# SharePoint Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/sharepoint/ 11 people recommended SharePoint in Hacker News comments, 22 had mixed feelings and 91 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 12 months, in 9 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Criticized more than recommended, mainly for cluttered interface and difficult data export; those who recommend it cite document storage and file sharing inside Microsoft 365, with enterprise security controls and tight integration with Office, Teams and OneDrive. Summary written by Claude from the comments below. ## What people warn about - Weak integration between Microsoft products (2 comments in the sample): "you've got Sharepoint in there, Office, Skype for Business, and very little consideration seems to have gone into how to make all of those work…" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45937634)) "The shenanigans that happen when you 'link' to files, or not, from Teams to Outlook to Sharepoint is beyond me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46528581)) - Costly storage, hard to export (2 comments in the sample): "SharePoint storage is expensive, and boy what a disaster it is to ever try and get your data out of it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46875244)) "Everything is stored in mssql server behind the scenes, in the most inefficient way you could imagine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47023804)) - Hard to find content (2 comments in the sample): "I've never seen it not turn into a steaming pile of shit within months of deployment where nobody can find anything." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47151237)) "The issue is twelve end-users customizing something that produces output, saving it, and now nobody can read it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49183564)) ## Why people recommend it - Better than it used to be (3 comments in the sample): "Finally within the last 1-2 years, SharePoint Online in combination with the various other M365 services (and Azure) is "pretty good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643818)) "SharePoint actually seems like an improvement here, though I'm still on the fence about that." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50138507)) "I think I have more love for SharePoint than Teams, and that is a massive concession." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46874040)) - Enterprise security and access controls (3 comments in the sample): "heavily vested in SharePoint, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, etc. specifically for their enterprise controls" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49899232)) "They might have exquisite delineation for network resources in Sharepoint or Azure" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50035277)) "you want it somewhere that you can enforce security settings" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48173111)) - Integrates with Microsoft 365 apps (2 comments in the sample): "it’s a no brainer to stay in the MS ecosystem and use Sharepoint etc" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46083159)) "most Microsoft 365 products rely on SharePoint in one way or another" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48443099)) - Reliable document storage and sharing (2 comments in the sample): "the itch was the document repository with some features, and the rest was fluff for purchasing to sign off on." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46173944)) "It's not the best, but you can make a link which is for upload-only to a folder and send it to someone" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47485340)) ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/sharepoint/collaboration) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "SharePoint", https://hackerapproved.com/p/sharepoint/ (11 recommend, 22 mixed, 91 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.