Anyone using Microsoft Lists as an Asset Manager/Inventory?

[EssentialRug]

As per the title, only yesterday did I notice that Microsoft Lists was a thing and they have some great looking templates for asset management/IT service desk etc. Just wondering if anyone is using this for either of these reasons and has any feedback?

 

Thanks!

[jthompson]

I hadn't noticed that it existed either. I'm guessing that it's a new addition to the waffle menu.

 

It looks like it's ultimately just a simpler/prettier way of working with SharePoint lists. I've always found SharePoint a bit of a nightmare to navigate, so I guess it's welcome even if it's not adding any substantial functionality.

[robyholmes]

Yes we are. Gone from using Access, to SharePoint (With access front end) to just Lists (Which is just the SharePoint list, but in the 'Lists' app.

 

Works well. Search could be better but otherwise works for what we want. We have a List of rooms and then use a lookup column in our Inventory (Which is also PAT records) so we can pick the room it's located in.

 

Just make sure versioning is switched on. It's a very helpful feature especially if like us you do PAT testing as well. It means you can look back at old results and what rooms the device has been in.

 

EDIT: Above is asses / inventory. Did look at helpdesk via it but to many issues. Using free account on Freshdesk and it works very well.

Edited December 7, 2021 by robyholmes