Global 360, a provider of Process and Document Management solutions, has unveiled the results of the How are Businesses using Microsoft SharePoint in the Enterprise? Market Survey 2010.

The survey was conducted to determine the breadth and depth of Microsoft SharePoint usage in the market today, understand how companies are driving value out of their implementations, and identify challenges related to their investment.

It found significant growth in enterprise SharePoint adoption rates as high as 98%. Although 80% of SharePoint deployments are based on SharePoint 2007, 8% of survey respondents had deployed SharePoint 2010.

When asked about SharePoint deployment challenges, development time and effort required to build business applications was ranked as the top challenge (30%). Respondents were also challenged by the lack of intuitive, easy-to-use SharePoint-based interfaces for business users (21%).

Twenty seven percent of organizations utilise over half of the documents stored in SharePoint to support mission-critical business processes. While many organisations start using SharePoint as a content repository or portal technology, 67% of survey participants have extended its use to manage document workflows, and 56% support general business processes.

Global 360 conducted this survey March 2010-August 2010. 886 people familiar with SharePoint from multiple industries worldwide participated in the survey.

The report is able to be downloaded at the company’s Web site.