Integrating SharePoint Online and Other Collaboration Tools

I enjoy cooking. I have since I was a child, though I’m better at it now than I was then. Making something tasty that I enjoy that also makes others happy is very rewarding. To make a meal, there are only two required components – the ingredients and a heat source of some kind. You also need the skills to bring those two together successfully, which is why you’re reading this chapter right now.

The process of cooking would be less enjoyable and the results less desirable if the only tools I had were my hands. I rely on several tools coming together, each playing a role in successfully preparing a meal. I need knives, spoons, spatulas, pots, and pans. I might also use a stand mixer, a spice grinder, or a steamer basket. Each tool adds its own unique value and I quickly come to rely on them all being available.

SharePoint has been known as a document management system or intranet tool for years. In...