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+---
+title: "BookStack: An Open Source Microsoft Teams Wiki Alternative"
+---
+
+
+With Microsoft retiring wikis within teams you may be looking for an alternative solution for documentation within your
+environment. BookStack offers a potential free and Open Source alternative for your needs.
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+
+### What BookStack Offers
+
+##### AD Compatible SSO Options, Without the Tax
+
+Built in to the BookStack core are SSO options for authentication including LDAP, OIDC and SAML2.
+These also have the ability to map BookStack user roles to auth system groups for easy permission control.
+
+##### Self-Host Without Complex Requirements
+
+BookStack is built to be self-hosted and it can be done so without needing a great deal of resources.
+It's fundamentally a modern PHP application using MySQL as a datastore.
+It can easily be ran on a 1GB RAM VM, and it's resource usage scales with system activity.
+
+##### WYSIWYG Editor Experience, Markdown for Power Users
+
+At the core of BookStack is a WYSIWYG editor for its "pages" to ensure easy usage for all those within a business.
+Optionally, a Markdown editor can be used instead if preferred.
+
+##### Content Format Keeping to Standards
+
+The content written in BookStack is primarily stored in a relatively simple and flat layer of HTML.
+It's a core focus of ours that content remains portable so you're never seriously vendor-locked.
+
+##### APIs and Extension
+
+We have a developing simple REST API that covers all the core content types and user management requirements.
+We also have extension options that allow customization of any view, icon or text, upon some options to extend back-end functionality.
+
+##### Established Community Resources
+
+Since 2016 BookStack has built a community across GitHub, Reddit and Discord.
+Upon that, we have a built up library of video guidance on YouTube to provide detailed help for trickier subjects such as auth setup.
+
+##### Built-in Diagramming
+
+BookStack comes ready-integrated with [diagrams.net](https://www.diagrams.net/) for easy creation and editing of diagrams within
+your documentation content.
+
+##### Permission, Roles & Admin Controls at the Ready
+
+Built in is a core role-based permission system that allows a great level of control for admins, which includes global and content-level control.
+Admins also have access to an audit log for visibility into platform activity.
+
+##### Enterprise Support Available
+
+While we have a range of community support options, we also have a range of [business support plans](/support/)
+for where assured and official support is required.
+
+---
+
+The above only lightly touches on the functionality and features of BookStack.
+To get a real feel of what BookStack is get started with your own instance or explore our demo:
+
+[GitHub](https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack) | [Demo Instance](https://demo.bookstackapp.com) | [Installation Instructions](/docs/admin/installation)
+
+[Read more and see screenshots on our homepage »](/)
+
+---
+
+## Migrating From Teams Wiki to BookStack
+
+We don't have an automated way to migrate your content directly from Teams to BookStack.
+We do have a growing [REST API](/docs/admin/hacking-bookstack/#bookstack-api) that can be used to automate some of the process where possible.
+We also have a collection of [API usage examples in various languages](https://github.com/BookStackApp/api-scripts) to help jumpstart your own tooling where needed.
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