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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra > > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa >
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