New Year's resolution? 🎯 Check out this tip for improving team collaboration in Confluence
January 9, 2025 edited
As we embark on a new year, it's the perfect time to embrace fresh perspectives and optimize our collaborative workflows. In our organization, we've been using SharePoint for our budget management and Confluence for project updates, timelines, and responsibilities. While this setup served us well, we needed a more integrated approach that would foster seamless collaboration and information sharing.
The Challenge 😵 Fragmented Data and Limited Visibility
Our previous setup created a fragmented experience, with budget data in SharePoint and project details in Confluence. This made it difficult to get a comprehensive view of our projects' financial health and overall progress. We needed to combine these two systems to create a unified workspace for our teams.
The Solution 💡Easy Integration with SharePoint Connector for Confluence
We used SharePoint Connector for Confluence to bridge the gap between SharePoint and Confluence. This powerful tool allows us to embed SharePoint documents, tables, and more directly into Confluence pages. Similarly, we can embed Confluence pages and content into SharePoint.
Quick Demo
To illustrate how the SharePoint Connector works, here's a quick demo showcasing the seamless integration of different type of data and project updates:
Happy New Year and Happy Collaboration! 🎉
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Quick question: How did you handle the transition period while setting up the integration? Any challenges or lessons learned you'd recommend keeping in mind? 😊
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Thank you for your question. It's a very good one! The integration with this app is very quick and there is no "backing period" or similar. Once installed you can use the app immediately. Permissions on both (system) pages must be taken into account.
In larger companies, there may be some time between installation and communication/training of all employees. In this case, I would include the following as key lessons learned: - Perform full data mapping and quality control - Involve key stakeholders from all departments at an early stage.
I hope it was helpful :) Let me know if you have other questions.
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Thank you for the helpful insights, @Elena Zanchetta! I completely agree-performing a thorough data mapping and quality control is crucial, especially in larger organizations.
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