Most SharePoint environments fail the same way: migration handled without information architecture, permissions inherited from the file server, and an intranet that nobody visits after launch. Inspizer builds SharePoint environments that work the way your organisation actually works.
The tooling and methodology used by enterprise SharePoint specialists — and we are certified on it.
SharePoint has been around long enough that most organisations have some version of it. Very few have a version that works. The pattern is familiar — and none of it is the technology's fault.
Inspizer's SharePoint practice covers migration, intranet design and build, information architecture, permissions management, and governance — every engagement scoped to what you actually need.
File server to SharePoint Online, SharePoint on-premises to Online, and tenant-to-tenant migrations. We audit what you have, design the SharePoint structure it will migrate into, and handle permission remapping — not a lift-and-shift.
Discovery and user research, information architecture, page design, content templates, search configuration, and Viva Connections integration. An intranet that employees actually visit — not one built for the launch and abandoned afterward.
Metadata taxonomy design, content types, retention and records management with Microsoft 365 Purview, co-authoring and version control. The information architecture that makes SharePoint's search and filtering capabilities actually work.
Full permissions audit using automated tooling, identification of overshared content and orphaned permissions, redesign to a group-based model that is maintainable — and ongoing governance to prevent re-accumulation of permission chaos.
Site creation and provisioning policies, external sharing controls, site lifecycle management, sensitivity labels, and DLP policy implementation. The controls that keep SharePoint usable as the organisation grows.
Champion network design, role-based training, adoption materials hosted in the intranet itself, and a 30-60-90 day post-launch adoption plan. Because a SharePoint project without adoption support is a waste of the build budget.
What do employees actually need from an intranet? What do they currently do instead? We interview stakeholders from communications, HR, IT, and representative business units before a single page is designed. The most common intranet failure is a navigation structure designed by IT rather than by the people who will use it.
Navigation design, site structure, page hierarchy, and taxonomy — the skeleton of the intranet. We design IA with end users at the centre, not around what SharePoint makes easy to build.
For organisations using Microsoft Teams as their primary work surface, Viva Connections surfaces the intranet homepage inside Teams — meaning employees see company news without changing context. We configure the integration as part of the intranet project.
News pages, team sites, departmental hubs, people directories, and policy libraries — designed in SharePoint's modern page editor using out-of-the-box web parts where possible, custom development only where it solves a genuine problem.
SharePoint search is powerful and underused. We configure managed properties, result sources, and promoted results that reflect your organisation's terminology — not Microsoft's defaults.
A SharePoint intranet project for a mid-sized organisation typically runs 6–12 weeks from discovery to go-live — with a phased launch, post-go-live adoption plan, and documented content governance at handover.
Understanding your current environment — what you have, what's wrong with it, and what the organisation needs from SharePoint going forward. For migration projects, this includes a full content audit.
Before any migration or build work begins, we design the site structure, document library architecture, metadata taxonomy, and permission model — reviewed and approved by stakeholders before implementation.
For intranet projects, we build a pilot that representative users can evaluate. For migrations, we migrate a subset of content first to validate the approach and identify issues before the full migration begins.
Migration, build, or configuration — executed in phases with clear milestones and stakeholder sign-off at each stage. No big-bang go-live events that nobody feels confident about.
Champion training, role-based user training, and adoption materials delivered in the weeks around go-live — close enough to access that employees remember what they learned.
Every SharePoint engagement ends with documented information architecture, permissions model, governance policies, and site owner guidance. Your IT team inherits a system they understand and can maintain.
A migration copies content from one location to SharePoint Online. A proper SharePoint deployment redesigns the information architecture, remaps permissions to SharePoint's model, configures metadata and content types, builds or updates the intranet, trains users, and governs the environment going forward. Most organisations that come to us have had a migration. Very few have had a deployment. The difference is visible in whether employees use SharePoint or route around it.
Yes. File server to SharePoint Online is one of our most common migration types. Before migration begins, we audit the file server content, design the SharePoint structure it will migrate into, and handle permission remapping. We do not do lift-and-shift migrations — the point of the project is to end up with a SharePoint environment that works better than the file server, not just an online version of the same mess.
Yes. Low SharePoint adoption is almost always caused by one of three things: the information architecture doesn't reflect how people actually work; permissions are so restrictive that the system feels more difficult than email; or there was no structured adoption programme at launch. We start with an assessment — what's there, why people aren't using it, and what would need to change — and design a targeted intervention: architecture improvements, training, champions, or a combination.
File server permissions (ACLs) don't map directly to SharePoint's permission model, and attempting a direct translation usually creates either a security exposure or a permissions model that's impossible to maintain. We design the SharePoint permission model from scratch — based on your organisation's actual access requirements — and migrate content into that structure. After migration, we implement governance controls to prevent the permission model from degrading over time.
A SharePoint intranet project for a mid-sized organisation covers: discovery and stakeholder interviews, information architecture design, page and navigation design, content authoring (in partnership with the communications team), Viva Connections integration if Teams is the primary work surface, search configuration, champion training, and a phased launch. The deliverable is a functioning intranet with documented content governance, named site owners, and an adoption plan for the 90 days after launch.
No sales pitch. Just an honest conversation about what your Microsoft 365 environment needs and how we can help.