[BBLISA] What does SharePoint break for non windows users?

[Paul Beltrani]

Thanks for the reply.  The point about issues with a VPN is interesting.
As someone else posted, SharePoint  is more than just a web server.  I
expect there's a range of features using ports and protocols people may
tend to filter by default.

  - Paul Beltrani

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 1:21 AM, Miles Fidelman <mfidelman at meetinghouse.net>
wrote:

> Paul Beltrani wrote:
>
>> We have an IT vendor that's trying to convince our CFO to move to
>> Office365/SharePoint. I get why they're proposing it. They're a Microsoft
>> only consultant and it's the only tool in their box.  Also, they stand to
>> make some big bucks in professional services to set it all up.
>>
>> However, they're steam-rolling over the objections of a large number of
>> more modern users who have been using Macs, Linux and Google Apps for
>> Business for years.
>>
>> Does anyone have recent experience with SharePoint/Office365 using a
>> client on any OS other than windows?  I would very much like to know what
>> breaks and/or causes difficulty for Mac and Linux users.   If Exchange is
>> any example, they'll claim it's cross platform (i.e. OWA) but in practice
>> you get limited functionality unless you're running Windows.
>>
>>   -- Paul Beltrani
>>
>
> Can't talk to the hosted version, but regular SharePoint breaks rather
> badly on Windows - when you're running across a VPN.
>
> Re. Exchange, I've had pretty good luck accessing the company server from
> both my personal Mac and my Android phone.
>
> Miles Fidelman
>
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