What is the importance of having an intranet? If you haven’t made it a priority, your organization is not running as well as it needs to be.
It all really comes down to knowledge management. In the grand scheme of things, what we are trying to do with an intranet is making the big and complicated into an organized and easy-to-access form. A good intranet allows organizations to implement a system that allows the right person to find the right information at the right time. Your intranet means better group collaboration, employee relations, better internal communications, information sharing, comprehensive knowledge management within your organization's ecosystem.
So here's my soapbox.
Some clients may say "We don't have an intranet, so we don't need one." I'm pushing back here. You do have an intranet. How do you communicate internally? You are probably sending emails out all over the place. You have mass texts to employees. You have documents floating all over. You have flyers printed and taped on the wall. This is your intranet. How effective and accessible is it? Is anything getting lost or misunderstood? How safe is your company’s content? You already have an "intranet" ... it just isn't working very well for you.
“If HP knew what HP knows, we would be three times more productive.” –Lewis E. Platt, former CEO
A business ecosystem that requires you to bookmark, save or download links and attachments
is not efficient for internal communication.
Let's do a theoretical test. Can you hire a new employee today, get them access to one system, and have them be able to get to the information they need to do the job? If the answer to that is no, then you don't have an effective internet. Intranets are supercritical, and not just for corporate communications where they are great. Internets are a landing pad and a portal to get to all the information anyone in the company needs, to do their job effectively.
What is SharePoint Intranet?
Sharepoint Intranet is the collaboration and information sharing tools made available
through Microsoft’s Sharepoint and Team software. Basically, we aim to provide our clients with all
the help they could possibly need, ranging from implementing corporate intranets, establishing
information architecture, to organizing and structuring content. JourneyTEAM has custom-made unique integrations as well to make our clients' experience with their intranet the very best.
Three Packages
JourneyTEAM has developed three primary intranet packages to benefit our customers. The tiers are structured here, but keep in mind every organization has different business objectives. Be open to the right customizations for you. Let’s jump right into it.
1. The Basic Intranet Package | $5,000
Based on our experience, there are several consistent structures and features that we see most companies implement. We will take our experience and provide an Intranet already built out with “temporary” content. Upon delivery, our team will then provide content owner training, empowering the client to take what we have created and implement something unique for their organization. This basic intranet will include the following:
Custom Theme: Within the framework of Microsoft modern theming
Side Design: Template for all intranet sites. This includes the relationship to the Hub Site and an update of the custom theme
SharePoint Sites: All intranet sites built with related mega menu navigation
OOB Webparts: News webparts and other related webparts will be deployed and configured across the intranet
Content Owner Training: 2 hours
2. The Silver Package | $15,000
This intranet package is focused on meeting with the client and building out an intranet that meets their specific business requirements. No custom development is included, however, our team will provide custom web parts that we have already developed to help address the gaps of features within SharePoint.
Information Architecture
Custom Theme: Within the framework of Microsoft modern theming
Side Design: Template for all intranet sites. This includes the relationship to the Hub Site and an update of the custom theme
SharePoint Sites: All intranet sites built with related mega menu navigation
OOB Webparts: News webparts and other related webparts will be deployed and configured across the intranet
Choice of 2 Custom Webparts:
a. Employee Recognition
b. Frequently Asked Questions
c. Polls & Quizzes
d. Simple Charts
e. Quick Links
f. Timeline
g. My Sites/Teams
Content Owner Training: 2 hours
3. The Gold Package | $25,000
Similar to the Silver intranet package, the Gold package includes our famous Employee Directory and one additional custom web part. Our employee directory retails for $10,000 alone.
Information Architecture
Custom Theme: Within the framework of Microsoft modern theming
Side Design: Template for all intranet sites. This includes the relationship to the Hub Site and an update of the custom theme
SharePoint Sites: All intranet sites built with related mega menu navigation
OOB Webparts: News webparts and other related webparts will be deployed and configured across the intranet
Choice of 3 Custom Webparts
a. Employee Recognition
b. Frequently Asked Questions
c. Polls & Quizzes
d. Simple Charts
e. Quick Links
f. Timeline
g. My Sites/Teams
Employee Directory
Content Owner Training: 2 hours
How productive do you want your organization to be? Ready to get started?
JourneyTEAM is made of business consultants who are technologists. We specialize in helping organizations apply technology to their specific needs from the mindset of a business consultant. We've realized that through experience with working with other clients and through our skillsets, that the success of technology implementations is very much tied to their business objectives. We make sure we really truly understand the business objectives so we can apply the right technologies to it.
JourneyTEAM is comprised of multiple practices. These practices are really the focal point of what we do. We have practices that focus on ERP solutions, CRM solutions, and Cloud Services within Microsoft Azure. We have a Business Intelligence team and Group Change Management team.
The SharePoint Team
In the SharePoint team, we deploy Microsoft technologies to assist organizations with information sharing and collaboration. That includes SharePoint Teams and the supporting cast of functionality and technologies from Microsoft. We help you with the collaborative and information sharing tools Microsoft has made available to us through products such as Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and the integrations that those tools have within Planner within Office 365 as a whole within Power Automate and Power BI, et cetera. For a lot of our clients, we do everything from implementing corporate internets and establishing information architecture, to helping organizations learn how to organize and structure and secure their content within products in a way that we drive business efficiencies.
Get your intranet – and your organization – to its optimal efficiency. Contact JourneyTEAM's SharePoint team for info, pricing, and a custom demo today:
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JourneyTEAM was recently awarded Microsoft US Partner of the Year for Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (Media & Communications) and the Microsoft Eagle Crystal trophy as a top 5 partner for Dynamics 365 Business Central software implementations. JourneyTEAM has a proven track record with successful Microsoft technology implementations and can help you put Microsoft Teams to work as the central hub for all your communication, organization, and collaboration.