
<p>Enterprises mostly are using SharePoint Server 2010 and have been slow to move to Microsoft's cloud-based SharePoint Online service, according to recent Forrester Research survey results.</p><p>Office 365 SharePoint Online use was at 15 percent among respondents, according to August 2013 survey results produced by Forrester. That result is up just 3 percentile points from last year's survey. The survey found that 79 percent were using SharePoint Server 2010.</p><p>The lag in online adoption has its roots in SharePoint being considered as an on-premises solution historically, but there are other concerns, according report coauthor John R. Rymer, vice president and principal analyst for application development and delivery at Forrester Research.</p><p>"Customization in the cloud is quite a bit more restricted than it is on premise," Rymer said in a phone interview. "The second issue that you do hear is that 'Well, we're just not ready to go to the cloud yet. We're concerned about security and privacy' -- that's a general concern about cloud that SharePoint Online is also subject to."</p><p><a href="http://redmondmag.com/articles/2013/10/24/enterprises-slow-to-sharepoint-online.aspx">Keep reading...</a></p>