The way employees operate in the modern workplace has changed thanks to the document management platform SharePoint. The creation of SharePoint has transformed the office into a tiny space where everyone can share information such as files, reports, photos, and ideas.

Employees are now more connected and engaged, which has increased productivity and brought the team together. However, a firm needs a developer to create a unique SharePoint platform.

Therefore, what is the most important factors to consider when hiring a developer? What essential duties come with being a SharePoint developer, too?

To make you know about the duties and make your hiring effortless of SharePoint developer, we will discuss the key responsibilities of being a SharePoint developer going forward in this blog today.

Facts and Stats – 50% of fortune 500 companies and over 100 million people around the world use the capabilities of SharePoint. Moreover, SharePoint adds approximately 20,000 users every day.

What are the key responsibilities needed for being a SharePoint developer?

As a SharePoint developer, your duties will include setting up and upgrading SharePoint systems in accordance with organizational requirements, creating scalable online apps, writing, and altering code, fixing bugs in software, and educating personnel.

Moreover, SharePoint developers must have a good sense of understanding of the below-mentioned responsibilities.

Versatile thinker

Hiring developers with .Net knowledge will not work for developing the SharePoint platform. As a SharePoint developer, the individual should know how to think out of the box and have top-notch skills in the SharePoint object model, SharePoint designing, and PowerShell.

Many .net developers are pros in their field, but not working in the field of SharePoint may be a colossal failure and will fall on their faces when they attempt to take a SharePoint project. Hence SharePoint developers must be versatile and fast learners.

Blending the Different Apps

Developing SharePoint using coding is not the only job of a SharePoint developer. Still, also, the developer needs to integrate various Microsoft applications to make the SharePoint platform user-friendly and intuitive.

The platform’s users are frequently asked to integrate it with business applications (D365 ERP, D365 CRM, Power BI), other collaboration tools (Microsoft Teams and Yammer), email services (Outlook, Gmail), social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), learning management systems, and content management systems.

Update or Migration

To keep businesses one step ahead, businesses need innovative and upgraded technology. Hence to improve a third-party or SharePoint solution to a innovative and newer rendering of SharePoint Server or SharePoint Online, SharePoint developer should sensibly alter and support the business in preserving the previous customizations.

Support and Preservation

After-launch support is one of the essential responsibilities that come under SharePoint developer. After integrating the SharePoint solution across the organization, the SharePoint development company offers support to guarantee that it functions effectively.

Moreover, various Microsoft SharePoint service providers offer managed services under an SLA of 1 or 2 years for a predetermined time frame. The work and responsibilities of a SharePoint developer are to update and add new features of SharePoint, resolve technical issues related to SharePoint, resolve downtime quickly, and install the latest updates to ensure seamless continuity of business operations, robust security, and uninterrupted usability.

Training

SharePoint developer is obligated to provide adequate training to SharePoint users and admins. SharePoint developers must offer training in configuration, SharePoint features, and fundamentals so that the user can understand the capabilities of SharePoint and make the best use of it. Additionally, SharePoint developers must inform users to gain an understanding of the platform’s extraordinary resources and swiftly and successfully manage them.

Wrapping Up

SharePoint development is not only about developing the platform and forwarding it to the client. Many other responsibilities should look after by the developer to make SharePoint solutions valuable and successful.

Customized development, integration of Microsoft tools, and migration are the primary duties of SharePoint developers. Still, the actual responsibility starts after-lunch support, where developers’ skills, mindset, and intelligence are measured through their productivity and knowledge about the product.

Author Bio

Carlotta Krajcik is a Technical Consultant at USA-based leading SharePoint development firm BITSCAPE. She has hands-on experience in delivering consulting services. Apart from technical things, she enjoys playing soccer with friends.