SharePoint as an Enterprise Content management tool... or not anymore?

Hi Steve,

You raise some interesting points.

Like you my roots are in old school SharePoint - all the way back to ‘Tahoe’. Although the focus has indeed been on ‘modern’ features for the last few years the ECM underpinnings of SharePoint are still there. It is fair to say that a set of these features are still in ‘classic’ mode but they are there. 

Microsoft has made no sign to deprecate these features and discusses them frequently in this community and at conferences such as Ignite.

Some of this functionality is being brought forward into the new experience with, I would argue, a greater focus on compliance and security than we have seen before in the product.

In short, I would submit that although the perception of SharePoint has changed —and rapidly increased adoption—the fundamentals of the product and service as an ECM platform are still present and relevant.