Comments on: Microsoft SharePoint As A Managed Service? http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/04/02/microsoft-sharepoint-as-a-managed-service/ Managed Services & Cloud Services Blog for VARs & MSPs Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:47:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe Panettieri http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/04/02/microsoft-sharepoint-as-a-managed-service/comment-page-1/#comment-52071 Joe Panettieri Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:50:31 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/04/02/microsoft-sharepoint-as-a-managed-service/#comment-52071 Rick: I must concede. I'm not sure how MSPs and VARs can continually "profit" from SharePoint. But there's no doubt SharePoint remains a massive (growing) market opportunity. Keep us posted as Azaleos makes more SharePoint moves. We're also watching a range of companies (Box.net, Alfresco, etc.) that strive to offer SharePoint alternatives. -jp Rick: I must concede. I’m not sure how MSPs and VARs can continually “profit” from SharePoint. But there’s no doubt SharePoint remains a massive (growing) market opportunity. Keep us posted as Azaleos makes more SharePoint moves.

We’re also watching a range of companies (Box.net, Alfresco, etc.) that strive to offer SharePoint alternatives.
-jp

]]> By: Rick Oppedisano http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/04/02/microsoft-sharepoint-as-a-managed-service/comment-page-1/#comment-52067 Rick Oppedisano Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:01:42 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/04/02/microsoft-sharepoint-as-a-managed-service/#comment-52067 I agree with Tony- there's definitely an opportunity for a managed services offering built around the front side of SharePoint. My company, Azaleos, offers managed services for the back-end of SharePoint. Our service is built around best practices for deployment and governance at the server level- basically, we build the baseball field and the umpires and then let the customers play ball. While our services keep the lights on the the grass trimmed, we've found that customers need someone to make sure they're still touching all of the bases as their company's reliance on SharePoint grows. I could see a managed service built around front-end development and remediation, semi-regular healthchecks and internal "how-to-use" training. I agree with Tony- there’s definitely an opportunity for a managed services offering built around the front side of SharePoint. My company, Azaleos, offers managed services for the back-end of SharePoint. Our service is built around best practices for deployment and governance at the server level- basically, we build the baseball field and the umpires and then let the customers play ball. While our services keep the lights on the the grass trimmed, we’ve found that customers need someone to make sure they’re still touching all of the bases as their company’s reliance on SharePoint grows. I could see a managed service built around front-end development and remediation, semi-regular healthchecks and internal “how-to-use” training.

]]> By: Joe Panettieri http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/04/02/microsoft-sharepoint-as-a-managed-service/comment-page-1/#comment-51971 Joe Panettieri Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:25:26 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/04/02/microsoft-sharepoint-as-a-managed-service/#comment-51971 Tony: I'm hearing from more and more MSPs that (A) leverage SharePoint internally and (B) promote SharePoint to customers. I don't want to put words in anyone's month but I believe a few of the key MSP/VAR peer group organizations use SharePoint to help coordinate group activities. -jp Tony: I’m hearing from more and more MSPs that (A) leverage SharePoint internally and (B) promote SharePoint to customers. I don’t want to put words in anyone’s month but I believe a few of the key MSP/VAR peer group organizations use SharePoint to help coordinate group activities.
-jp

]]> By: Tony Chiappetta http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/04/02/microsoft-sharepoint-as-a-managed-service/comment-page-1/#comment-51970 Tony Chiappetta Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:19:39 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/04/02/microsoft-sharepoint-as-a-managed-service/#comment-51970 Why does Sharepoint not get the traction in the MSP offering it deserves. Our company mission is to use technology to improve our clients business processes and ultimately their bottom line. What better tool to do this for the general processes that are common to all businessess than with than Sharepoint...and to top it off WSS 3.0 is FREE! Its time we look into incorporating an intranet offering into our value proposition....it seems like it would automatically differentiate us based on the fact that this great blog has gotten no love for over a year...... Why does Sharepoint not get the traction in the MSP offering it deserves. Our company mission is to use technology to improve our clients business processes and ultimately their bottom line. What better tool to do this for the general processes that are common to all businessess than with than Sharepoint…and to top it off WSS 3.0 is FREE!

Its time we look into incorporating an intranet offering into our value proposition….it seems like it would automatically differentiate us based on the fact that this great blog has gotten no love for over a year……

]]> By: Joe Panettieri http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/04/02/microsoft-sharepoint-as-a-managed-service/comment-page-1/#comment-5117 Joe Panettieri Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:12:35 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/04/02/microsoft-sharepoint-as-a-managed-service/#comment-5117 Brian: The jury may still be out in terms of ROI, but the overall vote from the channel seems to be "go with SharePoint." I know quite a few managed service providers and VARs that speak highly of their SharePoint businesses. While I have a healthy skepticism about other MSFT channel pushes (Vista, etc.), SharePoint seems to be a winner for partners. Please let us know what you ultimately decide. I'm sure our readers would like to hear about your experiences, both pro and con. Thanks. Brian: The jury may still be out in terms of ROI, but the overall vote from the channel seems to be “go with SharePoint.” I know quite a few managed service providers and VARs that speak highly of their SharePoint businesses.

While I have a healthy skepticism about other MSFT channel pushes (Vista, etc.), SharePoint seems to be a winner for partners.

Please let us know what you ultimately decide. I’m sure our readers would like to hear about your experiences, both pro and con. Thanks.

]]> By: Brian Doyle http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/04/02/microsoft-sharepoint-as-a-managed-service/comment-page-1/#comment-5084 Brian Doyle Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:50:10 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/04/02/microsoft-sharepoint-as-a-managed-service/#comment-5084 We have been wrestling with this question internally as well. It appears some in the market are adding this as a component of hosted Exchange offerings. We are still not sure what the revenue potential truly is for this as a service vs. the cost of support. The jury is still out. We have been wrestling with this question internally as well. It appears some in the market are adding this as a component of hosted Exchange offerings. We are still not sure what the revenue potential truly is for this as a service vs. the cost of support. The jury is still out.

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