Office 365 SharePoint Document Management and Collaboration Enhanced with Less Dev Time “By using Microsoft Azure with Office 365, Ways can focus on developing enhanced document management and collaboration features instead of spending time developing infrastructure functions for authentication, authorization, and scalability.” – Carl Mårn, Product Manager, Ways SITUATION There can be some administrative overhead involved in getting started with Office 365 SharePoint document management. MetaShare wanted to create a solution that would simplify the process and make it more intuitive for companies to get going with SharePoint. They also sought to add useful new features to SharePoint that would help companies and employees get the most out of SharePoint document management and collaboration features. OFFICE 365 ISV: Ways Sweden AB WEB SITE: www.metashare.com LOCATION: Stockholm, Sweden ORG SIZE: 15 employees OFFICE 365 ISV PROFILE: MetaShare uses the power of SharePoint to give it a user-friendly, intuitive user interface and additional features like the ability to create tag information models that can be reused in workspaces or project sites without assistance from a SharePoint administrator. MetaShare excels in enhancing formal collaboration on projects, policy documents, and other organizational documentation. SOLUTION MetaShare’s solution combines the flexibility of Office 365 with the power of Azure to simplify SharePoint document management. MetaShare adds case management, full-fledged archiving, enhanced collaboration workspaces, and the ability to create reusable tag information models for SharePoint worksites and project sites. MetaShare simplifies folder and document migration by using Azure AD for authentication, Azure App Service for hosting the web app, and by storing user data in the Office 365 tenant, while storing metadata about the user’s environment in Azure SQL. BENEFITS Office 365 SharePoint makes it easy for employees to create rich and easy to use collaboration spaces for projects, departments, and work groups. Since Office 365 and Azure work well together, features of both can be used to simplify document management and reduce administrative tasks.