This document describes Valo, a ready-to-use modern intranet solution built for Office 365 and SharePoint. Valo provides a beautiful user interface that works across devices and can be immediately deployed. It includes many pre-built features like company news, content pages, quick links, events, expertise finder, social hub, videos, discussions, blogs and more. Administrators benefit from tools for managing workflows, statistics and content. Valo supports multilingual environments and has a responsive mobile app. Regular updates through a subscription ensure it always works with the latest Microsoft platforms and features.

1. Ready-to-Go
Modern Intranet

3. Valo is a Ready-to-go
Modern Intranet on
Office 365 and
SharePoint
Center of all
communication, social
and teamwork in your
organization
Beautiful User
Experience
Works with any device
You can start using it
immediately
Always up-to-date

4. Full of Features
• Company News
• Content Pages
• Quick Links & MyTools
• Events &Trainings
• People & Expertise Finder
• Social Hub
• LatestVideos from Office 365
Video
• Discussion Feeds (Yammer )
• Yammer Praises and
Announcements
• Delve Blogs
• Surveys
• Forms
• FAQ
• Open Job Positions
• Classifieds
• Teamwork Hub
(Workspaces+Office 365
Groups)
• Idea Management
• AdminToolpack
• Multilingual

5. 14 supported languages
• Basque
• Danish
• Dutch
• English
• Finnish
• French
• German
• Icelandic
• Italian
• Norwegian
• Portuguese
• Simplified Chinese
• Spanish
• Swedish

6. LUX

7. Lumen

8. Candela

9. The Best Mobile Intranet
Experience
• NativeValo Intranet Mobile App for
Android and iPhone
• All ready-made themes are responsive
for the full mobile intranet experience
• Fully supports Microsoft apps available
forYammer,Teams, SharePoint,
OneDrive, Office 365Video, Office…

10. 100% compatible
Also available on on-premises SharePoint Server 2013 / 2016

11. Valo Intranet follows Microsoft’s
latest technical guidelines
”Office 365 or SharePoint
upgrades are no longer a
problem, because all
customizations are running
outside SharePoint”
TomiTavela, architect,
Valo ProductTeam
Remote provisioning
- ListCreator
- SubSiteCreator
- WorkspaceCreator
Azure web app / IIS site
Client functionality
- Client side solutions
- JavaScript, html, css
Browser client
Out of the box
Office 365
or
SharePoint 2013 /
2016

12. Valo O365 Architecture
Desktop
MicrosoftAzure
WebJob
• WorkspaceCreator
• AdminToolpack
WebApp
Valo Services Add-in
• Subsite provisioning
• List provisioning
https://customer.sharepoint.com
https://customer.sharepoint.com/teams/ws1
https://customer.sharepoint.com/teams/ws2
ProvisioningValo intranet with
provisioning engine from a
predefinedXML (Genesis)
<< workspace provisioning - CSOM >>
<< custom subsites - CSOM >>
Valo Mobile App
Azure AD
Microsoft Graph
O365 Groups
Valo Intranet O365
graph.microsoft.com
Valo Workspaces O365
<<RESTintegration>>

13. https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=20626
Microsoft Global Case Study about our journey

14. Valo Intranet project model scales from small businesses
to large enterprises
Valo Intranet
Setup
Basic branding
Valo Intranet Express
Setup
Basic branding
Information architecture planning
(1 workshop)
Pilot & SupportClinics (8)
Valo Intranet Standard
Training (1 session)
Setup
Full-scale branding
Information architecture planning
(2-3 workshops)
Pilot & SupportClinics (10)
Launch planning (1 workshop)
Valo Intranet Enterprise
Possible customizations,
integrations and migrations
Trainings (2-4 sessions)
Governance Model planning
(1-2 workshops)

15. Valo Fresh
- Peace of mind included
• Keep yourValo Intranet aligned with
Office 365 and SharePoint platform
changes
• Get newValo features
• Make your intranet better with stability
and performance improvements
• Empower your employees with Mobile
App for Android and iPhone
Possible new add-ons are not included in theValo Fresh
subscription. Please seeValo Roadmap for details.

16. The Future of SharePoint Intranets
”The SharePoint marketplace is undergoing a
huge pivot. Within 1-2 years, the SharePoint
intranet marketplace will shift from 90%
custom-coded solutions, to 80-90% out-of-
the-box intranet products running on
SharePoint as a platform”
-James Robertson, Step Two, Jan 2016

17. Reference cases
More from valointranet.com

18. 200+ customers and over 400,000 users in 20 countries
Consumer Goods Manufacturing Telecom Retail Health
Energy Food Media Construction
Engineering
Finance

25. VodafoneZiggo
Valo Customer Success Story of theYear 2017
Beautiful customized
intranet user experience
Rapid implementation
High adoption
”At Portiva we are incredibly proud we have won
this Award!We feel this is the crown on an
already very successful project, which would not
have been possible without the product and
support ofValo Intranet.”
Maarten Eekels
CTO, Portiva,Valo Partner from the
Netherlands

26. “I just opened our new Intranet
for the first time and it looks
awesome :)”
SabinVusca
IT Specialist, Eldon Group
“An emotional teardrop squeezed
from the corner of my eye as our
employees started to collaborate in
a strategy discussion using our new
intranet.”
Tove Forsström
Recruiting Manager, Carea
“We were looking for an intranet
package that could be implemented in
just a few months.Valo had the most
features in this category of providers.We
also liked that it was offered at a fixed
price.”
FredrikWennström
Business Developer, Bixia
“Valo Intranet has been built following
Microsoft’s recommendations to align
with the Office 365 roadmap.”
Vesa Juvonen
Sr. Program Manager, Office 365
engineering, Microsoft Corporation

27. Valo Intranet Partner Network
67
PARTNERS
26
COUNTRIES

29. Valo Intranet Partner Network
• Australia: Fujitsu, Ignia, Seers,
SharePoint Gurus
• Belgium: Xylos,Ventigrate
• Canada: 2toLead, vNext
Solutions, Metalogique
• Chile: ActiveTrainer, Latinshare
• Czech Republic:Virtux
• Columbia: Syntax
• Denmark: Fujitsu,Therkildsen
• Estonia: Primend
• Finland: Blue Meteorite,
Develore, Fujitsu
• France: Nelite, BSD
• Germany: GIS, Hirschtec,
PointPro,T-Systems
• Iceland: Advania
• Israel: Into-IT
• Morocco: Nelite North Africa
• Netherlands: I4-YOU, Portiva,
Csolutions, Fujitsu
• New Caledonia: SF2i
• New Zealand: Fujitsu, Spoke
• Norway: Advania, Embriq,
Adaptiva
• Paraguay: Login
• Portugal: Unipartner
• South Africa: Datacentrix,
Capuchin
• Spain: Clouzy,Tres60, Mandala
Infinity, Zertia, Syntax
• Sweden: Fujitsu, Advania, ÅF
Consult, Cognit
• Switzerland: Brain Consult,
Evolusys, Inext Consulting
• United Arab Emirates: Generix
• United Kingdom: Pythagoras,
Paperblade, Fujitsu UK, Synergi,
Clicknetworks
• United States: ATS (VA), InWorks
(PE), Klarinet (CA),Vizion (OH),
Xellerion (CA),TekDog (OH), Crow
Canyon (CA), CoupledTechnology
(NA)

30. How to buyValo Intranet?
License Categories
<100 users and non-profits
101 – 1000 users
1001 – 5000 users
> 5001 users
Product Modules
1.Valo Intranet Base
Package
Teamwork Hub
People Finder
Social Hub
Video
Delve Blogs
Admin Toolpack
Idea Management
Multilingual
2. Add-ons
Valo Fresh Subscription
Valo Fresh subscription costs 25% of the
total license fee per year and grants the
customer an access to the upcoming releases.
Fresh also includes the
Valo Mobile App
Delivery Project (by a localValo Intranet Partner)
Express:
5 days of work
Rapid delivery and
basic branding
1 week 4 weeks 8-12 weeks
Standard :
~15 days of work
Focus on information
architecture.
Maximize the value
through piloting
Enterprise :
>50 days of work
Focus on governance
and launch planning.
CustomizeValo per
customer

31. PickYour Ready-made IntranetTheme
… or choose full-scale branding
Lux Lumen Candela

32. Custom theme and anything is possible

33. Features
Do more with your intranet

34. Intranet base package
features
• Three visual templates:
Candela, Lumen and Lux
• Responsive design
• Native Mobile App
• News with targeting
• MyTools
• Alert News
• User-friendly page templates
• Survey
• Footer
• Discussion feeds (Yammer or
Newsfeed)
• New employee presentations
• Event Calendar
• Training Calendar
• Shortcuts
• Open positions
• RSS feeds
• Yammer praises and
announcements
• Blogs
• Wikis
• FAQ
• Classifieds
• Enhanced document
metadata
+ Add-Ons
TEAMWORK HUB
SOCIAL HUB
VIDEO
DELVE BLOGS
ADMINTOOLPACK
PEOPLE FINDER
IDEA MANAGEMENT MULTILINGUAL

35. Add-On:Teamwork Hub
• Ready-to-use workspace templates for
projects, teams, and products
• Document management
• Easy user rights management
• Workspace order form with an approval
process
• AutomaticYammer integration
• My favorite workspaces
• Each workspace is a separate site
collection
• Workspace summary page with filters
and search
• Workspace inactivation process
• Office 365 Groups integrated
Order Approve Create
Find and
use
Archive
Workspace lifecycle

36. Add-On:Video
LatestVideo add-on displays latest videos from Office 365Video
portal in your intranet.
Record a video with your iPhone, upload it into Office 365Video
portal and publish it in to the intranet front page. Record you Skype
trainings and share them to everybody via intranet. New employee
introductions, announcements, employee onboarding. Use cases
for internal videos are endless.
LatestVideo add-on displays latest videos
from Office 365Video portal in your
intranet.
Record a video with your iPhone, upload it
into Office 365Video portal and publish it
in to the intranet front page. Record you
Skype trainings and share them to
everybody via intranet. New employee
introductions, announcements, employee
onboarding. Use cases for internal videos
are endless.
Videos are one of
the key intranet
trends in 2016

37. Add-On: People finder
LatestVideo add-on displays latest videos from Office 365Video
portal in your intranet.
Record a video with your iPhone, upload it into Office 365Video
portal and publish it in to the intranet front page. Record you Skype
trainings and share them to everybody via intranet. New employee
introductions, announcements, employee onboarding. Use cases
for internal videos are endless.
Looking for contact information? Call from
an unknown number?
UseValo People Finder for searching
colleagues by name or phone number.
Advanced Finder enables narrowing down
the search by any additional field available
in user profiles.
Seamless integration with SharePoint’s
powerful People search and Delve user
profiles.

38. Add-On: Social hub
Social Hub makes it easy for you to follow
what people are talking about your
organization in social media
Social Hub guides your employees to
share your company’s content in a
meaningful way. Social Hub includes an
example text for your organization’s
social media guideline
• Supported channels:
• Blog (Wordpress, Blogger, and
Tumbler)
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• SlideShare
• Twitter
• Vimeo
• Youtube

39. Add-On: Delve blogs
LatestVideo add-on displays latest videos from Office 365Video
portal in your intranet.
Record a video with your iPhone, upload it into Office 365Video
portal and publish it in to the intranet front page. Record you Skype
trainings and share them to everybody via intranet. New employee
introductions, announcements, employee onboarding. Use cases
for internal videos are endless.
Office 365 has a great blogging tool in
Delve. However, the problem is that the
blog posts are very difficult to find
because they can be accessed only by
navigating to person’s own Delve profile.
With Delve Blogs add-on all the latest blog
posts from users’ Delve profiles will be
surfaced in you intranet.

40. Add-On: Admin toolpack
LatestVideo add-on displays latest videos from Office 365Video
portal in your intranet.
Record a video with your iPhone, upload it into Office 365Video
portal and publish it in to the intranet front page. Record you Skype
trainings and share them to everybody via intranet. New employee
introductions, announcements, employee onboarding. Use cases
for internal videos are endless.
Gathers all the necessary Intranet
statistics and tools into one view
• Content tools
• Pending workspaces
• Most popular workspaces
• New workspaces
• Outdated pages
• Most unpopular pages
• Most popular pages
• Most commented news
• Most liked news
• User manuals
Lots of configurable parameters

41. Add-On: Idea Management
LatestVideo add-on displays latest videos from Office 365Video
portal in your intranet.
Record a video with your iPhone, upload it into Office 365Video
portal and publish it in to the intranet front page. Record you Skype
trainings and share them to everybody via intranet. New employee
introductions, announcements, employee onboarding. Use cases
for internal videos are endless.
Collect and grow new ideas to solve
problems and discover new opportunities.
Users achieve scores from submitting new
ideas and commenting others’ ideas.
Ideas have categories and a predefined
workflow.
Statistics are displayed in visual
dashboards:
• Best performers
• # ideas per month/category/status
Lots of configurable parameters.

42. Add-On: Multilingual
LatestVideo add-on displays latest videos from Office 365Video
portal in your intranet.
Record a video with your iPhone, upload it into Office 365Video
portal and publish it in to the intranet front page. Record you Skype
trainings and share them to everybody via intranet. New employee
introductions, announcements, employee onboarding. Use cases
for internal videos are endless.
Manage your Intranet content in multiple
languages.
Includes a landing page where user
chooses their preferred language.
Easy navigation between language sites.
Display both local and global contents on
each local site.

43. Roadmap
Where we are going?

44. Valo intranet Roadmap
September: 1.10 Airglow
Idea Management New add-on
Managed navigation Fresh
December: 1.11. Mirage
Multilingual Intranet New add-on
H2 2016 H1 2017
April: 1.12 Green Flash
News comment feed Fresh
MyTools Fresh
Expertise Finder Fresh (****)
SharePoint Framework Fresh
News analytics Fresh (*)
July: 1.13 Gegenschein
Teamwork 2.0 Fresh (***)
Candela UI refresh Fresh
(*) included inAdminToolpack
(**) included in Social Hub
(***) included inTeamwork
(****) included in People Finder
+130 smaller improvements in H2
H2 2017
Fresh = Included in theValo Fresh subscription
Add-on = newAdd-on
2 newValo versions:
October release
December release

45. Select the platform
External workspaces are not available for
on-premises solution. Consider building a
hybrid solution and deploy external
workspaces to SharePoint Online.
AllValo solutions are available for SharePoint
Online.
The popular O365 tools likeYammer, Office
365Video, Delve and Groups are only
available in the cloud.

46. Microsoft cloud licensing
All users usingValo must be licensed with anOffice 365 or
SharePointOnline subscription
The approximate cost for the Azure App Service B1 PLAN
with 99.95% SLA is 47 € per month (*)
(*) See pricing in your region:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/app-
service/
Valo intranet is built according
Microsoft’s recommendations for
implementing a sustainable cloud
solution.
This model is called SharePoint
Add-in Model, which means that
all the code thatValo solution
requires is placed outside of
SharePoint - in MicrosoftAzure or
the browser.
By keeping you SharePoint free
from any customizations you to
get all the updates that Microsoft
brings to Office 365

48. Thank you
With ♥ fromValoTeam