SharePoint: A Legal Killer App

From ABA Journal. 

Lawyers got along just fine making pre­sentations before the arrival of Microsoft’s Power­Point. Within only a few years, however, its use became nearly ubi­quitous.

Today, it’s beginning to look a lot like Microsoft has another “Point” tool that might change the way lawyers collaborate, much as PowerPoint changed the way lawyers give presen­tations. That tool is SharePoint, and it offers both a method and a platform for collaboration for law firms of all sizes.

At several legal tech­nology conferences over the past couple of years, ses­sions on Share­Point drew overflow crowds. One reason is that even a solo lawyer can use SharePoint for less than $50 per month. Microsoft has continued to refine the tool, and it might be time to put SharePoint on your technology to-do list.

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