Organizations can solve many of their growth challenges by creating an intranet that uses SharePoint out-of-box features which can be extended using 3rd party tools or custom apps.

1. Making the most of your
SharePoint – Intranet & Apps
Amos Wachanga
@wachanga

2. Been doing SharePoint related projects for a few years
(5 years old now )
Microsoft Certified Professional – SharePoint
PMP Certified
Technology Consultant . Developer
Project Management . Business Analysis
Meet Amos | @wachanga

3. Agenda
Intranet?
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Scenario
Common Challenges
Introduction

4. Introduction
Scenario

5. What happens here….
• Import cars
• Sell cars (need accurate information)
• Internal processes
Collaboration is key…
• ….
Car Sales Company

6. A few challenges….

7. Team Dynamics
• Diminishing individual experience
• Collaboration within the team

8. Operating Procedures
• Workflows . Consistency . Collaboration
• How do you optimize the processes?
• Historical data (e.g. pre-sales templates)?
• On-boarding? IT helpdesk?

9. Centralized information storage
• Car Specifications (year differences)?
• Stock Information
• How do you respond quickly?
Complexity Aggregation Consolidation

10. Market Volatility
• Change in consumer trends

11. Intranet
An internal website that helps employees get stuff done

12. What does intranet mean?
• HR – on-boarding process, centralized sharing of
information, centralized storage of employee information
• IT – Support/Helpdesk; records management
• Knowledge Management – Repository of knowledge
• Projects team – Centralized collaboration tool for projects
• Departments – Sharing information within the department
• One Stop Shop for Employees

13. Earlier, the organization would need…
• Intranet Site/Pages (3rd party tool)
• File Shares/Network Drives (within company firewall)
• External sharing apps (DropBox)
• Project Management Software (3rd party Software-asa-
Service/SaaS)
• Manual Processes/Forms (HR Onboarding, etc.)
• Employee Directory (Contacts) stored in Excel
• CRM managed in Excel

14. Intranet as a Centralized Solution
HR
CRM

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23. Reporting

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25. Key items to Keep in mind
• SharePoint maturity within an organization
• Know your audience
• User Adoption & Training
• Usability

26. Usability

27. Usability

28. Sample Intranet

29. Social & Collaboration

30. Search & Reporting

31. Next Steps

32. Get Started
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organization’s
needs
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O365
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33. Links to Learning Content
• https://www.edx.org/
• https://mva.microsoft.com/
• https://github.com/SharePoint/PnP (Devs)
• https://channel9.msdn.com/
• https://msdn.microsoft.com/
• https://dev.office.com/sharepoint
• http://sharepointmaven.com (blog)
• Get Certified (MSCA: O365; MCSE: Productivity)

34. Thank You
Amos Wachanga
@wachanga
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