presentations.

    Also, I think Teams has Channels vs SharePoint has Sites.
    Last edited by SalesServiceGuy; 08-30-2023, 03:10 AM.
  • SalesServiceGuy
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    Re: SharePoint vs Teams

    What is the difference between SharePoint and Teams channel?

    Microsoft Teams is the hub for teamwork. It allows for collaboration, chat, calls, meetings, and so much more! SharePoint Online is primarily a document management and intranet platform where you store, collaborate, and share information seamlessly across the organization, and is also part of Microsoft 365.Feb 22, 2023




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    • SalesServiceGuy
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      Re: SharePoint vs Teams

      When should I use SharePoint vs Teams vs OneDrive?

      When to Use SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive. Ultimately, the primary differentiators between the three applications lie with their primary use: SharePoint for online document management, Teams for communication, and OneDrive for individual storage




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      • SalesServiceGuy
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        Is Teams replacing SharePoint?

        Now that Teams is promoting “Lists”, It's easy to guess where they are stored. That's right, in SharePoint. Rather than replacing SharePoint, Teams is completely dependent on it. It's more appropriate to think of Teams as a user interface “overlay” on top of SharePoint. Jul 4, 2023




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        • SalesServiceGuy
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          Re: SharePoint vs Teams

          Why use SharePoint and not Teams

          SharePoint is a better choice when you need the advanced structure of subsites, with multiple document libraries and custom folders that are not related to your Teams channels.Dec 2, 2022




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          • SalesServiceGuy
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            Re: SharePoint vs Teams

            I think in the end, a lot depends on the current corporate culture as to the preferred method of communication/ collaboration.

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            • rthonpm
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              Re: SharePoint vs Teams

              Ultimately there is very little difference: Teams and OneDrive both run off SharePoint Online. They're just a different way to get to the same thing.

              For most of my clients now, instead of cooking up SharePoint Online sites I'm just using Teams as a more intuitive front end. You can always still get into the SharePoint back end of either Teams or OneDrive however I've found more people find the layout of a Teams site a little easier to manage, as well as a cleaner interface as there's no web links or other things to have to manage: they open the Team they're looking for information on and magically there files are there in the Files tab. The only time I'm generally doing any work with SharePoint is if a client has an explicit workload that only works with it.

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              • rthonpm
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                Re: SharePoint vs Teams

                Originally posted by SalesServiceGuy
                What is the advantage of scanning paper documents directly from a copier into a MS365 Teams folder as opposed to a SharePoint folder?

                Are they not really the same thing. Both are designed for collaboration.

                I think SharePoint uses a Site approach to focus all discussions on a certain topic where Teams is more of a running chat.

                I have only used Teams for free voice calls and group audio visual presentations.

                Also, I think Teams has Channels vs SharePoint has Sites.
                Then you're not using the true killer feature of Teams, which is an actual Team. This creates a back end SharePoint Online group with Teams as the front end.

                Example: a Team for say an Engineering Department.

                The core Team is for their generic documents and any group wide chats or notifications.

                The Channels can then become more specific areas, and can also be set so that only specific users from the overall Team can see them. So you could have a specific Channel for Mechanical Engineering, a different Channel for Electrical Designers, and then Channels for specific Projects all with different members of the overall department with different levels of access.

                Individual chats are just an add-on more than anything. It's probably the most compelling app Microsoft has had since Excel in terms of business adoption.

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                • SalesServiceGuy
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                  Re: SharePoint vs Teams

                  Originally posted by rthonpm
                  Then you're not using the true killer feature of Teams, which is an actual Team. This creates a back end SharePoint Online group with Teams as the front end.

                  Example: a Team for say an Engineering Department.

                  The core Team is for their generic documents and any group wide chats or notifications.

                  The Channels can then become more specific areas, and can also be set so that only specific users from the overall Team can see them. So you could have a specific Channel for Mechanical Engineering, a different Channel for Electrical Designers, and then Channels for specific Projects all with different members of the overall department with different levels of access.

                  Individual chats are just an add-on more than anything. It's probably the most compelling app Microsoft has had since Excel in terms of business adoption.
                  Thanks for your input.

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                  • rthonpm
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                    Re: SharePoint vs Teams

                    No trouble. Teams has dropped my email volume by at least 80% with considerably better response results. Even a lot of my alerts are going to Teams instead of email.

                    The monitoring server for all of my own servers sends me alerts via a we hook into Teams which sends them to a specific Channel in one of my Team spaces.

                    Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk

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                    • SalesServiceGuy
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                      Re: SharePoint vs Teams

                      Originally posted by rthonpm
                      No trouble. Teams has dropped my email volume by at least 80% with considerably better response results. Even a lot of my alerts are going to Teams instead of email.

                      The monitoring server for all of my own servers sends me alerts via a we hook into Teams which sends them to a specific Channel in one of my Team spaces.

                      Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
                      One of my IT dealers commented that he is trying to get customers to reduce their dependency on email because over time emails can use a lot of ever growing network resources.

                      Every once and awhile, I filter my emails and delete anything over 10 MB.

                      In the back end, Microsoft must have an unbelievable amount of data storage facilities and yet it all works and it works quickly.

                      I use OpenText's XM SendSecure for larger video and firmware files that I know will never get through someone's email server.

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                      • SalesServiceGuy
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                        Re: SharePoint vs Teams

                        If one creates a Scan site in Teams and you click on the three dots to the right of it, Teams will provide you a unique email address to scan directly into the scan folder.

                        From a copier's LCD panel, you put the Teams email address into your address book and you can use the full functionality of the copier to scan into Teams.

                        You can even put a One Touch on the copier's LCD panel to scan into Teams.

                        Perhaps not as cool as a Teams app but the result is the same.
                        Last edited by SalesServiceGuy; 09-17-2023, 09:58 PM.

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