#INFRAGISTICS SHAREPLUS MANUAL#
If a problem occurred during product testing, I used the app's user manual and set aside 5 to 10 minutes to resolve the issue. I tested the apps on various mobile networks with varying quality and speed: home, coffee shops, airport, and hotel. Small Business Office 365 license: SharePoint Team Site, Office Web AppsĪ 65MB dataset consisting of 150 items: documents (i.e., Office documents and Adobe PDFs), pictures, blogs, and discussions
Remote storage apps: Dropbox (version 1.5.3) and Microsoft SkyDrive (version 2.1) Productivity apps: Apple iWork Keynote (version 1.6.1), Numbers (version 1.6.1) and Pages (version 1.6.1) I then evaluated the installation, configuration (when connecting to a Microsoft Office 365 Team Site), and content browsing, viewing, editing, and uploading experience for each product.įor this review, I used the following test environment:
#INFRAGISTICS SHAREPLUS FULL#
For the purposes of this article, I downloaded the full versions of four such products - Colligo Networks Colligo Briefcase Pro v3.0.0, Infragistics SharePlus Pro for iOS v3.2, Aircreek Filamente v1.6.7, and harmon.ie SharePoint Mobile Client v1.2.3 - to my iPad 2.
#INFRAGISTICS SHAREPLUS UPDATE#
In the future, if Apple were to add support for the content editable on the Apple iPad, then we will investigate and update this post.įor those that require a richer experience and offline support, several apps are available for download from the App Store. The content editable attribute is used by SharePoint 2010 and other collaboration products, such as Office Web Apps, to provide a rich editing experience within a supported browser. Whereas the desktop version of Safari supports content editable attribute, Safari on the iPhone OS does not. The Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog explains the cause for the incompatibility:Ĭause: Apple Safari 4 or higher for a Mac/PC and Safari for the iPhone OS are not the same. However, this solution is not tested by Microsoft and does sometimes run into issues, such as not allowing users to upload documents. Using the native iPad browser provides a surprisingly decent - though not perfect - SharePoint browsing experience. For this article, I tried out the top four SharePoint apps that are available for download from the Apple App Store.Ī variety of options are available for accessing SharePoint on the iPad. (I know that my iPad has reduced the number of devices I carry.) With employees purchasing their own iPads or with some organizations standardizing on these devices, organizations that use Microsoft SharePoint need an application that can provide the full features of the program, such as the ability to upload documents or to take items offline for editing, to mobile users. Specifically, the iPad can be used for corporate applications, games, reading, music, navigation, and more. Other beneficial aspects are the multipurpose nature and polished UI of the device. The instant access and light weight are helpful for mobile workers, who can easily carry the devices in airports, on planes, in hotels, or to the local coffee shop. iPads enable instant startup and access to corporate, social, and standard productivity applications (e.g., email, word processing, spreadsheet, presentations). Compared to iPads, laptops are bulky, heavy, and take a long time to boot. From a user perspective, iPads and similar devices have several usability advantages that enable mobility.
(From a corporate perspective, there are manageability and security issues with mobile devices: corporate application support, authentication, securing the device and its data from theft, and providing support for employees through Help desk services - but these topics are beyond the scope of this article.) Many staff have multiple devices, including work devices (e.g., Research in Motion BlackBerry phones) and personal devices (e.g., Apple iPhone or iPad) that they want to use for work purposes. With more and more organizations moving to this mobile-employee model of working, IT can no longer control the proliferation of "non-standard" devices. Organizations expect anywhere, anytime access to information, applications, and communications to meet increased demand for productivity and customer responsiveness.
The corporate workplace has become home to diverse mobile devices, mainly driven by user demand for improved UIs, speed, and "cool factor." Also core to this demand is employee mobility.
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