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JohnNaguib's avatar
Sep 04, 2025

Avoiding SharePoint Sprawl Without Killing Collaboration

SharePoint has become the backbone of collaboration for many organizations. Its flexibility is a blessing—teams can create sites, share documents, and manage projects with ease. But without governance, that same flexibility can quickly turn into SharePoint sprawl: a maze of redundant sites, duplicated files, and forgotten content that frustrates users and undermines productivity.

The challenge is clear: how do you prevent sprawl without choking the collaboration SharePoint was designed to enable?

Let’s break it down.

 

https://dellenny.com/avoiding-sharepoint-sprawl-without-killing-collaboration/

1 Reply

  • ElisaDelaney's avatar
    ElisaDelaney
    Copper Contributor

    This was really helpful! This is exactly what we're going through with our company and I didn't know there was a name for it! Thank you :) 

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