If you are someone who gets excited on big changes, then there’s something to look forward on SharePoint. With the release of SharePoint Framework earlier this year, we should expect further client-side development on SharePoint Online. Having said that, the users of SharePoint’s cloud version will first experience these changes before support becomes available to the users of the on-premises version. As Microsoft continues to promote its “cloud first” strategy, SharePoint developers are weathering the shift to the cloud.
SharePoint Developers Weathering the Shift to the Cloud
According to Eweek, SharePoint developers are feeling the shakeup as Microsoft gears SharePoint towards the web-like path. As no two businesses are alike, these SharePoint developers assist companies and organisations in customising SharePoint based on their needs. And with Microsoft’s current plan to shift SharePoint services to the cloud, the developers are doing their best to adapt to the new environment. In fact, Matthias Einig, the CEO of Rencore, said that the SharePoint developers are starting to feel at home to the cloud setting with varying degrees of success.
In a recent survey involving the third-party SharePoint developer clique, Rencor found out that this move by Microsoft is making these SharePoint developers upset. For one, most of these developers are engaged in on-premises SharePoint services. This shift to the cloud will affect around 1 million developers and 50,000 solution providers, as per reports. In addition, this move will require the SharePoint developers to acquire new skills and become competent in new programming languages for them to adapt to SharePoint’s evolution. As we’ve said, depending on your take to major changes, Microsoft’s “cloud first” strategy can be a good news or bad news.
SharePoint’s Growing Reliance to the Cloud
If you are going to ask InfoWorld, the future of SharePoint is hybrid; that is, the on-premises version of SharePoint will depend more and more to the cloud. As a matter of fact, SharePoint’s on-premises variant has started to “transform” towards the cloud version as a component of Office 365 and SharePoint online. Moreover, there are certain features, such as Delve and Office Graph, that will only be available on the cloud version of SharePoint.
When deciding whether SharePoint in the cloud is for your business, always consider your customisation strategy, migration plan, and integration requirements.
