Microsoft has recently announced an ECM system alongside its central tool, Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Sharepoint.
These recent capabilities have compelling business value and has captured the awareness of Gartner, cataloging them within the Content Services Platform Magic Quadrant, with the top ranking in "Ability to Execute".
Its functionality enables enterprise level digital asset management by providing features to catalog large amounts of digital content.
Microsoft Office 365 ECM Abilities
Below is a list of the features you can expect from Microsoft’s Enterprise Content Management Solution and Sharepoint Online.
Information Lifecycle Management
Content creation, editing, asset sharing automation, reuse, records management, archiving, and deletion.
Content Velocity
As unstructured content evolves in the information management workflow, organizations get new advantages from automation and can streamline data discovery.
A Document Management System Built With End-Users in Mind
This knowledge management tool provides a better user experience. It’s information architecture provides enhanced organizational records management, taxonomy, and retention.
Security
Intuitive, simplified security of information through the entirety of its lifespan.
Predictive Indexing
SharePoint libraries can store up to 30 million components with each tenant aiding 30 trillion items. Predictive indexing allows for the full bandwidth of these repositories while decreasing the requirement of active administration. Indexing can be completed as needed as team members perform
queries.
Intuitive Layout
Brings the user's attention to assets in the repository that may require additional workflows such as, amending absent metadata.
Bulk Metadata Updates
Content creators can upload millions of documents and organize metadata and other minutiae in bulk without needing to use of ad-hoc tools for transfer to address the metadata problem.