SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint is increasingly becoming a victim of its own success: As more departments start to use it, bottlenecks occur and performance suffers. To combat this, some companies are rolling out third-party storage systems that move large data sets off SQL Server.

Microsoft offered more details on Tuesday about its plans to integrate SharePoint and Yammer, saying it'll give Office 365 customers the option of replacing SharePoint Online's activity-stream component with Yammer's.

The University of Southampton is planning on ditching its Sharepoint installation to publish equipment and asset data, after developing an interface with UNIT4 that connects to its Agresso ERP platform and publishes data into an online, open database.

Five highlights and two concerns of the Microsoft's latest SharePoint iteration.

Microsoft will issue six security updates next week, including three for Windows 8 and its tablet spin-off Windows RT.

Users dealing with social notification overload might get some relief from the latest version of NewsGator's Social Sites enterprise social networking (ESN) add-on for Microsoft SharePoint.

Although enterprise social networking (ESN) products that replicate Facebook-like and Twitter-like functionality for workplaces have been around for about five years, Microsoft sees a big opportunity in that market, to which some feel the maker of Windows and Office has been slow to respond.

Positioned as a data loss prevention tool, the app and server software focus on enforcing SharePoint content policies on iOS devices

Microsoft will release the first service pack for Office 2010 in late June, when it will for the first time support Google's Chrome running the suite's online applications using SharePoint 2010, the company said Monday.

Building out a robust app store will be key for attracting SharePoint cloud customers.

From its humble beginnings as a repository for Office documents to its current role as a hulking enterprise-wide information portal, Microsoft's SharePoint Server suite has always been about content.

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 team is enticeing business users with Office Mobile upgrades and SharePoint integration.