Business applications

An intranet that helps people get work done

Give employees one place to find an answer, make a request and see what happens next. We build custom intranets on Microsoft 365 around your team's daily work.

Tell us what you need

Start with an employee’s next task

A new colleague needs onboarding guidance. A manager needs to review an equipment request. An operations team needs to see what is waiting for a decision. The intranet should connect those tasks to the right information and owner.

We design the navigation around those journeys, then bring knowledge, forms and status views together. Company news can have its place without pushing daily work out of view.

Clear roles before more features

The role matrix describes what each person can see and do. It becomes a practical checklist for design and testing, not just a document filed away before launch.

Role	Typical access to agree and test
Employee	Read relevant guidance, submit requests and see their own status.
Manager	Review requests assigned to them and the team information they are permitted to see.
Content owner	Maintain assigned pages and documents, with publishing and review responsibilities.
Process owner	Monitor the relevant workload and handle exceptions within agreed access boundaries.
Administrator	Manage configuration and access with documented responsibilities.

Sensitive records need their own access decisions. We test actual users and groups across content, workflow data and reports rather than relying on a hidden navigation link.

Move from a packaged portal in manageable steps

Start with an inventory of pages, files, forms, integrations and active requests. Keep the parts that serve people well; identify what needs cleanup, a replacement or an archive. Assign a source of truth to each process while both systems are in use.

Then pilot one employee journey, validate the migrated content and access, and agree on the rollout. Training, support and the point at which the old portal becomes read-only belong in the plan. A staged transition gives your team time to check the new way of working.

Built on the tools your team uses

SharePoint and Microsoft 365 can provide the content and collaboration foundation. Power Apps and Power Automate can support request forms and approvals, with reporting built in Power BI and a scoped assistant built on Copilot Studio where it is useful.

We review your tenant, subscriptions and integration requirements before settling on the combination. The employee experience should feel like a complete task, even when several services sit behind it.

Relevant portal experience

The VIPAR Heavy Duty portal brings role-specific information, a knowledge base and support workflows together. Our wine and spirits distribution system connects customer and internal tasks. These custom applications inform our approach to roles and workflows.

Who it is for

Built around the people who use it

Employees and managers

Find current guidance, submit complete requests and see decisions without following a trail of emails and chat messages.

People, operations and IT teams

Own the content and processes behind the portal, with access rules and publishing responsibilities that stay manageable as the business changes.

What is included

The parts needed for a working application

Employee journeys

Navigation and task entry points for onboarding, policies, equipment requests and the workflows you choose for the first release.

Knowledge and content ownership

A structure for searchable guidance, with named editors, review responsibilities and a clear home for the current version.

Requests and approvals

Forms, routing, decisions and status views, including rejected requests, missing information and absent approvers.

Roles and transition planning

An access matrix, representative user tests, content migration decisions and a staged move from the existing portal.

How we work

Small milestones and visible progress

Pick the daily task to improve

Talk to employees and process owners, examine the current portal and agree on one useful journey from start to finish.

Release and learn with users

Senior engineers use AI-assisted delivery to target the first working release in 14 days. Pilot it with a small group, refine the journey and expand in agreed milestones.

Pricing: Fixed price per milestone, no hourly billing. About a third of a traditional team's quote for the same scope. Existing subscriptions and any additional licensing are reviewed before development.

FAQ

Questions people ask before starting

Is an intranet just a company news page?

It can include news, but our focus is the work employees need to complete: finding current guidance, making a request, reviewing a decision and seeing its status. We choose the first journeys with your team.

Can we keep parts of our current portal?

Yes. We inventory the content and workflows, then decide what to keep, connect, move or retire. The transition can happen in stages, with a defined owner for each process during the change.

How do you decide who can see what?

We define a role matrix with your content and process owners, then test representative accounts. Employee, manager, editor and administrator access are considered separately, including sensitive records and reporting.

Who maintains the intranet after launch?

Your team receives the agreed documentation and training for content and workflow ownership. We define who manages publishing, permissions and support, and can agree on further development or maintenance separately.

Can we start with one department?

Yes. A focused release lets employees use a complete workflow before it is rolled out more widely. We agree on the first department, acceptance criteria and how its feedback will inform the next milestone.

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