Replacing Excel with a SharePoint List for Inventory Management

Introduction Managing a small inventory in Excel can be convenient at first—but as the inventory grows, Excel often becomes more of a bottleneck than a solution. I recently decided to shift from an Excel-based approach to a SharePoint List for better flexibility, multi-user access, and integration potential with APIs (like Dell’s warranty service). In this post, I’ll walk you through: Why I moved from Excel to SharePoint How I set up the SharePoint List Automating warranty checks with the Dell API Lessons learned and future ideas 1.