<p>Never before has Microsoft tied so many of its big products together before as it has with this latest wave. Windows 8, Office 2013, SharePoint 2013 all share the same common look and feel. Office 2013 is now part of Office 365, and will even save files to the cloud by default. SharePoint 2013 is now also "cloud by default." Windows 8 has all kinds of hooks to these products and services.</p><p>As a result any one piece of this jigsaw failing will have huge knock on effects for the others. SharePoint 2013 needs to pull its weight. But in order to do this effectively it has a few hurdles to overcome first.1. Yammer Integration</p><p>Microsoft pretty much finished SharePoint 2013, and then bought Yammer. As a result it doesn't integrate fully with SharePoint 2013. Yet.</p><p>This will all change in 2013 as Microsoft has committed to releasing more regular updates (we used to call them service packs) for this new version of SharePoint. One of the first of these updates should bring Yammer into the fold much more closely. It will be interesting to see how successful the results are. At a purchase price of over US$ 1 billion, Microsoft needs these two products to work together seamlessly.2. The Move to the Cloud</p><p><a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/social-business/three-hurdles-sharepoint-2013-faces-this-year-019006.php">Keep reading...</a></p>