How to build an Intranet portal in SharePoint using out of the box features

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HOW TO BUILD AN INTRANETPORTAL IN SHAREPOINT

USING OUT OF THE BOX FEATURES

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About Me

Gregory Zelfond 10+ years of experience with SharePoint SharePoint Advocate, blogger Love to solve business problems using code-free, out of

the box SharePoint configurations Owner of SharePoint Maven

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About SharePoint Maven

I HELP ORGANIZATIONS TO UNLOCK THE POWER OF SHAREPOINT

MIGRATION CONSULTING TRAINING

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Agenda

– Intranet Portal Objectives

– Elements of Intranet Portal

– Demo

– Q & A

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What is the problem you are trying to solve?

What is Intranet?“An internal website that helps employees get stuff done”

What does Intranet mean to you?– Document Management System

– Department Sites

– Project Sites

– Wiki

– One Stop Shop for all Employees

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Things to keep in mind…

SharePoint maturity within an organization

Know your audience

User Adoption & Training

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Why SharePoint?

BEFORE– Intranet Site/Pages (3rd party tool)

– File Shares/Network Drives (within company firewall)

– External sharing apps (DropBox)

– Project Management Software (3rd party Software-as-a-Service/SaaS)

– Manual Processes/Forms (HR Onboarding, etc.)

– Employee Directory (Contacts) stored in Excel

– CRM managed in Excel

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Why SharePoint?, AFTER (a single platform)

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Intranet Portal Elements

1. Company Culture content

2. Collaboration content

3. Usability

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“Company Culture” Content

News and Announcements

Calendar of Events

Company Contacts/Org Chart

Pictures/Videos

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“Collaboration” Content

Department Sites

Project Sites

Team Sites

IT Help Desk

Vacation Requests Approval

Templates/Policies/Forms Library

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Usability

(Friendly) Navigation

Search (that makes sense)

Social aspect (social media features)

(Consistent) Branding

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Intranet Homepage

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Employee Directory

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Department Site

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IT Help Desk

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Sales (display Excel files)

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Policies Document Management System

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Project Management Office

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Project/Team Site

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Intranet Search

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“How To” Blog URLs

How to create drop-down Navigation

How to add SharePoint Tiles to your site

How to manage SharePoint Implementation

SharePoint Department Site Example

How to add a Video in SharePoint

How to create an Org Chart in SharePoint

How to create a SharePoint Project Site

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